Dr John J. Atherton is a Sydney-born Australian cardiologist and clinician-scientist who has built his professional life in Brisbane, Queensland, where he currently serves as Director of Cardiology at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. He practices adult cardiology with a focus on heart failure and advanced cardiovascular disease, and lives in Brisbane while maintaining academic appointments across multiple universities in Queensland.

Academic History

Dr Atherton earned his medical degree (MBBS) in Australia and completed specialist training in cardiology, achieving membership of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and advanced fellowships in cardiology. His academic roles include Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology.

He completed a PhD focused on symptom interventions and self-management in chronic cardiac…

Dr Tarek Bekfani is a Consultant Cardiologist at University hospital Magdeburg A.o.R., Magdeburg, DE.

Dr Javed Butler is President, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Senior Vice President for the Baylor Scott and White Health and Professor of Medicine at the University of Mississippi, US. He is board certified in cardiovascular medicine and advanced heart failure and transplant medicine. His research interests focus on clinical trials in patients with heart failure.

He serves on several national committees for the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, and the Heart Failure Society of America. He is the recipient of the Simon Dack Award by the American College of Cardiology as well as the Time, Feeling, and Focus Award by the American Heart Association.

Prof Butler has authored more than 900 peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the editorial board of several peer reviewed cardiovascular journals and has been cited numerous times in America’s Best Doctors list.

Prof Clara Saldarriaga is an Editorial Board member of Cardiac Failure Review and may be contacted here.

Academic History

Prof Saldarriaga completed her undergraduate studies in Medicine at the Jesus Maria School in Medellin in 1994 and went on to continue her studies at the Medical School at the University of Antioquia in 2002. She then went on to complete her Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Antioquia in 2008.

Career Overview

Prof Saldarriaga is currently a Professor of Cardiology at Cardiovascular Clinic Santa Maria at the University of Antioquia in Medellín. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and the Columbian Association of internal medicine.

Prof Clara Saldarriaga is also President of the Columbian Society of Cardiology – she…

Prof Faiez Zannad was born in Monastir, Tunisia in 1951 and later moved to pursue his medical education and research in Europe. He trained in cardiology and pharmacology across institutions in France and the United Kingdom, including Nancy, Lyon, and Oxford. Over the course of his career, he has lived and worked primarily in Nancy, France, where he has held clinical, academic, and research leadership roles in cardiovascular medicine and therapeutics.

Academic History

Prof Zannad earned his MD in cardiology from the Faculté de Médecine de Nancy and further trained as a research fellow in clinical pharmacology at the Medical Research Council in Oxford. He later received a PhD in cardiovascular clinical pharmacology from the University of Lyon. During his academic training, he focused on cardiovascular pharmacology, physiology, and therapeutic innovation, laying the foundation for his lifelong work in heart failure and hypertension research.

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