Petar M. Seferovic

Faculty of Medicine Belgrade University Belgrade, RS Petar M Seferovic, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC • Vice-president, European Society of Cardiology • President, Heart failure Association oftbe ESC (2018-2020) • Academician, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts • Professor, University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine and Heart Failure Center, University Medical Center, Belgrade • President, Heart Failure Society of Serbia Petar Seferovic is Vice-president of The European Society of Cardiology and President of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. He has a long standing experience in the activities of ESC, and later was involved in Heart Failure Association projects for almost a decade. After completing his training and fellowship at Belgrade University School of Medicine and Kings College Hospital in London, UK, he spent two years as a Visiting Assistant professor in Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA. Prof. Seferovic was leading the introduction of several methods of interventional cardiology and myocardial and pericardial disease in Serbia, including percutaneous transJuminal angioplasty, endomyocardial biopsy, percutaneous pericardioscopy and pericardiaJ biopsy. Starting mid-90's, he dedicated his clinical and research activity to chronic and acute heart failure. He is full member of Serbian Academy of Sciencies and Arts and President, Heart Failure Society of Serbia His research interests mainly include heart failure (acute and chronic), cardiovascular disease (heart failure) and diabetes, as well as cardiomyopathies, myocarditis and pericardia! disease. He has been involved in numerous heart failure clinical trials as a National coordinator and Principal investigator, member of international steering committees, endpoint committees, and advisory boards. Prof. Seferovic has coauthored a total of 606 publications, with cumulative impact factor of 1078 (b-index 36), including multiple papers in peer-reviewed international journals. He has a total citation of 17833 (Google Scholar) / 14298 (Scopus). He presented more than 260 lectures at International conferences. He acted as a Task Force member on several ESC guidelines, including ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, the ESC guidelines for the management of pericardia! disease, and the guidelines on cardiovascul diseases in diab In addition, Petar Seferovic serves as a reviewer for several journals