The ESMO Best Exam Award for academic excellence is presented annually to the oncologist who received the highest score in the ESMO Examination in Medical Oncology.
Awardee of the 2024 Best ESMO Examination
Out of a total of 688 candidates who took the 2024 ESMO Examination, Anne-Murielle Hollinger, who sat the Exam in Thun, Switzerland, scored the highest mark.
Awardees of the 2023 Best ESMO Examination
Out of a total of 748 candidates who took the 2023 ESMO Examination, Agata Matej, who sat the Exam in Madrid, Spain, scored the highest mark.
Out of a total of 748 candidates who took the 2023 ESMO Examination, Rohit Pai, who sat the exam in Chennai, India, scored the highest mark.
Awardee of the 2022 Best ESMO Examination
Out of a total of 532 candidates who took the 2022 ESMO Examination, Panagiotis Baxevanos, who sat the Exam in Athens, Greece, scored the highest mark.
Awardee of the 2021 Best ESMO Examination
Out of a total of 515 candidates who took the 2021 ESMO Examination, Andreas Koulouris, who sat the Exam in Athens, Greece, scored the highest mark.
Awardees of the 2019 Best ESMO Examination
Out of a total of 429 candidates who took the 2019 ESMO Examination, Gustavo Gössling, who sat the Exam in Barcelona, Spain, scored the highest mark.
Out of a total of 429 candidates who took the 2019 ESMO Examination, Simon Van Wambeke, who sat the Exam in Barcelona, Spain, scored the highest mark.
Awardees of the 2018 Best ESMO Examination
Out of a total of 433 candidates who took the 2018 ESMO Examination, Hannah Fiedler, who sat the Exam in Olten, Switzerland, scored the highest mark.
Out of a total of 433 candidates who took the 2018 ESMO Examination, Tarek Salah Assi, who sat the Exam in Munich, Germany, scored the highest mark.
Awardees of the 2017 Best ESMO Examination
Out of a total of 360 candidates who took the 2017 ESMO Examination, Gaëlle Rhyner Agocs, who sat the Exam in Olten, Switzerland, scored the highest mark.
Out of a total of 360 candidates who took the 2017 ESMO Examination, Nina Fokter Dovnik, who sat the Exam in Madrid, Spain, scored the highest mark.
Awardees of the Best ESMO Examination
2016: Christian Monnerat
Out of a total of 351 candidates who took the 2016 ESMO Examination, Christian Monnerat, who sat the Exam in Olten, Switzerland, scored the highest mark.
2015: Michael Dobbie
Out of a total of 349 candidates who sat the 2015 ESMO Examination, Michael Dobbie, who sat the exam in Vienna, Austria, scored the highest mark.
2014: Urska Bokal
Out of a total of 323 candidates who sat the 2014 ESMO Examination, Urska Bokal, who sat the exam in Madrid, Spain, scored the highest mark.
2013: Manish Singhal
Out of a total of 268 candidates who sat the 2013 ESMO Examination, Manish Singhal, who sat the exam in Ahmedabad, India, scored the highest mark.
2012: Michaela Maurer
Out of a total of 264 candidates who sat the 2012 ESMO Examination, Michaela Maurer, who sat the exam in Lucerne, scored the highest mark.
2011: Friedrich Schuhmacher
Out of a total of 203 candidates who sat the 2011 ESMO Examination, Friedrich Schuhmacher, who took the exam in Lucerne, scored the highest mark.
2010: Ulrike Burkhard-Meier
Out of a total of 265 candidates who sat the 2010 ESMO Examination, Ulrike Burkhard-Meier, who took the exam in Milan during the 2010 ESMO Milan Congress, scored the highest mark.
Previous recipients of the Best ESMO Examination
- 2009, Wehmeyer Juergen
- 2008, Philippe Bedard
- 2007, Gilberto Castro Jr.
- 2006, Solange Peters and Michal Mego