Head of Cardiology · Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Hospital Universitario La Zarzuela, Madrid.
Prof. José Luis Zamorano is a cardiologist and cardiovascular imaging specialist with an extensive international career in clinical cardiology, cardiovascular prevention and advanced cardiac imaging. He currently serves as Head of Cardiology at Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Hospital Universitario La Zarzuela in Madrid. His main clinical interests include heart failure, ischaemic heart disease, cardiovascular risk factors and multimodality cardiovascular imaging.
He graduated in Medicine from Complutense University of Madrid in 1987, obtained his PhD in Medicine cum laude in 1991 and completed his specialization in Cardiology in 1993. Throughout his career, he has held major clinical and academic leadership positions, including Head of the Cardiac Imaging Unit and later Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Hospital Clínico San Carlos. He is Professor of Cardiology and has been extensively involved in cardiovascular research, education and scientific evaluation.
Prof. Zamorano has held several senior leadership roles within the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). He has served as President of the European Association of Echocardiography, Secretary General and Vice President of the ESC, as well as Chair of the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee and the ESC Global Affairs Committee. He has also chaired the Working Group on Echocardiography and Imaging Techniques of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and has played an active role in national cardiovascular research evaluation and scientific policy.
His scientific activity includes an extensive research output, participation on the editorial boards of leading international journals such as the European Heart Journal, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging and the European Journal of Echocardiography, and major contributions to clinical guidelines and consensus documents in cardiology and cardiovascular imaging. He has received numerous national and international distinctions, including the Inge Edler Gold Medal, the Silver Medal of the European Society of Cardiology, the Edler Lecture and multiple research awards. More recently, he was appointed Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal National Academy of Medicine and awarded an honorary doctorate. His career brings together clinical cardiology, advanced cardiovascular imaging, prevention, research and international scientific leadership.
