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NewProf Karen Sliwa
Prof Karen Sliwa, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, DTM & H- is the Director of the Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Professor Fausto Pinto, MD PhD FESC FACC FSCAI FASE – is the Immediate Past-President of European Society of Cardiology; Dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon; Head of…
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Dr Nooshin Bazargani is currently a consultant Cardiologist at the Dubai Health Authority and is Deputy Head of the Dubai Heart Centre, Dubai Hospital, Dubai Health Authority. Nooshin has…
NewProf Jagat Narula
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, MACC, FRCP is Philip J. and Harriet L. Goodhart Chair in Cardiology, Chief of Cardiology, St. Luke’s & Roosevelt Hospital of Mount Sinai, Professor of…
NewProf David Wood
Garfield Weston Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, MB ChB, MSc, FRCP, FRCPE, FFPHM, FESC Professor Wood is…
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NewMark Creager
Dr. Mark A. Creager, MD, FAHA, FACC, is the Anna Gundlach Huber Professor of Medicine and Professor of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and he is…
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Richard A. Chazal, MD, MACC
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NewSimon Gillespie
Simon Gillespie OBE – Chief Executive, BHF
Simon joined the British Heart Foundation (BHF) as Chief Executive in 2013, following seven years as Chief Executive of the Multiple…
NewAlvaro Avezum
NewThomas A. Gaziano
Thomas A. Gaziano MD, MSc is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He…
NewProf Junbo Ge
Professor Junbo Ge is academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; the chief of cardiology department of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; the chief of Shanghai Cardiovascular Clinical Center; the chairman…
NewRajeev Gupta
Dr Rajeev Gupta is currently Chairman, Preventive Cardiology, Internal Medicine and Research at Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute, Mount Sinai New York Affiliate, Jaipur; Chairman of Academic…
NewDr Amam Mbakwem
Professor Amam C. Mbakwem.
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Place and date: Port Harcourt / 6th March 1957
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Last name: RESTREPO-MOLINA
Citizenship Certificate: 3.228.672
Nationality: Colombian
Date of birth: October 15, 1955
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NewRick Grobbee
Diederick E. Grobbee, MD, PhD, FESC
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University Medical Center Utrecht
Rick Grobbee, is founder of the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary…
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Beatriz Marcet Champagne
As a member of the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Beatriz is dedicated to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases or NCDs, heart diseases and stroke…
NewDorairaj Prabhakaran
Professor D. Prabhakaran is a cardiologist and epidemiologist by training. He is an internationally renowned researcher and is currently the Vice President- Research & Policy, Public Health Foundation of…
