Valentín Fuster

DR. VALENTÍN FUSTER is one of the world’s most influential cardiologists and the most cited Spanish scientist in history. He is Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and founding director of Spain’s National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC). A former President of both the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation, he has played a decisive role in shaping global cardiovascular prevention strategies. Recipient of the Prince of Asturias Award for Research and Editor-in-Chief of Nature Reviews Cardiology, he is the only cardiologist to have received the highest research honors from all major international cardiology societies.