Director of Research Center of Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO), Heart Care Foundation, Florence, Italy 2016 Gold Medal of the Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri (ANMCO) 2017 GIMBE Evidence Award 2017 Commander of the It alian Republic 2019 2019 Gold Medal of the Heart Failure Association dell’European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Hall of Fame Heart Failure American College of Cardiology 2021 2020 2019 2018 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Clinical Medicine 202 1 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Clinical Medicine 2020 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Clinical Medicine 2019 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Clinical Medicine 2018