Dr. Athanasios Samaras is a Medical Doctor and a Senior Clinical Researcher. He is currently serving as a Cardiology Resident at "Hippokrateion" General Hospital of Thessaloniki (Greece). He completed a 15-month research fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, focusing on cardiac structural interventions. He holds MSc in Health Statistics & Data Analytics, and PhD in Cardiovascular Medicine from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki focusing on myocardial infarction without obstructive coronary artery disease. His main research interests include interventional cardiology, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and digital health.