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Professor Juan Carlos Kaski
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Biography Prof. Kaski was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and studied Medicine at the Universidad del Salvador, in Buenos Aires, where he was awarded the ‘Alberto Villamil Prize’ and the School of Medicine "Gold Medal". After completing a Medical Internship, he was Resident in Internal Medicine at "G. Rawson Hospital" (University Teaching Hospital) and Chief Resident at "R. Mejía Hospital", where he also spent two further years as a Cardiology Registrar under Prof MB Rosenbaum. Prof. Kaski moved to London in 1982 to carry out research on coronary artery spasm and coronary artery vasomotion. He was Research Fellow and Hon. Registrar under Prof A. Maseri at Hammersmith Hospital. where he completed his training in invasive and non-invasive cardiology. In 1986 he returned to Buenos Aires to take up a senior position at "R.Mejía Hospital" in Prof. M.B. Rosenbaum's Department of Cardiology. He spent two years in Buenos Aires (1986-1988) where he was appointed "Senior Researcher" by the Argentine Research Council and conducted research on microvascular angina. In 1988 Prof. Kaski was invited to return to London to direct a research section in the Cardiovascular Unit at Hammersmith Hospital where he was appointed Senior Registrar and Lecturer in Cardiology. At the Hammersmith he was involved in interventional cardiology and his research focused on coronary artery vasomotion. He also taught regularly at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School. In February 1991 Prof. Kaski joined the Department of Cardiological Sciences at St. George's Hospital Medical School to conduct research in the field of coronary artery disease. He created the Coronary Artery Disease Research Group in October 1993. In 1995 he was appointed Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant and was made Reader in Cardiology in 1998. Prof. Kaski is a Board Certified Cardiologist and a Certified Internal Medicine Physician. He is Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology and several other scientific societies. He is also Honorary Member of several national and international societies of Cardiology, including the British Cardiac Society and the New York Academy of Sciences. Prof. Kaski was Chairman of the Microcirculation Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology and a member of both the Training and Education Committee and the Scientific Board of the European Society of Cardiology. He has established successful research collaboration with several European and American Universities in the fields of coronary vasomotion, microvascular angina and inflammation, infection and ischaemic heart disease. J.C. Kaski has published over 200 original papers in major peer-review journals and his name appears on over 300 invited papers and book chapters and in more than 400 abstracts. Prof. Kaski acts as frequent reviewer for 15 major cardiology journals and is editorial board member of several scientific journals. Prof. Kaski is currently the Professor of Cardiovascular Science at St George’s and Head of Cardiological Sciences (formerly, Department of Cardiological Sciences). He is also Director of the Coronary Artery Disease Research Unit and Chief SSM examiner at St George’s. He was awarded an Honoris Causae Professor degree (Honorary Professor) by the Universidad del Salvador and the University of Sao Paulo. In 2001, Prof. Kaski was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University of London. Prof. Kaski is married to Dr Marta Carpani, a Gastroenterologist ; they have three children, Juan Pablo, Diego and Maria-Cecilia. He lives in Chiswick, London and his major hobbies are photography, reading Spanish and Latin American literature and collecting antique illuminated manuscripts and prints Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae Juan Carlos Kaski, MD, DSc, DM (Hons), FRCP, FACC, FESC Academic and Professional Degrees 1974 MD, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires 1984 Cardiologist, Board Certified 1990 Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) 1991 Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) 1999 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) 1998 Honoris Causae Professor, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires 1999 Honorary Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 1998 Professor of Cardiovascular Science, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London 2001 DSc (Doctor of Science) Medicine, University of London Employment and Positions Present Position: 1998 - 1999 British Heart Foundation Sugden Reader in Cardiology 1996 - 1998 British Heart Foundation Sugden Senior Lecturer 1995 - 1997 Senior Lecturer and Hon. Consultant Cardiologist, St. George’s Hospital, London 1991 - 1995 Lecturer in Cardiology, St. George’s Hospital, London 1988 - 1991 Senior Registrar and Lecturer in Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London 1986 - 1988 Head Coronary Disease Research, Ramos Mejia Hospital, Buenos Aires 1982 - 1986 Research Fellow, Hammersmith Hospital, London 1979 - 1982 Cardiology Fellow, Registrar, Ramos Mejia Hospital, Buenos Aires 1978 - 1979 Chief Resident, Ramos Mejia Hospital, Buenos Aires 1975 - 1978 Resident Internal Medicine, Rawson Hospital, Buenos Aires 1974 - 1975 Medical Intern Fellowship/Membership of Scientific Societies (summary) Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (London) Offices Held in Scientific Societies (summary) 1992 - 1997 Member of Scientific Board, European Society of Cardiology 1992 — 1994 Vice-Chairman Working Group on Microcirculation, European Society of Cardiology 1994 - 1996 Chairman, Working Group on Microcirculation, European Society of Cardiology 1997 - to date Member of Steering Committee: Cardiovascular Research Group, Research &Development Committee, St George’s 1997-1999 Member ETP Committee European Soc Cardiol 1999 — 2001 Advisor to Saint Pau Hospital’s Directorate, University of Barcelona 2000 - to date External Advisor to the Argentine Fund for Promotion of Science and Technology (FONCYT) 2004- Chief Examiner Special Study Modules, St. George's, London Awards and Distinctions (summary) 2002 Gold Medal, Spanish Society of Cardiology Editorial Boards — Heart, Coron Art Dis, Clin Cardiol, J Cardiovasc Risk Fact, Rev Esp Cardiol & others Frequent reviewer for Lancet, Circulation, JACC, Am J Cardiol, Heart, Cardiovasc Res., Eur Heart J, and several others. Summary of Publications Papers in peer-review journals > 200; Abstracts > 300,; Books: 3; Book Chapters |
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