Prof. Serban Mihai Balanescu obtained his MD from "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania, in 1988. He became a Consultant in Cardiology and Internal Medicine in 1996. Consequently, he trained in Interventional Cardiology at CHU Rangueil in Toulouse, in Southampton General Hospital, and Istituto Policlinico San Donato, Milan, between 1995 and 2001 through training fellowships awarded by the French Government and European Society of Cardiology. Since his return to Bucharest, Romania in 2001, he has worked in three large Emergency Hospitals, mainly in Interventional Cardiology. He is currently appointed as Chair of the Cardiology Department in Elias University Hospital. He is responsible for student lectures, final Cardiology examination, bedside teaching, patient care in CCU and in the wards, research, and PhD students.