Dr. Igor Rudez is a Chief at the Department of Cardiac and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, and a Director at the Heart Transplant Program, University Hospital Dubrava. He graduated from the Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 1991. He received his MSc Degree from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, in 1998, and his PhD from Medical School, University of Osijek, Croatia, in 2007. In 2001/2002, he was a visiting surgeon at UniKlinik Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany (mentor Prof. H. Reichenspurner). His research interests include beating heart surgery-OPCAB, aortic valve repair, mitral valve repair, cardiac transplantation, myocardial protection aortic aneurysms, external reinforcement, and arterial revascularization.