14 Feb 2020
PCRonline announces its new Editor-in-Chief!
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Salvatore Brugaletta as Editor-in Chief of PCRonline.
Salvatore Brugaletta is an Interventional Cardiologist at the “Hospital Clínic de Barcelona”, Spain and associate professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. Highly skilled in Clinical Research, Medical Education and Medical Devices with strong commitment inside medical communities, he received two PhD degrees focused on interventional cardiology from Erasmus University (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Rome, Italy), under the supervision of prof. Patrick W. Serruys and prof. Filippo Crea, respectively.
His areas of interest and expertise include coronary and structural heart disease (Intracoronary imaging, complex heart disease, left main, bifurcation, STEMI, cardiogenic shock, TAVI, Mitraclip, LAA, etc). He has authored around 300 manuscripts published in the peer-reviewed literature and he has delivered more than 100 invited lectures in international meetings, including ESC, ACC, EuroPCR and TCT, and he is currently a member of the research group on atherosclerosis at the “Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)” in Barcelona.
Those involved or who have participated in EuroPCR or in the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (EAPCI) are well acquainted with the breadth of Salvatore Brugaletta’s work, as well as his commitment to furthering the values of our specialty through education, outreach and the exchange of clinical experience. Current Chair of the New Initiatives for Young Interventionalists of the EAPCI, Salvatore Brugaletta currently serves as Social Media Editor of Eurointervention, editorial consultant of JACC Interventions and he is a member of the PCR Board.
PCRonline, launched in 2002 as an integral part of the PCR family of courses and educative programmes, was created as a vehicle to share knowledge, experience and practice in interventional cardiovascular medicine. Salvatore Brugaletta will be succeeding Davide Capodanno, who has chaired the Editorial Board of PCRonline since 2017.
Today, almost twenty years after it was founded, the role of PCRonline is more critical than ever before in ensuring the healthy and continued development of interventional cardiovascular medicine. Faced with the rapid evolution of devices and treatments, the practice of interventional cardiology demands rigorous attention to training, education and innovations, while keeping abreast of the changing relationship with industry while facing the challenge of offering the best possible cardiovascular care that respects local healthcare systems and restricted budgets.
It is the role of the Editor-in-Chief of PCRonline to ensure that this interactive platform offers the clarity and guidance that our visitors need, proposing to the community the most valid content from PCR courses, along with information, commentaries about news in interventional cardiology and a diverse selection of editorial and educational content.
With his rare combination of clinical knowledge and academic expertise, Salvatore Brugaletta is eminently qualified to lead PCRonline, renewing our dedication to furthering the practice of interventional cardiology and influencing the present and future of our specialty.
The close collaboration between Davide Capodanno as the new editor-in-chief of Eurointervention and Salvatore Brugaletta as editor-in-chief of PCRonline will contribute to the continued growth and reputation to both EuroIntervention and PCRonline as THE platforms of choice for the interventional cardiovascular community and beyond.