Aleš Linhart

Prof. Aleš Linhart, DSc, FESC graduated at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Subsequently he received his training in cardiology and vascular medicine at General University Hospital in Prague and Broussais Hospital in Paris, France. Moving back to the First medical faculty of the Charles University in Prague, he continued his professional career and research focusing mainly on metabolic cardiomyopathies, noninvasive cardiac imaging and atherosclerosis. In 2004 he was appointed professor at Charles University in Prague. He is currently heading the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the First Medical Faculty which hosts the major Center for Fabry disease and Pulmonary Hypertension in Czech Republic. Prof. Linhart authored or co-authored more than 240 papers and reviews, 58 book chapters and 8 monographs (H-index 34). He is member of several scientific societies, namely Czech and European Society of Cardiology. Currently he holds a position of a chairman the Czech Society of Cardiology, he is the immediate past chairman of the ESC working group on myocardial and pericardial diseases.