Prof Gianluca Pontone is Deputy Scientific Director, Director of the Perioperative Cardiology and Cardiovascular Imaging Department and Co-director of the Sport Cardiology Unit of Centro Cardiologico Monzino, a research hospital dedicated to cardiovascular disease. He also serves as Professor of Cardiology at the University of Milan, Italy.
Prof Pontone graduated with honours in medicine before completing a post-graduate degree in cardiology and radiology and a PhD in clinical methodology at the University of Milan. He has authored more than 650 indexed articles in international journals and currently serves as Vice President of European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and chairman of the working group of cardiovascular imaging of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC).
