John Pernow

John Pernow, MD, PhD, FESC, is Professor and Head of the Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He is also senior consultant of cardiology at Karolinska University Hospital. He is chairman of the scientific council of the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation and member of the working group on Translational Cardiology of the Swedish Society of Cardiology and the. His clinical expertise is coronary artery disease. John Pernow’s research is focused on mechanisms behind and novel treatments targeting atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and ischemic heart disease. This research involves mechanistic studies and clinical investigations on patients with coronary artery disease and risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with special focus on diabetes.