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Spirit of Excellence Award winners 2017

Angels team 25 August 2021

" " The Spirt of Excellence Award was launched in 2017. Here are the winners of the inaugural awards.

ANNA CZŁONKOWSKA, Professor in Neurology Department at Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.

" " — *From left, Lev Prystupiuk, Jan van der Merwe, Prof Sergii Moskovsko and Thomas Fischer*

SERGII MOSKOVKO, Professor and Chief of Neurology Department at Vinnytsia National Medical University, Ukraine.

" " — *Prof Robert Mikulik during a ResQ presentation in Prague*

ROBERT MIKULIK, Director of Stroke Program, St.Anne's University Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic, and founder and co-ordinator of ResQ

" " — Dr Rissana Tassi with Angels Consultant Lorenza Spagnuolo

ROSSANA TASSI, Neuologist at Siena University Hospital, Italy.

" " — *Dr Rafael Freitas receives his award*

RAFAEL FREITAS, Stroke Unit Coordinator and Director of Internal Medicine, Madeira, Portugal.

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