Fellows of the HFA

"It is truly an honour to be a Fellow of the HFA. It motivates me to aim for excellence and continue to strive for higher standards throughout the rest of my career.“
Markus Wallner – Fellow of the HFA

Rules for application

Only HFA Gold Members can become Fellows of the HFA.

Candidates must demonstrate their excellence in heart failure in at least one of these three domains:

• Research at national and/or international level
• Teaching and training
• Clinical care

Benefits

All Fellows of the HFA benefit from:

• the right to use "FHFA" after their name
• a special discounted fee for Heart Failure congresses
• the rights of HFA Gold Members
• print copies of the European Journal of Heart Failure
• an FHFA certificate (available in their My ESC account)

Interested in joining the prestigious Fellows community?

Application process

• All applications must be submitted using our dedicated online system (via your My ESC account)
• Nominee should be seconded by their Heart Failure National Society president
• References should be provided by the applicant's Heart Failure National Society
• All documents will then be considered by the HFA Credential Committee

Documents to supply

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter from the president of the applicant's Heart Failure National Society 
• One other reference (from someone of the applicant's choosing)

Both references should state the case for why a fellowship should be conferred.

AND

• List of relevant publications/list of relevant grants
• Or evidence of teaching innovation
• Or clinical-care service development

Please note that all documents must be provided in English.

Annual fellowship dues for Fellows of the HFA

Annual dues are €288 per calendar year (from 1 January to 31 December).

The fee is to be paid once the Credential Committee has informed the candidate of their acceptance.

After two years of non-payment of fees, consecutively or not, the Fellow will be informed of his/her exclusion from the HFA Fellowship, unless payment is received within 3 months. His/her reintegration in the HFA Fellowship register will be accepted upon payment of all due fees.

A "pay in order" principle applies: the FHFA fee is due every year and one may only pay the FHFA fee of the given year.

Elected Fellows of 2025

• Rusudan Agladze, GE
• Ali Aldujeli, IE
• Jesus Alvarez-Garcia, ES
• Andrea Attanasio, IT
• Muhammad Awai, PK
• Sajal Krishna Banerjee, BD
• Michela Barisone, IT
• Attila Borbely, HU
• Biykem Bozkurt, USA
• Daniel Bromage, UK
• Giuseppe Caminiti, IT
• Michele Ciccarelli, IT
• Rodolfo Citro, IT
• Jeroen Dauw, BE
• Giandomenico Disabato, IT
• Kieran Docherty, UK
• Ahmed Elsanhoury, DE
• Ana Karyn Ehrenfried Freitas, BR
• Juan Alan Fuentes Mendoza, MX
• Milan Gluhovic, BA
• Omar Gomez Monterrosas, MX
• Stephen Greene, USA
• Gianluigi Guida, IT
• Hamlet Hayrapetyan, AM
• Antonio Iaconelli, UK
• Riccardo Maria Inciardi, IT
• Jin-Ok Jeong, KR
• Ruxandra Oana Jurcut, RO
• Emmanouil Kampanieris, GR
• Orhan Furkan Karaca, TR
• Kyung Hee Kim Korea, KR
• Christian Knackstedt, NL
• Masatake Kobayashi, JP
• Michal Laufer-Perl, IL
• Matthew M Y Lee, UK
• Carlo Mario Lombardi, IT
• Alberto Maria Marra, IT
• Marco Masetti, IT
• Nathan Mewton, FR
• Pedro Moliner, ES
• Caroline Morbach, DE
• Balazs Muk, HU
• Bektas MURAT, TR
• Dean Nachman, IL
• Jacek T Niedziela, PL
• Ewa Piotrowicz, PL
• Ivo Planinc, HR
• Gaetano Ruocco, IT
• Yasuhiko Sakata, JP
• Felix Schoenrath, DE
• Angela Sciacqua, IT
• Taner Sen, TR
• Gregorio Tersalvi, USA
• Mariya Tokmakova, BG
• Raymond Tukkie, NL
• Styliani Vakrou, GR
• Davor Vukadinovic, DE
• Klaus Witte, DE
• Chih Wong, UK
• Rosita Zakeri, UK

Fellows elected in previous years