Cardiologist Valentín Fuster, new president of the Mount Sinai Heart in New York

He has been warning for some time that the current lifestyle worsens cardiovascular risks His research has contributed to the treatment of heart attack patients The cardiologist, director of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research and the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York (United States), Valentín Fuster, has been named the new president of Mount Sinai Heart, a position he will hold from January 1, 2023. “In my opinion, Valentín Fuster is the best cardiologist in the world. His achievements are legendary in all fields of cardiology. He is irreplaceable “Fortunately, he’s not retiring, he’s staying at Mount Sinai to mentor and mentor our faculty and students. I’m lucky to call him my friend,” said Mount Sinai Health System President of Academic Affairs Dennis S. Charney. Fuster has worked around the world to reduce heart disease and improve cardiovascular medicine. His research on the origin of cardiovascular events, which has contributed to improving the treatment of heart attack patients, received the Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research in 1996, the highest Spanish international award. In 2011 he received the Grand Scientific Prize from the Institute of France for his translational research in atherothrombotic disease, and in 2020 he was honored in Thailand with the Prince Mahidol Award for his contribution to the field of medicine. In 2022, the American College of Cardiology created the Valentín Fuster Award for Innovation in Science.