Professor Filippo Crea is Director of the Cardiology Unit at the Agostino Gemelli Foundation Hospital. He is Director of the Department of Cardiovascular and Pneumological Sciences and Director of the Postgraduate School in Cardiology the Catholic Universityof the Sacred Heart in Rome. He is Editor-in-Chief of the “European Heart Journal” (2020) and past International Associate Editor of “the European Journal of Cardiology”; member of the Editorial Board of “Circulation”, “Clinical Cardiology” and “Revista Espagñola de Cardiologia” and past Associate Editor of “Heart”. He is Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the European Society of Cardiology and member of the Congress Programme Committee of the European Society of Cardiology,. In 1992 he received from Professor Rita Levi Montalcini the Newburg Prize for his scientific contribution to the cardiovascular research. In 2013 he received the Arrigo Recordati International Prize for lifetime achievement in researching the pivotal role of microcirculation in systemic and organ diseases. In 2015 delivered the 7th annual Robert L. Krakoff International Lecture in Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University Medical School, Boston USA He is author of more than 1000 publications on peer reviewed journals.