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Dr Antonio Pelliccia is a specialist in Cardiovascular Diseases and Sports Medicine. He is Head of the Cardiology...
Dr Antonio Pelliccia is a specialist in Cardiovascular Diseases and Sports Medicine. He is Head of the Cardiology Department of the Institute of Sports Medicine and Science of the Italian National Olympic Committee. Adjunct Professor of "Sports Cardiology" at the School of Specialization in Cardiovascular Diseases and Sports Medicine, University of L'Aquila and La Sapienza in Rome. Dr Pelliccia served as the Health Manager of the Italian mission to the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake 2002, Turin 2006, Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. He is an associate professor in Medicine at TUFTS University, Boston. Dr Pelliccia is the author of numerous papers in international scientific journals (New Engl J Med, Circulation, JACC, Eur Hart J) on the cardiovascular physiopathology of exercise and sports activities. Past President of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, of the European Society of Cardiology.
Dr. Aristides Anastasakis, MD, PhD, is a consultant cardiologist specialized in Inherited and Rare Cardiovascular...
Dr. Aristides Anastasakis, MD, PhD, is a consultant cardiologist specialized in Inherited and Rare Cardiovascular Diseases. He was trained in Athens and London. He holds a Degree in Medicine and his PhD thesis was in the field of cardiomyopathies. Since 1997, is dynamically involved in the area of inherited cardiovascular diseases (“Pheidippides” program 1997 – 2004, EKKAN 2004 – 2017) and now holds the position of Scientific Director in the Unit of Inherited and Rare Cardiovascular Diseases, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre. He has been a member of ESC Task Force in Sports Cardiology (2004 – 2008) and an elected nucleus member of ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases (2012 – 2016). Ηe represented Greece (2015 – 2017) in EUCERD (European Union Committee of Experts on Rare Diseases) and is an elected President (2018 – 2020) on Cardiomyopathy and Inherited cardiovascular diseases working group of the Hellenic Cardiac Society, as well as the President (2017 – 2020) of the National Council of Rare Diseases in Greece. He has been awarded with several grants and actively involved in international research projects (such as HCM Investigator Outcomes). Dr. Anastasakis has a significant volume of publications in international scientific journals, chapters in medical books and is the editor of the textbook “Heart diseases in adolescence”. He is also a Board member for various scientific journals such as Hellenic Cardiac Society Journal, Cardiogenetics and Echo Research. Currently, he is the coordinator of National Network in Precision Medicine in Cardiology.
Dr Papadakis is an Assoc Professor in Cardiology at St George’s, University of London. He is the president-elect for...
Dr Papadakis is an Assoc Professor in Cardiology at St George’s, University of London. He is the president-elect for the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and the past chair of the European section of Sports Cardiology and Exercise. He is consultant to the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, English Institute of Sport, English and Wales Cricket Board and Rugby Football Union. His interests include sports cardiology, inherited cardiac diseases, cardiovascular disease prevention including prevention of sudden cardiac death in young and athletic individuals, heart failure and cardiac imaging. Dr Papadakis is currently credited with more than 100 publications in peer reviewed medical journals and numerous presentations in national and international conferences. He has contributed to international projects, including the creation of the Sports Cardiology curriculum, the criteria for the interpretation of the athlete’s ECG and the exercise guidelines in individuals with heart disease. In 2016 he launched a novel MSc degree in Sports Cardiology.
Professor Sharma specialises in inherited cardiac diseases, and has particular interests in cardiomyopathy, ethnic...
Professor Sharma specialises in inherited cardiac diseases, and has particular interests in cardiomyopathy, ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography and sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). He also specialises in sports cardiology, in particular pre-participation screening in athletes and the condition known as athlete's heart. Professor Sharma qualified in 1989 from Leeds University, and consequently received cardiology training at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington and St George's Hospital, London. From 1996 to 2001 Professor Sharma was a consultant cardiologist and physician at University Hospital Lewisham. He then moved to the role of director of heart muscle diseases at King's College Hospital from 2001-2007. In 2007 he became a professor of inherited cardiac diseases in sports cardiology, before in 2010 becoming consultant cardiologist for Cardiac Risk in the Young, a charity that promotes awareness of SADs. Since 2001 Professor Sharma has been the medical director of the Virgin London Marathon, the Silverstone half-marathon, the BUPA 10k run and the Adidas Women's 5k run. He is also cardiologist for the Lawn Tennis Association, the British Rugby Union and the English Institute of Sport Congress.
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