Prof.dr. Arnoud van ‘t Hof is Interventional Cardiologist and head of the department of Interventional Cardiology in Maastricht University Medical Center and Zuyderland Medical Center in Heerlen, the Netherlands. He has a long-standing research history in cardiovascular medicine, particularly in the field of primary angioplasty and ACS, with special interest in pre-hospital diagnosis and triage in the ambulance. He has been (co-) chairing international multi-center clinical trials in this field. He is a board member of the Acute Cardiac Care Association (ACCA) and editorial board member of the European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care and the Netherlands Heart Journal. He chaired the board of directors of the NCDR, and later the Dutch Heart Registration (NHR) with specific interest for VBHC and data science. He recently joined the EAPC with research on Cardiac Rehabilitation, CV Prevention and Sports Medcine. He has co-authored over 350 publications in peer reviewed journals.