Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.

Research Interests: Cardiac surgery, mechanical circulatory support, transplantation, primary graft dysfunction, thoracic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, intensive care, ECMO.

Massimo Baudo

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Research Interests: Cardiac surgery, CABG, mitral valve, atrial fibrillation, aortic valve, meta-analysis.

Riccardo Cau

Department of Radiology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Research Interests: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiovascular imaging, coronary, carotid arteries.

Vinod Kumar Chaubey

Conway Medical Centre, SC, USA.

Research Interests: Translational research, clinical trials, cardiac surgery outcomes, clinical practice guidelines, evidence-based medicine, outcome assessment, health services research, quality improvement, risk assessment, risk adjustment.

Liang Chen

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China.

Research Interests: Heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiac surgery, heart transplantation, cohort study

Jaesung Peter Choi

Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.

Research Interests: Cerebral cavernous malformation, microbiome, inflammation, vascular malformation, stroke, mouse model.

Ruben M. L. Colunga Biancatelli

Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Research Interests: Acute and chronic lung injury, inflammation, inflammasome, endothelial dysfunction, endothelial barrier function, heat shock proteins, oxidative stress, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19.

Gianni Dall'Ara

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, campus Forlì, Italy.

Research Interests: Myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, chronic total occlusion, antithrombotics, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, left atrial appendage closure, transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral and tricuspid repair.

Wijnand den Dekker

Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Research Interests: Calcified lesions, ACS and multivessel disease, vulnerable plaque, orbital atherectomy.

Wolf-Hans Eilenberg

Department of General Surgery, Medizinische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.

Research Interests: Aortic Aneurysm; Abdominal; Biomarkers; Pharmacological; Carotid Artery Diseases; Randomized Controlled Trial.

Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar

Department of Pharmaceutics, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, West Bengal, India.

Research Interests: Drug targets for cancer treatment, cancer targeted drug delivery systems, nanotechnology for cancer treatment and diagnosis.

Mohammed Idhrees

Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Disorders, SIMS Hospitals, Chennai, India.

Research Interests: Aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, clinical implication of surgery in aorta, association of diabetes mellitus and aortic disorder, coronary artery disease, cardiac valve disease and surgery.

Nicola Lamberti

Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.

Research Interests: Exercise therapy, exercise training, rehabilitation, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, exercise testing, near-infrared spectroscopy.

Roberto Licordari

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

Research Interests: Heart failure, clinical cardiology, echocardiography, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, cardiac function, cardiovascular medicine, atherosclerosis.

Emilio Lozupone

Department of Neuroradiology, Ospedale Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy.

Research Interests: Diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology, endovascular therapies, CNS vascular disorders, brain aneurysm, CNS AVM and DAVF, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, head and neck hypervascular tumor.

Nils Ludwig

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Research Interests: Head and neck cancer, oral squamous cell carcinoma, tumor angiogenesis, tumor microenvironment, small extracellular vesicles, exosomes, intercellular communication.

Elisabetta Moscarella

Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.

Research Interests: Interventional cardiology, coronary artery disease, in stent restenosis, bioresosrbable vascular scaffolds, ecimer laser coronary atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, acute coronary syndromes, aortic valve disease, bicuspid aortic valve, TAVI.

Andrea Perrelli

Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.

Research Interests: Cerebral cavernous malformation disease, cerebrovascular diseases, oxidative stress, vascular disease, redox signaling in vasculature.

Naga Venkata K. Pothineni

Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, Overland Park, KS, USA.

Research Interests: Atrial fibrillation, sudden cardiac death, ventricular tachycardia.

Robert W. Regenhardt

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Research Interests: Neuroendovascular/neurointerventional procedures, cerebrovascular disease, ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, large vessel occlusion, cerebral aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, dural arteriovenous fistula.

Kirsten Riches-Suman

Cardiovascular Research Group, School of Chemistry and Biosciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK.

Research Interests: Smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, saphenous vein, coronary artery, type 2 diabetes, abdominal aortic aneurysm, cell signalling, ageing, coronary artery bypass grafting.

Andrea Salica

Department of Cardiac Surgery, European Hospital, Rome, Italy.

Research Interests: Mitral surgery, aortic surgery, coronay surgery.

Antonio Salsano

Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Research Interests: Cardiovascular surgery, valve disease, coronary artery disease, heart tumors, pericardial disease, thoracic aortic disease.

Stefano Schena

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Research Interests: Atrial fibrillation (surgical and hybrid ablation), minimally invasive cardiac surgery, multiarterial CABG, structural heart disease, aortic aneurysm, perioperative care in cardiac surgery

Andrea Scotti

Department of Interventional Cardiology, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.

Research Interests: Structural heart disease, transcatheter heart valve intervention, valvular disease, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiovascular therapy, heart failure.

Pavel A. Solopov

Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.

Research Interests: Diagnosis and therapy of acute and chronic lung injury, including ARDS and fibrosis, anti-inflammatory and lung protective functions of heat shock protein 90 inhibitors, animal models of COVID-19.

Alessandro Sticchi

Campus Bio-Medico Hospital, Rome, Italy.

Research Interests: Valvular intervention, structural intervention, multimodality imaging, transcatheter mitral valve intervention, transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention, transcatheter valve repair, transcatheter valve replacement, coronary vulnerable plaque.

Saravanan Subramaniam

Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

Research Interests: COVID-19, viral infections and coagulation disorders, thrombosis, endothelial biology, intravital imaging, tissue factor, protease-activated receptors, immunothrombosis.

Janet Wei

Department of Cardiology, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center Smidt Heart Institute Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Research Interests: Ischemia with no obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA), coronary microvascular dysfunction, coronary vasospasm, myocardial steatosis, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Fu-Yang Zhang

Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Research Interests: Translational medicine, heart failure, myocardial infarction, stem cell biology, mitochondrion, metabolism, obesity, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Lei Zhao

Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Research Interests: Stroke, neuroprotection, spine surgery, cardiovascular diseases.

Zhongyan Zhou

Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy / SKL of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Research Interests: Pharmacology, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cardio-oncology, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, cancer, endothelial dysfunction, pro- and anti- angiogenesis, inflammation, vascular integrity and stability, vascular aging, coronary microvascular dysfunction