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Dr Fuster completed his medical degree at Barcelona University in 1967 and then pursued an internship at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. In 1971, he attended the University of Edinburgh as a research fellow in cardiovascular disease for three years under the tutelage of Desmond Julian and Harold Sheehan. He earned his PhD degree at Edinburgh University with his thesis focussing on platelet factor 4.

Following his fellowship in Edinburgh, Valentin spent time as a resident at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Minnesota, later becoming the school’s Professor of Medicine and Consultant in Cardiology at the age of 39.

Valentin spent 10 years at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, following which he became Chief of Cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. 

In 1991, Valentin was made full Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was one of the first to appreciate…

Roxana Mehran is Professor of Medicine, Cardiology and Professor of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She is also Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at The Zena and Michael A Weiner Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital where, over the past 5 years, she has led the development of a globally respected data and clinical coordination centre to support large, multicentre, multinational clinical trials designed to help improve outcomes and quality of life for patients undergoing interventional cardiovascular procedures. In recent years, her work has had a special emphasis on gaining a deeper understanding of anticoagulation and antiplatelet regimens post angioplasty and transcatheter valve replacement; and collection and interpretation of sex-specific data in cardiovascular clinical trials.

Roxana serves on editorial board of multiple peer reviewed journals, including …

Personal History

From an early age, Professor Nicolas Maria Van Mieghem decided to pursue a career that would help others. “I enjoy the feeling of being able to help someone or do something important for them. I wanted to enter a profession that would channel my energy— I was always a busy child,” he says. 

A budding athlete, he was a member of Belgium’s national swimming team but soon realized that medicine was his true calling. His father was a general cardiologist and one of his biggest influences early in his career.

Professor Van Mieghem initially intended to train as a cardiac surgeon but decided to specialise in interventional cardiology instead, following advice from a mentor. This decision was cemented when he read the first-in-human case report of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in Circulation by Alain Cribier in 2002. 

His mantra is mens sana in corpore sano (a…

Professor Lars Søndergaard is a consultant cardiologist at Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor of Cardiology at University of Copenhagen, he published over 300 peer reviewed articles, and more than 15 textbook chapters. His research interests are focused on adults with congenital heart diseases and catheter-based heart valve interventions, as well as congenital and structural heart diseases. He led the first-in-human transcatheter mitral valve implantation (CardiAQ) in 2012 and he actively participated to several trials, including NOTION (transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis and low surgical risk), and the REDUCE randomised trial (PFO vs anti-platelet therapy after cryptogenic stroke).

Personal History

Dr Kendra Grubb is the surgical director of the structural heart and valve center at Emory Healthcare. She is also an associate professor of surgery at Emory University School of Medicine.

Kendra is a champion for women's heart disease and is dedicated to improving the lives of all patients through innovation, collaboration and a patient-centered approach to the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Academic History

After obtaining her BS in Biology from the University of Southern California (1999), Kendra attended the University of Southern California, where she received her a master’s in health administration from the Sol Price School of Public Policy (2001), followed by an MD degree at the Keck School of Medicine (2005).

She pursued a general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago between 2005 and 2010, a fellowship in…

Prof David Hildick-Smith is Professor of Interventional Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist at the Sussex Cardiac Centre - the Regional Specialist Unit. He is Director of the Cardiac Research, ex-Treasurer of the British Cardiovascular Interventions Society, and, with more than 20 years experience of Interventional Cardiology, is considered one of the country's leading experts in management of Cardiovascular complaints.

A pioneer of Interventional Cardiology, David is recognised internationally as a leader in cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment.