Gianluigi Savarese

Gianluigi Savarese is an Italian and Swedish cardiologist currently operating as an Associate Professor of Cardiology at the Karolinska Institutet within the Department of Clinical Science and Education. He also maintains a substantive clinical role as a Senior Consultant for Heart Failure at the Southern Hospital (Södersjukhuset) in Stockholm, Sweden. His primary research activities target heart failure, with a specific focus on characterizing cardiac phenotypes to improve international clinical trial design and optimizing the implementation of guideline-directed medical treatments.

Dr. Savarese possesses deep expertise in medical informatics and big data analysis, contributing heavily to major national and international registry initiatives including the Swedish Heart Failure Registry and various ESC registries. His scientific profile includes more than 450 published articles in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. Demonstrating a strong presence within European cardiology networks, he is the Secretary of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology and previously served as a board member and secretary for the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. He also shapes medical scientific publishing as a Deputy Editor for the European Journal of Heart Failure and EHJ-Open, and as an Associate Editor for JACC: Heart Failure.