The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is an independent, non-profit organisation. Its members and decision-makers are busy healthcare professionals who volunteer their time and expertise. The ESC represents more than 95,000 men and women in the field of cardiology from Europe, the Mediterranean basin and far beyond. The ESC unites Member National Cardiac Societies, cardiovascular ESC sub…
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Job title: Professor of Internal Medicine/Cardiology
Professor Dr. Wilhelm Haverkamp serves as a distinguished faculty member in the field of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Department of Cardiology, Charité – Campus Virchow, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. His journey in the medical realm commenced at the University of Münster, Germany, where he earned his M.D. degree with honors (magna cum laude). Dr. Haverkamp honed his skills in…
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Job title: Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology
Jose L Zamorano is Professor of Medicine at the University Alcala de Henares, Madrid, and the Chief of Cardiology at the University Hospital Ramón y Cajal.
Prof Zamorano’s has a broad range of research interests including heart failure, ischaemic heart disease, cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular imaging modalities. Within these fields, Prof Zamorano he is widely published with over…
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Job title: Professor of Cardiology
Isabelle C. Van Gelder obtained her MD and PhD in Groningen, the where she also completed her cardiology and electrophysiology. Since 1995 she is working as cardiologist at the University Medical Center Groningen. Since 2006 she is Professor of Cardiology at the University of Groningen.
She is Board Member of EHRA and Chair of the EHRA Programme Committee 2020-2022. She is a visiting professor…
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Dr Prathap Kanagala is a Consultant Cardiologist Consultant Cardiologist at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Liverpool. He specialises in Heart Failure & Cardiac Imaging.
He qualified from the Royal Free Hospital and University College London in 2003 and undertook subsequent sub-speciality Cardiology training in…
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Job title: Senior Consultant Specialist
Personal History
Dr Antonia Sambola is an expert in acute coronary syndromes and cardiovascular thrombotic disorders.
She is a senior consultant specialist in acute cardiac care at Hospital Universitari de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain.1, 2
Academic History
Dr Sambola was awarded a master's degree in statistical and epidemiology sciences in 1987 from Universitat Autònoma de…
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Job title: Dean, Charité & CEO (interim) Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)
Dr Pries passed his medical examination at the University of Cologne in Germany. In the following year, he received his doctoral degree summa cum laude. Until 1983, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cologne and then moved to the Institute of Physiology of the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1990, Dr Pries finished his habilitation and became Associate Professor in 1995. From…
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Job title: Director, Echo Laboratory & Non-invasive Imaging, Department of Cardiology
Personal History
Dr Jeroen Joost Bax was born in Amsterdam and was the first member of his family to study medicine.
As a professor, Dr Bax has mentored over 60 international PhD students in his cardiac imaging research centre at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and his students have achieved prominent positions at medical institutions throughout the world.1 “I care a lot about the…
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Prof Sazzil Kasim is the National Specialist Register (NSR) Certified trainer in Cardiology. He also leads the construction of Universiti Teknologi MARA’s teaching hospital in Puncak Alam, Selangor.
With a passion to raise the standards of cardiology care and services in Malaysia, Prof Kasim has been actively involved in the education and training of the medical community in this field. He has…
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Job title: Professor Cardiology, Haceteppe University, Ankara, Turkey
S. Lale Tokgözoglu is Professor of Cardiology at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She is currently the President of the European Atherosclerosis Society and Deputy Editor of the European Heart Journal. She chaired the ‘Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology’ between 2008 and 2010. Professor Tokgözoglu has served on the Board of the Turkish…
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