Dr. Francesco Pelliccia currently serves as an Associate Professor of Cardiology at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. He received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, in 1989 and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Cardiovascular Sciences from the Department of Cardiovascular and Neurological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, in 2008. His research focuses on interventional cardiology, takotsubo syndrome, MINOCA, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.