Leonarda Galiuto, MD, PhD Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome Former Assistant Professor in Cardiology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Former Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit at the Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Italy Specialist in Cardiology, Sports Medicine, and Psychotherapy Master's Degrees in Hospital Management and Clinical Nutrition International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sports Medicine Former Associate Professor at the University of California at San Diego Expert in cardiac imaging, cardiac prevention and rehabilitation, sports cardiology, exercise prescription, and microvascular dysfunction. International opinion leader in myocardial contrast echocardiography and takotsubo syndrome. Editor-in-Chief of the first official textbook of the European Association of Echocardiography Author of more than 150 printed papers with an H-index of 31 and 4375 citations