Raul D. Santos

Certifications: Specialist in cardiology by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology Approved in the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates USA in basic and clinical sciences and in the English proficiency test. Current Position • Associate Professor Department of Cardiopulmonary Diseases- University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. • Director –Lipid Clinic of The Heart Institute (InCor) of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital (HCFMUSP), Sao Paulo, Brazil. • Senior Researcher Academic Research Organization Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein Sao Paulo, Brazil • President International Atherosclerosis Society (2019-2021) • Vice-president Iberoamerican Familial Hypercholesterolemia Network Association • Member European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) Consensus Panel on Dyslipidemias • Associate Editor Atherosclerosis • Associate Editor Journal of Clinical Lipidology • Associate Editor European Journal of Preventive Cardiology • Associate Editor Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Former Positions • President Elect International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) 2016-2018 • Scientific Director Brazilian Society of Cardiology – SBC (2016-2017) • Secretary International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) 2012-2015 • Scientific Director Sao Paulo Society of Cardiology (SOCESP) 2014-2015 • President of the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2011-2012 • Member at large of the Americas- International Atherosclerosis Society 2010-2012 • President of the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2010-2011 • Scientific Director of the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2008-2009 • Scientific Director of the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2001-2003. • Vice-president of the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 1999-2001. • Treasurer of the São Paulo Society of Cardiology (SOCESP) 2010-2011 • Member of the preventive council of Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention • Scientific Director of the Brazilian Heart Foundation 2001-2003 • Coordinator of the III Brazilian Guidelines on Prevention of Atherosclerosis of the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2001. • Coordinator of the I Brazilian Guidelines on Familial Hypercholesterolemia the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2012 • Coordinator of the I Brazilian Guidelines of Fats and Cardiovascular Health the Department of Atherosclerosis of The Brazilian Society of Cardiology 2012 • Assistant Physician of The Coronary Care Unit of the Sirio Libanes Hospital São Paulo Brazil since 1994-2003. • President of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease 2007-2008 • Director of the Metabolic Syndrome Committee of the Interamerican Heart Foundation 2002-2005 • Member of the Executive Committee of the International Lipids and Information Bureau (ILIB) Brazil 2000-2006 • Member of the Editorial Board of the Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Journal of The Brazilian Medical Association) 2002-2005