Chris J. Plummer

Jozef Bartunek, MD, PhD, is an interventional and heart failure cardiologist currently based at the Cardiovascular Center, Azorg, Aalst, Belgium. His extensive academic background includes appointments as Assistant Professor at Comenius University and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, alongside professorships at TU Eindhoven and Catholic University of Leuven. He is a respected figure in cardiac regenerative medicine, having co-founded Cardio3Bioscences (now Celyad) and Powerful Medical. His research interests span translational research in heart failure, cardiac regenerative medicine, and device-based interventions, supported by over 350 peer-reviewed publications and a Scopus H-index of 78. He has served in leadership roles in professional societies like the European Association PCI and on editorial boards for major journals such as the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.