Prof. Dr. Giovanni Cimmino is an associate professor of Cardiology at the Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli". He completed his PhD at the Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Respiratory Sciences Division of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Italy. Then, he became a post-doctoral research fellow at Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York (February 2006-March 2010); the Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Italy (April -September 2010); and the Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Italy (July 2011-June 2013). He has been awarded the Young Investigator Award from the Italian Society of Cardiology and a Special mention from the Accademia Ercolanese. He is also a member of the Italian Society of Cardiology. He is a cardiologist with expertise in the basic mechanisms of atherosclerosis, platelet aggregation, and thrombus formation.