Professor Francesco Cosentino

Francesco Cosentino is professor of Cardiology at the Karolinska Institute and University Hospital in Stockholm. Medical school and specialty training at the University of Rome. Cardiovascular Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic & Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA where he also obtained PhD in Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Former “lecturer” and “titular professor” of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Zurich. Former associate professor of Cardiology, University of Rome “Sapienza”. Prof. Cosentino is vice-president of the European Society of Cardiology. Chairman of the ESC Partnership and Policy Committee. He chaired 2019 ESC Guidelines on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. He is deputy editor of European Heart Journal and consulting editor of Cardiovascular Research Journal. He is the recipient of grants and prizes from national and international research councils and private foundations. He is the leading author of more than 200 original articles in top-ranking, peer-reviewed journals