Dr. Simon Matskeplishvili

Name: Dr. Simon Matskeplishvili

Educational Qualification: MD, PhD, FESC, FACC

Designation: professor of cardiology at Lomonosov Moscow State University,Russia.

Department: cardiology

Email: simonmats@yahoo.com

Research Interests: Acute and chronic heart failure, coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndrome, heart transplantation, left ventricular assist devices, echocardiography, stress-echocardiography, cardiac resynchronization therapy, coronary angiogenesis, stem cell therapy, cardio-oncology, radiological safety.

Biography: Dr. Simon Matskeplishvili is a professor of cardiology and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is a Deputy-Director for science and research of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Clinic. He graduated with honours from the Moscow Medical Academy in 1994 and had his postgraduate training and fellowship in cardiology at the Clinico-Diagnostic Department of the Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery in Moscow, the largest centre in Russia, performing >6000 open-heart paediatric and adult interventions a year. Cardiology was not Simon’s first choice of career, however when he accidentally walked in on a cardiology seminar, he was absolutely amazed by the subject. He believes to be a cardiologist, one has to be an artist and a philosopher.In 1997–98, he received the degree of International Master in cardiology from the Institute of Clinical Physiology of the National Research Council of Italy in Pisa, followed by a fellowship in invasive cardiology and electrophysiology. He received his PhD degree in 1999 and the Doctor of sciences degree in 2002. In 2001, he was awarded a diploma of European cardiologist, in 2003 became a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and in 2005 – a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2007, he received a degree of the full professor in cardiology. In 2012 Prof. Simon Matskeplishvili had organized and implemented the Educational Programme for cardiologists and internal medicine physicians in Moscow. He also conducts an English-language elective course ‘Amazing Cardiology’ in cardiology, cardiac surgery, and cardiovascular imaging at the Lomonosov Moscow University Faculty of Medicine. His interests include general cardiology, basic research, angiogenesis and stem cell regenerative therapy, acute coronary syndrome, advanced heart failure, valvular heart disease, imaging in cardiology, antithrombotic treatment strategies, interventional cardiology, and cardiovascular surgery.

Degrees, Awards and Memberships

1. 1997                International Master in cardiology and cardiac surgery, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and University of Pisa (Research thesis “Adenosinergic modulation of angiogenesis in ischemic heart disease” and “Non-invasive diagnostic techniques in patients with severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease”)
2. 1998                Member of the European Society of Cardiology
3. 1999                Candidate of medical science in cardiology (Ph.D.), Russian Academy of medical sciences
4. 2001                European Cardiologist, European Board for the specialty of cardiology and European Society of Cardiology
5. 2002                Doctor of medical science (D.Sc.), Russian Academy of medical sciences
6. 2003                Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
7. 2003                Member of the European Association of Echocardiography
8. 2005                Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
9. 2005                Founder and Chairman of Section of echocardiography of the Russian Society of Cardiology
10. 2005                Marie Curie Medal of the Institute of France, French Academy of Sciences
11. 2007                Full Professor of cardiology
12. 2008                Member of the Heart Failure Association of ESC
13. 2010                Member of the Nomination Committee 2010-2012, European Association of Echocardiography
14. 2012    Government Prize for innovation in science and technology of the Russian Federation for “Development of new non-invasive methods of intracardiac blood flow evaluation in heart failure”
15. 2012    Director of Educational program in cardiology, Department of healthcare of the city of Moscow
16. 2014    Member of the Education, Certification and Accreditation, European Communities Committees of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging 2014-2016
17. 2014    Editorial Board Member, European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
18. 2014    Coordinator of the European Society of Cardiology Congress Programme Committee 2015-2016
19. 2015    Adjunct professor of life sciences, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
20. 2015    Executive Board member, Russian Society of Cardiology
21. 2015    Coordinator of the Russian Society of Cardiology Congress Programme Committee 2015-2016
22. 2016    Gold Member of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
23. 2016    European Society of Cardiology “ESC TV” Task Force member