european psychiatric association

Previous Participants

Placements 2022-2023

  • Dr. Nazmi Akkuzu (Türkiye): East London NHS Foundation Trust & Queen Mary University of London – London, UK – Supervisor: Nikolina Jovanovic / Observership report
  • Dr. Evgeniia Filippova (Russia): Groupe Hospitalier du Havre, University Rouen Normandy – Le Havre, FRANCE – Supervisor: Gisèle Apter / 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. Ivanna Yaremchuk (Ukraine): Edoardo Bassini Hospital (MI), University of Milano-Bicocca – Milan, ITALY – Supervisor: Ilaria Riboldi / Observership report
  • Dr. Merve Çukurova (Türkiye): Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Hospital – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Prof. Kristina Adorjan, Dr. Mike Rüb / Observership report
  • Dr. Mehtap Az Genc (Türkiye): Università Politecnica delle Marche – Ancona, ITALY – Supervisor: Prof. Umberto Volpe / Observership report
  • Dr. Maria Filip (Poland): King’s College London South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Supervisor: Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa / Observership report
  • Dr. Anna Kohut (Ukraine): Marmara University School of Medicine – Supervisor: Dr. Ayse Sakallı Kani / Observership report

Virtual placements 2021-2022

  • Dr. Eren Yildizhan (Türkiye) : Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Mike Rüb, Kristina Adorjan, Elias Wagner / Read his report: Observership report
  • Dr. Dominik Wincewicz (Poland): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Mike Rüb, Kristina Adorjan, Elias Wagner
  • Dr. Gamze Gürcan (Türkiye): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität – Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Mike Rüb, Kristina Adorjan, Elias Wagner / Read her report: Observership report
  • Dr. Khrystyna Shalak (Ukraine): King’s College London, UNITED KINGDOM – Supervisor: Mariana Pinto da Costa / Read her report: Observership report
  • Dr. Hatice Kaya Yilmaz (Türkiye) King’s College London, UNITED KINGDOM – Supervisor: Mariana Pinto da Costa / Read her report: Observership report

Placements 2018-2019

  • 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
  • Dr. Necip Capraz (Türkiye): Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge – Berlin, GERMANY – Supervisors : Martin Dinges and Albert Diefenbacher / Read his report: Observership report
  • Dr. Gumru Ahmadova (Azerbaijan): LVR Institute for Healthcare Research – Düsseldorf, GERMANY – Supervisor: Wolfgang Gaebel / Read her report: Observership report

Placements 2017-2018

  • Dr. Liana Kobylinska (Romania) : Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l’Encéphale
    Paris, FRANCE – Supervisor: Philip Gorwood /
    Read her report : Observership report
  • Dr. Orkun Aydin (Türkiye) : Medical University Szczecin, POLAND – Supervisor: Jerzy Samochowiec – Read his 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. Elena Ungureanu (Romania) : Centre Mémoire de Ressources et de Recherche, Nice, FRANCE –  Supervisor: Renaud David / Read her report: Observership report
  • Dr. Ekaterina Berszenishvili (Georgia) : University of Munich, Munich, GERMANY – Supervisors: Ulrich Palm and Peter Falkai / Read her report: Observership report

Placements 2016-2017

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. 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
  • Dr. Maria Magdalena DUMITRU (Romania) : Placement at the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm) – SWEDEN – Read her report : Observership report

Placements 2015-2016

Most of the 2015-2016 winners of the 2nd edition of the EPA ECPC Gaining Experience Programme have now successfully completed their observership, the last two placements will take place in September 2016. You can read their reports below:

  • Dr. Oleg AIZBERG (Belarus) : Placement at the Medical University of Vienna, Biological psychiatry (Austria) – Read his report : Observership report
  • Dr. Maria Ginevra ORIANI (Italy) : Placement at the Hellesdon Hospital (UK) – Read her report : Observership report
  • Dr. Costin ROVENTA (Romania) : Placement at the Medical University of Vienna, Social psychiatry (Austria) – Read his 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 (UK) – Read his report : Observership report
  • Dr. Guoda PAULIKIENE (Lithuania) : Placement at the Hellesdon Hospital (Norwich, UK) – Read her report : Observership report

Placements 2014-2015

The 2014-2015 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 (Switzerland) – Read his report : Observership report
  • Dr. Barbara REMBERK (Poland) : Placement at the Geha Mental Health Center (Israel) – Read her report : Observership report
  • Dr. Kamala Yelmar TALIBOVA (Azerbaijan) : Placement at the Hellesdon Hospital (UK) – Read her report : Observership report
  • Dr. Aleksandar SAVIC (Croatia) : Placement at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (Germany) – Read his report : Observership report