Previous Participants
Placements 2025
- Sovady Bora (France): Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich – Zurich, SWITZERLAND – Dr. Georgios Schoretsanitis / Observership report
- João Martins Correia (Portugal): Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern – Bern, SWITZERLAND – Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kristina Adorjan / Observership report
- Marta Demkow-Jania (Poland): Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust- Birmingham, UK – Supervisor: Dr. Vivek Furtado / Observership report
- Claudia Malavolta (Italy): North-Buda Saint John Central Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Teaching Department of Semmelweis University, Baby-Mother-Father Unit – Budapest, HUNGARY – Supervisor: Prof. Tamas Kurimay / Observership report
- Milos Marković (Serbia): Queen Mary University of London, East London NHS Foundation Trust – London, UK – Supervisor: Dr. Nikolina Jovanovic / Observership report
- Bianca Augusta Oroian (Romania): Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon – Madrid, SPAIN – Supervisor: Dr. Pura Moran / Observership report
- Beren Özel (Türkiye): Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London / South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – London, UK – Supervisor: Prof. Mariana Pinto da Costa / Observership report
- Anastasia Sikora (Ukraine): University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče – Zagreb, CROATIA – Dr. Nikola Žaja / Observership report
- Anna Szczegieniak (Poland): Unit of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche – Ancona, ITALY – Supervisor: Prof. Umberto Volpe / Observership report
- Selin Tanyeri (Türkiye): Academic Hospital of Montpellier – Montpellier, FRANCE – Supervisor: Dr. Aiste Lengvenyte / Observership report
Placements 2024
- Dr. Mikołaj Achremczyk (Poland): University of Pecs, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy – Pecs, HUNGARY- Supervisor: Dr. Viktor Vörös / Observership Report
- Dr. Marsida Berisha (Germany): Queen Mary University of London & East London NHS Foundation Trust – London, UK – Supervisor: Dr. Nikolina Jovanović / Observership Report
- Dr. Mustafa Dinçer (Türkiye): Child and adolescent Psychiatry University Department – Tours, FRANCE – Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Gargot / Observership Report
- Dr. Sofiya Hrechukh (Ukraine): ΙΨΚ Institute of Psychotherapy and Greek rTMS clinic – Thessaloniki, GREECE- Supervisor: Dr. Theodoros Koutsomitros / Observership Report
- Dr. Eka Kikvadze (Georgia): Észak-budai Szent János Centrumkórház – Budapest, HUNGARY – Supervisor: Dr. Tamás Kurimay / Observership Report
- Dr. Alena Leonova (Russian Federation): Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon – Madrid, SPAIN – Supervisor: Prof. Celso Arango / Observership Report
- Dr. Cristiana Tapoi (Romania) : University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Medicine and Surgery – Monza, ITALY- Supervisor: Dr. Daniele Cavaleri / Observership Report
Placements 2023
- Dr. Nazmi Akkuzu (Türkiye): East London NHS Foundation Trust & Queen Mary University of London – London, UK – Supervisor: Nikolina Jovanovic / Observership report
- Dr. Mehtap Az Genc (Türkiye): Università Politecnica delle Marche – Ancona, ITALY – Supervisor: Prof. Umberto Volpe / Observership report
- Dr. Merve Çukurova (Türkiye): Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Hospital – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Prof. Kristina Adorjan, Dr. Mike Rüb / Observership report
- Dr. Maria Filip (Poland): King’s College London South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – London, UK – Supervisor: Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa / Observership report
- Dr. Evgeniia Filippova (Russia): Groupe Hospitalier du Havre, University Rouen Normandy – Le Havre, FRANCE – Supervisor: Gisèle Apter / Observership report
- Dr. Amra Hrnjica (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Istanbul University, Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul – TÜRKIYE – Supervisor: Prof. Neşe Direk / Observership report
- Dr. Iva Ivanovic (Montenegro): Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l’Encéphale (CMME), Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris – Paris, FRANCE – Supervisor: Philip Gorwood / Observership report
- Dr. Anna Kohut (Ukraine): Marmara University School of Medicine – Istanbul, TÜRKIYE – Supervisor: Dr. Ayse Sakallı Kani / Observership report
- Dr. Ivanna Yaremchuk (Ukraine): Edoardo Bassini Hospital (MI), University of Milano-Bicocca – Milan, ITALY – Supervisor: Ilaria Riboldi / Observership report
Virtual placements 2022
- Dr. Gamze Gürcan (Türkiye): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Mike Rüb, Kristina Adorjan, Elias Wagner / Read her report: Observership report
- Dr. Hatice Kaya Yilmaz (Türkiye) King’s College London, UK – Supervisor: Mariana Pinto da Costa / Read her report: Observership report
- Dr. Khrystyna Shalak (Ukraine): King’s College London, UK – Supervisor: Mariana Pinto da Costa / Read her report: Observership report
- Dr. Dominik Wincewicz (Poland): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Mike Rüb, Kristina Adorjan, Elias Wagner
- Dr. Eren Yildizhan (Türkiye) : Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Mike Rüb, Kristina Adorjan, Elias Wagner / Read his report: Observership report
Placements 2019
- Dr. Gumru Ahmadova (Azerbaijan): LVR Institute for Healthcare Research – Düsseldorf, GERMANY – Supervisor: Wolfgang Gaebel / Read her report: Observership report
- Dr. Necip Capraz (Türkiye): Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge – Berlin, GERMANY – Supervisors : Martin Dinges and Albert Diefenbacher / Read his report: Observership report
- Dr. Gamze Erzin (Türkiye) : Università Politecnica delle Marche – Ancona, ITALY – Supervisor: Umberto Volpe / Read her report: Observership report
- Dr. Tomasz Gondek (Poland): South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – London, UK – Supervisor: Vesna Jordanova / Read his report: Observership report
- Dr. Dimitriy Ivashchenko (Russia): Geha Mental Health Center – Tel Aviv, ISRAEL – Supervisor: Gil Zalsman / Read his report: Observership report
- Dr. Yanina Salavei (Belarus): Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw in Psychiatric Hospital Tworki – Pruszkow, POLAND – Supervisor: Agata Szulc
Placements 2018
- Dr. Orkun Aydin (Türkiye) : Medical University Szczecin, POLAND – Supervisor: Jerzy Samochowiec – Read his report: Observership report
- Dr. Ekaterina Berszenishvili (Georgia) : University of Munich – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Ulrich Palm and Peter Falkai / Read her report: Observership report
- Dr. Ceyhun Can (Türkiye) : University of Helsinki and Helsinki Central Hospital – Helsinki, FINLAND – Supervisor: Tanja Svirskis / Read his report: Observership report
- Dr. Liana Kobylinska (Romania) : Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l’Encéphale – Paris, FRANCE – Supervisor: Philip Gorwood / Read her report : Observership report
- Dr. Elena Ungureanu (Romania) : Centre Mémoire de Ressources et de Recherche – Nice, FRANCE – Supervisor: Renaud David / Read her report: Observership report
Placements 2017
After assessing over 30 applications received from highly motivated ECPs, the Early Career Psychiatrists Committee is pleased to announce below the 5 winners of the 3rd edition of the EPA Gaining Experience Programme!
- Dr. Alla Chistol (Rep. of Moldova) : Placement at the Saint John Hospital – Budapest, HUNGARY – Read her report : Observership report
- Dr. Maria Magdalena Dumitru (Romania) : Placement at the Karolinska Institute – Stockholm, SWEDEN – Read her report : Observership report
- Dr. Gulay Mammadzada (Azerbaidjan) : Placement at the East London NHS Foundation Trust – London, UK – Read her report: Observership report
- Dr. Yuriy Osadshiy (Russia) : Placement at the Psychiatric Department, Zamora Hospital – Zamora, SPAIN – Read his report : Observership report
- Dr. Massimo Tusconi (Italy) : Placement in the University of Naples, Naples – ITALY – Read his report : Observership report
Placements 2016
The 2016 winners of the 2nd edition of the EPA ECPC Gaining Experience Programme have now successfully completed their observership. You can read their reports below:
- Dr. Oleg Aizberg (Belarus) : Placement at the Medical University of Vienna, Biological psychiatry – Vienna, Austria – Read his report : Observership report
- Dr. Maria Ginevra Oriani (Italy) : Placement at the Hellesdon Hospital – Hellesdon, UK – Read her report : Observership report
- Dr. Paolo Ossola (Italy) : Placement in Newham Centre for Mental Health & Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London – London, UK – Read his report : Observership report
- Dr. Guoda Paulikiene (Lithuania) : Placement at the Hellesdon Hospital – Norwich, UK – Read her report : Observership report
- Dr. Costin Roventa (Romania) : Placement at the Medical University of Vienna, Social psychiatry – Vienna, Austria – Read his report : Observership report
Placements 2015
The 2015 observership placements have been filled in by 4 highly motivated ECPs selected by the Jury:
- Dr. Bhathika Devinda Perera (UK) : Placement at the Collegium Helveticum – Zurich, SWITZERLAND – Read his report : Observership report
- Dr. Barbara Remberk (Poland) : Placement at the Geha Mental Health Center – Petah Tikva, ISRAEL – Read her report : Observership report
- Dr. Aleksandar Savic (Croatia) : Placement at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University – Munich, GERMANY – Read his report : Observership report
- Dr. Kamala Yelmar Talibova (Azerbaijan) : Placement at the Hellesdon Hospital – Hellesdon, UK – Read her report : Observership report