Autor: Javier Escaned

Javier Escaned MD Ph D FESC is Head of Section (Interventional Cardiology) at Hospital Clinico  San Carlos, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Complutense University (Madrid, Spain). He  trained as a cardiologist the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham  and Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry) before moving to the Thoraxcenter / Rotterdam (The  Netherlands), where he obtained his Ph D degree in 1994. He is author of more than 250 scientific  articles, books and book chapters on different aspects of interventional cardiology, imaging and  physiology. He is co-editor with Patrick Serruys of the textbook “Coronary Stenosis. Imaging,   Structure and Physiology”, whose new edition was launched in May 2015. Current positions in  scientific societies include: board member (treasurer) of European Association of Percutaneous  Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), nucleus member of the ESC Working Group on  Pathophysiology and Microcirculation, and co-director of Euro PCR. In 2014 he served as director of  the ESC International Summit on Coronary Microcirculation and Heart Disease. Recent or on-going  international multicentre trials in which he has a principal investigator role include: ADVISE II,   SYNTAX II, PILOT SECRET, SHEAR STENT and DEFINE-FLAIR. Some of his additional  interests are philosophy, education and music.