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
- 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”)
- 1998 Member of the European Society of Cardiology
- 1999 Candidate of medical science in cardiology (Ph.D.), Russian Academy of medical sciences
- 2001 European Cardiologist, European Board for the specialty of cardiology and European Society of Cardiology
- 2002 Doctor of medical science (D.Sc.), Russian Academy of medical sciences
- 2003 Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
- 2003 Member of the European Association of Echocardiography
- 2005 Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- 2005 Founder and Chairman of Section of echocardiography of the Russian Society of Cardiology
- 2005 Marie Curie Medal of the Institute of France, French Academy of Sciences
- 2007 Full Professor of cardiology
- 2008 Member of the Heart Failure Association of ESC
- 2010 Member of the Nomination Committee 2010-2012, European Association of Echocardiography
- 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”
- 2012 Director of Educational program in cardiology, Department of healthcare of the city of Moscow
- 2014 Member of the Education, Certification and Accreditation, European Communities Committees of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging 2014-2016
- 2014 Editorial Board Member, European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
- 2014 Coordinator of the European Society of Cardiology Congress Programme Committee 2015-2016
- 2015 Adjunct professor of life sciences, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- 2015 Executive Board member, Russian Society of Cardiology
- 2015 Coordinator of the Russian Society of Cardiology Congress Programme Committee 2015-2016
- 2016 Gold Member of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
- 2016 European Society of Cardiology “ESC TV” Task Force member