Prof Fausto Pinto

Prof. Pinto graduated at Lisbon University Medical School in 1984. He did his Cardiology internship at Santa Maria University Hospital (Lisbon, Portugal), and Stanford University Medical School (CA, USA).
He is currently Full Professor of Cardiology, Head of the Cardiology Department and of the Heart and Vascular Department of Santa Maria University Hospital, ULSSME.P.E., Past President of the World Heart Federation (WHF) (2021-2022). He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal) (2015-2022).
He was the President and founder of the European Association of Echocardiography (2002-04) and ESC President (2014-16). Prof. Pinto has published over 900 indexed articles and has presented over 2500 lectures/chairmanships at national and mostly international meetings.