Professor Filippo Crea is Director of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoraic Sciences at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the European Society of Cardiology and a member of the Congress Programme Committee of the European Society of Cardiology. Professor Crea is also the Editor-in-Chief of The European Heart Journal, a member of the Editorial Board of “Circulation”, “Clinical Cardiology” and “Revista Espagnole de Cardiologia” and past Associate Editor of “Heart”. Professor Crea’s main fields of interest are acute coronary syndromes, coronary microcirculation and stem cells.