Prof. Gianfranco Parati

Scientific Director; Head of Cardiology Unit; Head of the Department of Cardiovascular, Neural, and Metabolic Sciences at St. Luke Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy. Medical Doctor degree MD (1977), Specialization in Cardiology (1980) and Internal Medicine (1985) at University of Milan, Italy. Professor at University of Milano Bicocca (2001–2021). Head of Cardiology Unit and Laboratory of Cardiology (1991–2008), St. Luke Hospital Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS. Research: heart failure, arterial hypertension, blood pressure variability, sleep-related breathing disorders, cardiovascular effects of altitude exposure (HIGHCARE PROJECTS), space research on microgravity (NASA, ESA), digital health technologies, cardiac imaging, neural control of the cardiovascular system. Member of ESC, ESH, and ISH; Past President of SIIA. Awards: 2004 Lecturer of the Year (Belgian Universities and Hypertension League); 2015 ESH “Bjorn Folkow Award and Lecture”; 2019 Pickering Lecture Award—British and Irish Hypertension Society Annual Meeting; 2021 ISH Distinguished Fellow Award. 103 H-Index, 53646 Scopus citations.