Dr. Federica Ilardi is a cardiologist, currently employed as a research fellow at the Department of Advanced Biomedical Science of the Federico II University Hospital in Naples, Italy. She earned her medical degree from the Federico II University of Naples, and she trained in echocardiography at the Echo Department, Heart Valve Clinic of the University of Liège, in Belgium. At Federico II University, she completed the international PhD program in cardiovascular pathophysiology and therapeutics. Her field of interest is cardiovascular imaging, applied to the study of ischemic and valvular heart disease, and advanced echocardiographic techniques. She is also interested in translational medicine, gaining experience in the study of platelet function. She has been involved in several research projects focusing on the application of basic and advanced echocardiography in the diagnosis and prognosis of valvular and ischemic heart disease and other cardiomyopathies. She is a Nucleus Member of the Italian Cardiologist of Tomorrow (ICOT), a young community of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC), and an active member of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI), the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), the Council on Valvular Heart Disease, the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease, and the Cellular Biology of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).