Prizes

Geoff Mews Memorial Fellows’ Prize

The Geoff Mews Memorial Fellows’ Prize is a prestigious award named in memory of Geoff Mews. Geoffrey (Geoff) Mews was a pioneer of interventional cardiology in Australasia and a mentor for many of the current leaders in the field. He trained initially in Perth, WA then did a cardiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA, before returning to Perth in the late 1970s. As one of the earliest adopters of percutaneous coronary intervention in the region, he was innovative and technically skilled, but he was also a highly motivated advocate for his patients. His important role as an inspirational teacher is remembered in this ANZET fellowship.

This prize is awarded for the best clinical case presented at ANZET. Any interventional fellow or senior registrar directly involved in the case can submit an abstract for consideration of presentation. The abstract should be a clinical interventional cardiology case, which can be coronary or structural.

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Eligibility criteria

Submissions must be received by 26 May 2027 at 2000 hrs NZDT / 2200 hrs AEST.
This must be a case that you have been involved in personally, not something you have observed from a distance.
Authors must be a member of CSANZ or have submitted an application for membership by the submission deadline.
The case must have been performed in Australia or New Zealand.
The case should be interesting and instructive; a complication and its management may be very appropriate for presentation, but the committee is looking for learning opportunities generally, and this competition is not intended to be focused on complications.
Abstracts must not exceed 250 words and this will be strictly enforced; longer abstracts will be rejected without further consideration.
Your abstract should also satisfy all other abstract requirements and policies.

Finalist selection
Three finalists will be selected to present their cases at the ANZET Meeting with notifications being sent in July 2027.

Presentation format and judging criteria
Finalists will be expected to present the clinical history, angiographic findings, and other relevant investigations. This will be in the format of 10 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions.

Finalist presentations will be judged on the following criteria:

Content of presentation/educational value of case
Quality of presentation
Ability to respond to questions related to the presentation

Best Interventional Imaging Competition

The ANZET Committee are pleased to invite entries for the Best Interventional Imaging Competition.

Intra-coronary imaging not only provides guidance for PCI, but also plays an important role in clarifying the pathophysiology of ischaemic heart disease. Various imaging modalities also play a key role in intervention for structural heart disease.

Physicians are invited to submit intravascular images, or images related to coronary or structural intervention. Presentations must have an evidential image(s) from an intravascular examination or related to structural intervention, and it must be unique or demonstrate a clinical teaching point.

Eligibility criteria

Submissions must be received via email to csanzet@theconferencecompany.com by 26 May 2027 at 2000 hrs NZDT / 2200 hrs AEST.
Only one submission per applicant is accepted.
No additional slides can be added to the PowerPoint template.
Personal information of the patient must be removed before submission.
Authors must be a member of CSANZ or have submitted an application for membership by the submission deadline.

Finalist selection
A winner and two runners-up will be selected, with the winning author invited to present the case at the ANZET Meeting. Notifications will be sent in July 2027.

Prize
The winning author will receive AUD500.
The two runners-up will each receive AUD250.
The top three images will be published in the e-pages of Heart, Lung and Circulation.

Early Career Research Award

The ANZET Committee are pleased to invite entries for the Early Career Research Award.

Click here to submit your abstract.

Eligibility criteria

Authors must be early career interventionists, either a fellow in training or a consultant within 5 years of fellowship.
Authors must be a member of CSANZ or have submitted an application for membership by the submission deadline.
Abstracts must relate to a body of original research in interventional cardiology (i.e. not a case presentation).
Abstracts must not exceed 250 words and this will be strictly enforced; longer abstracts will be rejected without further consideration.
Your abstract should also satisfy all other abstract requirements and policies.

Closing date
Abstract submission closes on 9 March 2027 at 2000 hrs NZDT / 2200 hrs AEDT.

Finalist selection
Three finalists will be selected to present at the ANZET Meeting with notifications being sent at the same time as general abstract acceptance notifications.

Presentation format and judging criteria
Finalist presentations will be in the format of 10 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions.

Finalist presentations will be judged on the following criteria:

Content of presentation/educational value of case
Quality of presentation
Ability to respond to questions related to the presentation

Previous Prize Winners

Geoff Mews Memorial Fellows’ Prize
2025 David Makarious
2024 Patrick Pender
2023 Hannah Kempton
2022 Farrah Othman
2021 Hashrul Rashid
2020 Samer Noaman
2019 Pankaj Jain
2018 Ben Wilkins
2017 Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid
2016 Kaleab Asrress
2015 Elizabeth Shaw
2014 Roshan Prakash
2013 Michael Liang
2012 Peter Haworth
2011 Alexander Incarni
2010 Jamie Layland
2009 Aniket Puri

Best Interventional Imaging Competition
2025 Kate Chiswell
2024 Matthew Hordern (coronary), Seshika Ratwatte (structural)
2023 Max Ray
2022 Ganeev Malhotra
2021 Andrew Borrie

Early Career Research Award
2025 Matthew Hordern
2024 Karan Rao
2023 Rajan Rehan
2021 James Xu
2020 Hashrul Rashid
2019 Usaid Allahwala
2018 Julia Stehli