Dr. Pietro Scicchitano is a professor at the Cardiology Department, University of Bari, Italy. He took his Ph.D. courses in Biomolecular, Pharmacological, and Medical Sciences in the Oncology Department, University of Bari, Italy, and received his degree in cardiology on 25 June 2014 with maximum votes. He has been a member of the Directive Nucleo of Hypertension, Prevention, and Rehabilitation Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology since January 2013. He is a member of the ESC Working Groups on Peripheral Circulation, Atherosclerosis, and Vascular Biology, and he is on the Council on Stroke.