Massimo Mapelli is a cardiologist at the Heart Failure Unit of the Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, in Milan. He graduated in medicine from the University of Brescia in 2009 and specialized in cardiology at the University of Milan in 2016, with a thesis on a cohort of more than 4000 heart failure patients. He completed a postgraduate international Master in Heart Failure (PCHF) in collaboration with the University of Zurich and the European Society of Cardiology. He completed a Ph.D. program in translational medicine. His main research interests are heart failure and cardiorespiratory functional assessment, as well as echocardiography, biomarkers, and cardiomyopathies. He is the author of numerous international scientific articles. During his training, he spent extended periods in a non-profit hospital in Gulu, Northern Uganda. He is a member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC), and the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO). He has also presented his scientific work at several national and international congresses, obtaining several awards.