1992
Scholarship of the State of Bavaria.
2000
"Best Oral Presentation” Award by International Congress of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Onassis Heart Center, Athens, Greece.
2001
"Best Scientific Work" Award by European Transplant Society, Basel, Switzerland
2002
The German Research Society Grant Award.
2004
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund/Culpeper Bioscience Award, NY, USA.
2005
Funding Award of the Brauckmann Foundation, Hannover, Germany.
2006
The Lillehei-Caster Award of the European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2012
The Lifetime Achievement/Contribution Award by the Hellenic Cardiology Society.
2015
The MOH Academic Medicine Development Award (AMDA) Award.
2015
The Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
2017
Award by the International Olympic Academy.
2018
Award by the Hellenic CT Surgery Society and the ISMICS-Winter Conference.
2019
The NUS Medicine Special Recognition Award.
2023
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons.
