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Valentín Fuster (born in Barcelona, Spain in 1943) is a Spanish〔〔〔〔 cardiologist. As a physician-scientist for four decades he specializes in the prevention and treatment of heart disease, coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis, publishing extensively on these topics. Dr. Fuster serves as Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, and the Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.〔("Doctor Profile", Mount Sinai Hospital ) retrieved May 13, 2015〕 He is Editor-in-Chief of the ''Journal of the American College of Cardiology'' (JACC), past President of the American Heart Association, past President of the World Heart Federation, and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. In his native Spain, he also serves as the General Director of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid, Spain and Chairman of the SHE Foundation (Science for Health and Education). ==Life and career== Fuster serves as physician-in-chief and Director of Mount Sinai Heart, the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health. He is also the Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.〔 Fuster was the President of Science and is now the General Director of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid, (Spain).〔("Valentin Fuster Carulla", CNIC ) retrieved March 12, 2013〕 Fuster took over as editor-in-chief at the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2014.〔http://www.theheart.org/article/1569917.do〕 Among the positions of distinction that he holds are past President of the American Heart Association, past President of the World Heart Federation, Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences where he serves as Chair of the committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease,〔("Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries", CNIC ) retrieved March 12, 2013〕 former member of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Advisory Council,〔("Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Final Report", NHLBI ) retrieved March 12, 2013〕 and former Chairman of the Fellowship Training Directors Program of the American College of Cardiology. Thirty distinguished universities throughout the world have granted him Honorary Doctorate Degrees.〔 Fuster was born in Barcelona after the end of the Spanish Civil War. His early aptitude for tennis let him to compete at a national level, and it was through tennis that he met his future mentor – Pedro Farreras, the author of the standard Spanish textbook of medicine. After Farreras suffered a heart attack at age 45, he encouraged Fuster to study cardiology. Fuster pursued his degree at the University of Barcelona, graduating with a MD in 1967, first in his class. He then completed an internship at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona. Encouraged by his tutor, he then went to the University of Edinburgh Medical School for his PhD on the role of platelets in myocardial infarction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mountsinai.org/static_files/MSMC/Files/Faculty%20Profile%20Pdfs/VFuster%20CV%20Spring%202013.pdf )〕 While completing his PhD in Edinburgh, Fuster served as a Research Fellow in Cardiology at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh from 1968 to 1971.〔 After completing his PhD in 1971 from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Fuster spent several years at the Mayo Clinic, first as a resident and later as Professor of Medicine and Consultant in Cardiology.〔 In 1981, he came to Mount Sinai School of Medicine as head of Cardiology. From 1991 to 1994, he was Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He returned to Mount Sinai in 1994 as Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and in 2006, he was named the Director of Mount Sinai Heart. In his down time, Fuster is an avid cyclist - he has tackled the stages of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, two of the most grueling road races in the world. He has ridden the Col du Tourmalet, a Tour de France climb on the highest mountain pass in the central Pyrenees, multiple times, as well as the Col d'Aubisque, another climb in the Pyrenees. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valentin Fuster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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