Prof. Dr. Claudio Borghi

Claudio Borghi is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Bologna. He earned his medical degree at the University of Bologna, Department of Cardiology, and Department of Clinical Pharmacology. He is the Chief of the Department of Medicine of the Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi-Bologna, a past President of the Italian Society of Hypertension, the head of the postgraduate medical school of emergency medicine, and the Scientific Coordinator of the Ph.D. program on health and technology of the University of Bologna. He is also a member of the Executive Council of the International Society of Hypertension, the European Society of Hypertension, the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Therapeutics, and the writing committee for the ESC Guidelines. He is the author and co-author of over 490 peer-reviewed scientific publications and many other scientific contributions (manuscripts, book chapters, monographs, and e-books) in the field of hypertension, CV risk factors, and the drug treatment of cardiovascular diseases.