Prof. Flavio D'Ascenzi, MD, Ph.D., FESC, has a position as an Associate Professor and a Director of Postgraduate School in Sports Medicine & Exercise and is currently working at the Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. He is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He graduated in Medicine in 2008 at the University of Siena where he obtained a post-degree specialization in Cardiology in 2014. He obtained a PhD in Medicine at the University of Umea, in Sweden. He is also a Chair of the European Nucleus of Sports Cardiology and Exercise of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC). His clinical and research activities are mainly dedicated to Sports Cardiology, with a focus on sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathies, channelopathies, and exercise prescription.