Professor Paolo G. Camici is Professor of Cardiology, Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele and a Senior Consultant in Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Up to April 2010 he was Professor of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Consultant Cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital in London and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology and Royal College of Physicians. Professor Camici specialises in both the diagnosis and treatment of ischaemic heart disease and cardiomyopathies. Professor Camici is also Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Cardiology.