Ariel Karim Saad graduated from the University of Tucuman, Argentine in 2000. In 2005 he completed training as specialist in Internal Medicine and in 2009 he completed training as a cardiologist. Both programs he attended at the Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin, associated with the University of Buenos Aires, Argentine. Since 2010 he has been a staff member at the Cardiology Division of the Hospital de Clinicas where he also performs teaching activities. He has experience in non-invasive cardiac imaging, particularly echogradiography, stress echocardiography and novel technologies such as strain and three-dimensional echo. He is a Titular Member of the Argentine Society of Cardiology (ASC) and is part of the Executive Committee of the Echocardiography and Vascular Doppler Council (ASC).