Frederik H. Verbrugge is a Cardiologist/Intensive Care physician with dedicated interest in heart failure, (exercise) hemodynamics & cardiorenal physiology. Prof. Dr. Verbrugge graduated as M.D. in 2010 (KU Leuven, Belgium) & obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2015 (Hasselt University, Belgium). He is currently employed as Clinic Head/Clinical Professor at University Hospital Brussels/Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), where he cares for patients with heart failure & cardiac devices, attends the cardiac intensive care unit, and runs the exercise physiology lab. For his research, Prof. Dr. Verbrugge has an affiliation with the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, US). He currently serves as Deputy Editor for European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care and Editorial Consultant for JACC: Heart Failure. Prof. Dr. Verbrugge is a member of the Heart Failure Association study group on cardio-renal dysfunction.