Valentín Fuster
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Valentín Fuster Carulla, 1st Marquess of Fuster (born January 20, 1943) is a Spanish cardiologist and aristocrat.[5][2][3][4]
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Born | Valentín Fuster Carulla (1943-01-20) 20 January 1943 (age 81) Barcelona, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish, American[1][2][3][4] |
Alma mater | University of Barcelona University of Edinburgh Medical School |
Occupation | Cardiologist |
Parent(s) | Joaquín Fuster, Father |
Relatives | Marquess of Carulla, grandmother Joaquín Fuster, brother |
He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC),[6] past President of the American Heart Association,[7] past President of the World Heart Federation,[7] and has been a member of the US National Academy of Medicine[7] and Member of the European Horizon 2020 Scientific Panel of Health.[8] In 2016 he co-chaired, with Jendayi Frazer, the Advisory Committee on The Role of the United States on Global Health.[9]
Fuster serves as President of Mount Sinai Heart[10][11] and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation, and Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.[12] In October, 2023 Mount Sinai Heart was renamed the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital.[13] Deepak Bhatt succeeded Fuster in the role of director.[14]
He serves in Madrid as the General Director of the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC)[15] and also chairs an international project, the SHE Foundation (Science for Health and Education).[16] In 2014, King Juan Carlos I of Spain granted him the title of Marquis for his "outstanding and unceasing research efforts and his educational outreach work".[17]