Valentin Fuster

Education: 1954-1961 B.S. Colegio Jesuitas, Barcelona, Spain (Baccalaureate) 1961-1967 M.D. Faculty of Medicine, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain 1971 Ph.D. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland Academic Appointments: 2009- General Director, CNIC-Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain 2007-2009 Scientific Director, CNIC-Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain 2006- Director, Mount Sinai Heart, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 1997- Richard Gorlin, M.D./Heart Research Foundation Professor of Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 1994-1997 Arthur M. and Hilda A. Master Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 1994 Dean for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 1991-1994 Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 1982-1991 Arthur M. and Hilda A. Master Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 1981-1982 Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota 1980 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota 1978-1981 Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota 1974-1977 Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota Licensure and Certification: 1967 Internal Medicine Licensure, University of Barcelona, Spain 1970 Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates 1974 Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners 1976 Internal Medicine Board Certification 1977 Cardiovascular Diseases Board Certification 1982 New York State Medicine and Surgery 1991 Massachusetts State Medicine and Surgery

Currículum Vitae

Valentin Fuster is a world-renowned leader in global cardiovascular medicine, currently serving as the President of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA, alongside his role as General Director of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) in Madrid, Spain. After studying medicine at the University of Barcelona, his career included professorships at the Mayo Medical School, Mount Sinai, and serving as the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. His unparalleled research tracks the causes, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular disease, spanning from basic molecular biology to massive multinational clinical trials, yielding an H-index of 218 and making him the most highly cited Spanish research scientist of all time.Dr. Fuster is the only individual to have received the highest research honors from all four leading cardiovascular organizations: the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the Interamerican Society of Cardiology. His leadership positions include past presidencies of the AHA and the World Heart Federation, as well as serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology for a decade until July 2024. He has been awarded 40 honorary doctorates, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Grand Prix Scientifique of the Institute of France, and was granted the title of Marquis by King Juan Carlos I of Spain for his outstanding research and educational outreach. In 2023, Mount Sinai officially renamed its heart hospital in his honor.