Professor Krzysztof J. Filipiak, MD, PhD, Dr. h.c. is a cardiologist, internal  medicine specialist, specialist in arterial hypertension, and clinical  pharmacologist. He graduated from the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland,  and completed his scientific and clinical internships in Utrecht, Amsterdam,  Rio de Janeiro, and Geneva. Currently, he holds a full professor position at the  Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. He is past president  of the Polish Hypertension Society and cofounder and past president of the  Polish Cardiac Society Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Working Group. He also  acts as the Governor for Poland of the International Society of  Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. He is a former editor-in-chief of  “Kardiologia Polska” (the official journal of the Polish Cardiac Society)  and is currently the executive editor of “the Cardiology Journal”. His research  areas focus on dyslipidemias, coronary syndromes, heart failure,  cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, and prevention, with >500 papers indexed in  PubMed.