Professor Iacopo Olivotto

Professor Iacopo Olivotto

University of Florence, Florence (Italy)

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Prof. Olivotto is Full Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Florence and Chief of Cardiology at Meyer Children Hospital, as well as coordinator of the adult cardiomyopathy services at Careggi University Hospital, in Florence. Over the last three decades, his main clinical and research interests have includes various aspects of cardiomyopathies, with special focus on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and other genetic forms of cardiac disease. In recent years, he has pioneered the development of novel pharmacological treatments for patients with cardiomyopathies, including trial design for targeted drugs involving small molecules and gene therapies. He is a co-founder of the Share international registry for Cardiomyopathies and serves as the Regional expert for rare genetic heart diseases for the region of Tuscany, Italy.