Dr. Panteleimon E Papakonstantinou graduated from the Medical School, University of Crete, Greece. He completed his PhD studies and postdoc clinical fellowship in the field of atrial fibrillation (AF) at the Cardiology Dpt, School of Medicine, University of Crete, and 1st Cardiology Dpt, School of Medicine, University of Athens. He completed his cardiology residency program at the Cardiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece. He is a board-certified cardiologist, and is currently a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow at the EP Lab and Atrial Fibrillation Institute, Mater Private Hospital & Cardiovascular Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland. His research interest focuses on invasive management of cardiac arrhythmias, especially AF, stroke, and anticoagulation therapy. He is co-chair of the education and scientific program committee of the ESC Council on Stroke and secretary of the EAPC Primary Care and Risk Factors Management section.