Fausto Pinto (Portugal)
Fausto Pinto, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, FASE, graduated from Lisbon University Medical School, Portugal, in 1984. He completed his cardiology internship at Santa Maria University Hospital–CHLN, E.P.E., Lisbon, Portugal, and at Stanford University Medical School, California, USA. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, and Full Professor of Cardiology, Head of the Cardiology Department and of the Heart and Vascular Department of Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
His main areas of interest are ischemic heart disease, anticoagulation, cardiovascular imaging, particularly the use of ultrasound in cardiology, and he has pioneered the use of intravascular ultrasound in the study of graft atherosclerosis.
He was the President of the European Society of Cardiology (2014-16) and is currently the President of the World Heart Federation (2021-2022). Prof. Pinto has published over 600 indexed articles and has presented over 1500 lectures/chairmanships at national and international meetings.