8^th Global Cardiologists and Echocardiography Annual Meeting

Biography

Aldo Maggioni received his medical degree from the University of Milan School of Medicine, where he also completed a fellowship in internal medicine. He performed a residency in cardiology at the University of Padua before becoming a clinical cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology at General Hospital “G. Fornaroli” in Magenta, Milan, then at General Hospital Fatebenefratelli ed Oftalmico, also in Milan. Aldo Maggioni is Member of the Steering Committee of the GISSI studies and Director of the Research Center of the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists in Florence. Since 2010 Dr Maggioni is the Scientific Coordinator of the EURObservational Research program of the European Society of Cardiology. Aldo Maggioni served as a member of the Steering Committee, Event Evaluation Committee, Data and Safety Monitoring Board of more than 50 clinical studies in areas including myocardial infarction, secondary prevention, diabetes, stroke, and acute and heart failure. Dr Maggioni is author of about 500 peer reviewed papers and has been included in the list of the highly cited researchers over the last 11 years (2002-2013) by Thomson Reuters.

Research Interest

myocardial infarction, secondary prevention, diabetes, stroke, and acute and heart failure