Luigi P. Badano

Prof. Badano currently serves both as a Full Professor of cardiovascular medicine and coordinator of the Ph.D. course on Public Health at the University of Milano Bicocca (Milan, Italy) and as director of the integrated cardiovascular diagnosis unit at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy. Prof. Badano’s clinical interests include native and prosthetic valvular heart disease and right ventricular and atrial function, with research interests in three-dimensional and deformation imaging echocardiography and cardiac mechanics. Prof. Badano is a member of the Italian Society of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE). He is also a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology. Prof. Badano is a regularly invited speaker at major international cardiology meetings and annual ESC, ACC, ASE, and EuroEcho scientific meetings. He has 389 peer-reviewed publications (current Scopus H-index= 8), authored 9 books about echocardiography and cardiovascular imaging. Prof Bdano has been listed among the highly cited researchers from 2018 to 2021 by Clarivate- Web of Science to have produced multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year. Prof. Badano served as President of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging from 2010 to 2012. He is an honorary member of the Hungarian, Romanian, and Korean Societies of Cardiology. He is also an honorary Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography, the British Society of Echocardiography, and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. In 2013, he was awarded the European Society of Cardiology silver medal for his clinical and research activity and his commitment as President of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.