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Professor Fausto J. Pinto recognised by the American College of Cardiology with the International Service Award 2019
Professor Fausto J. Pinto was given the International Service Award 2019 by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), in honour of his professional contributions in the cardiovascular area.
Fausto Pinto will be given the award during the ACC Convocation, Inauguration and Awards Ceremony, which is taking place on 11th of March during the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of ACC, in New Orleans, USA.
“The dedication of Dr. Pinto to improve cardiovascular health and medical care is the proof of his experience and professionalism" - says C. Michael Valentine, President of ACC. "For me, it is an honour to give him this Award and celebrate with him his tremendous contributions to the cardiovascular area", he adds.
The International Service Award is given every year to a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) who, through his extraordinary contributions to cardiovascular medicine, has significantly improved cardiovascular care in the whole world. It is the first time a Portuguese was awarded this prize.
The American College of Cardiology promotes a world where innovation and knowledge can optimise cardiovascular care and its results. As the professional "house" of the whole community that provides cardiovascular care, the mission of ACC, as well as of its 52 thousand members, is to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health. The ACC confers credentials to cardiovascular professionals who reach the highest and most rigorous qualifications, and it is also in charge of politics, models and guidelines of health development. The College also promotes excellent professional medical education, disseminates cardiovascular research in their journals JACC Journals, elaborates national registers to quantify and improve the care and it also confers accreditation to hospitals and institutions. For more information, visit our website www.acc.org
Professor Fausto J. Pinto, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, FASA, FASE
Director of The Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon; Director of the Department of Cardiology at the Lisboa Norte Hospital Centre (CHULN); Director of the Department of Heart and Vessels of CHULN;
President Elect, World Heart Federation (WHF) (2019-2020); President of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (2014-2016); Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon; Director of the University Clinic of Cardiology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon
Scientific Coordinator of the Cardiology Centre of the University of Lisbon (CCUL) (FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology); President and founding member of European Association of Echocardiography (2002-04), Fellow and Gold Medal of European Society of Cardiology (FESC), Fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC), Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI) and American Society of Echocardiography (FASE). Full Member of the National Academy of Medicine of Portugal (seat XXXVe honorary member of several international societies and academies, including Czech Cardiology Society, Colombian Society of Cardiology, Hungarian Society of Cardiology, Japanese Circulation Society, Societé Française de Cardiologie, Societá Italiana di Ecografia Cardiovasculare, Peruvian Society of Cardiology, Romanian Society of Cardiology, Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russian Society of Cardiology, Slovakian Society of Cardiology. Appointed by acclamation on the 29th of November of 2018 as member of the National Academy of Medicine of Brazil
Numerous distinctions of national and international entities can be highlighted, Gold Medal (2016) and “Excellence in Service Award”(2018) from the European Society of Cardiology, Gold Medal of Heart Failure Society of Serbia, International Honorary Member of the Japanese Circulation Society, Honorary Award for Excellence in Science 2016, University of Messina and Fondazione Internazionale Menarini, Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cardiology, Maltese Cardiac Society , Member of the "Ordem do Coração", Indian Heart Journal (2016), Libensky Gold Medal, Czech Society of Cardiology and "
Targa della Cultura CardioLucca 2019".
He was the Editor in Chief of the Portuguese Journal of Cardiology from 1999 to2015 publishing more than 600 indexed articles and/or presented over 1500 at national and international scientific meetings.
His main areas of interest are ischemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiovascular imaging, particularly echocardiography and he pioneered the use of intravascular ultrasound in the study of graft atherosclerosis of transplanted heart.