Gerasimos Filippatos, MD, FESC, FHFA, FHFSA (h) Dr Filippatos is Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Heart Failure and Cardioncology Unit at the Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, GR. He was Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Cyprus. He studied Medicine at the University of Patras, GR, and earned his doctorate Cum Laude from the University of Athens. He completed his clinical training in Chicago, USA; and Cambridge, UK. He is past President of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. He has served in the ESC Practice Guidelines Committee and the ACC/AHA Heart Failure Guidelines Writing Committee and as International Governor of the ACCP. He is Associate Editor of the European Heart Journal and Senior Consulting Editor of JACC-HF. He has published over 500 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored more than 30 book chapters including the “Acute Heart Failure” chapter in Braunwald. He has (co) edited 5 books including the ESC Textbook of Acute and Intensive Cardiac Care, Highly Commended in the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards, and the books “Heart Failure: The Expert’s Approach” and “Treatment Algorithms in Heart Failure”. Prof. Filippatos is in the Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researchers. Honorary Member of many Cardiac Societies.