Andreas Hoffmann is a retired clinical cardiologist and emeritus Professor of Cardiology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He has extensively worked in the area of cardiac rehabilitation and in the care of adult patients with congenital heart disease during his active career from 1985 through 2016. He has numerous original scientific publications as well as reviews in these fields. He has served as board member in several ESC working groups. He continues to serve in the peer review process for the EJPC and the annual scientific meeting of the ESC.