Valentín Fuster Carulla, 1st Marquess of Fuster (born January 20, 1943) is a Spanish
cardiologist
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and
aristocrat
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.
He was
editor-in-chief
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of the ''
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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'' (JACC), past President of the
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate Heart, cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability ...
,
past President of the
World Heart Federation,
and has been a member of the US
National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineerin ...
and Member of the European Horizon 2020 Scientific Panel of Health. In 2016 he co-chaired, with
Jendayi Frazer, the Advisory Committee on ''The Role of the United States on Global Health''.
Fuster serves as President of Mount Sinai Heart
and Physician-in-Chief of
The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation, and Professor at
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City, New York, United States. The school is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sina ...
.
["Doctor Profile", Mount Sinai Hospital](_blank)
retrieved May 13, 2015 In October 2023 Mount Sinai Heart was renamed the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital.
Deepak Bhatt succeeded Fuster in the role of director.
He serves in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
as the General Director of the
National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC)
[Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculare] and also chairs an international project, the SHE Foundation (Science for Health and Education). In 2014,
King Juan Carlos I of Spain granted him the title of Marquis for his "outstanding and unceasing research efforts and his educational outreach work".
Life and career
Fuster was born in
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a pop ...
. He is the son of a
psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...
, and his brother is a
neuroscientist
A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, Biological neural network, neural circuits, and glia, and their Behavior, behavioral, biological, and psycholo ...
. In Spain he competed in tennis at a national level.
Pedro Farreras Valentí, the author of the widely used Spanish textbook ''Farreras-Rozman Internal Medicine'', encouraged Fuster to study cardiology.
Fuster graduated first in his class with an MD from
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...
in 1967. He completed an internship at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, then attended
University of Edinburgh Medical School
The University of Edinburgh Medical School (also known as Edinburgh Medical School) is the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the United Kingdom and part of the University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinar ...
for a PhD on the role of
platelet
Platelets or thrombocytes () are a part of blood whose function (along with the coagulation#Coagulation factors, coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping to form a thrombus, blood clot. Platelets have no ...
s in
myocardial infarction
Infarction is tissue death (necrosis) due to Ischemia, inadequate blood supply to the affected area. It may be caused by Thrombosis, artery blockages, rupture, mechanical compression, or vasoconstriction. The resulting lesion is referred to as a ...
.
Fuster served as a Research Fellow in Cardiology at the
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) was established in 1729, and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire."In Com ...
from 1968 to 1971
After completing his PhD in 1971 from the
University of Edinburgh Medical School
The University of Edinburgh Medical School (also known as Edinburgh Medical School) is the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the United Kingdom and part of the University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinar ...
. Fuster spent several years at the
Mayo Clinic
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, first as a resident and later as Professor of Medicine and Consultant in Cardiology. In 1981, he became head of cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. From 1991 to 1994, he was Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...
and Chief of Cardiology at the
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvar ...
.
He returned to Mount Sinai in 1994 as Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and in 2006 named the Director of Mount Sinai Heart, and in 2022, he was appointed president.
Fuster serves as physician-in-chief and President of Mount Sinai Heart, the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health. He is also the
Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation Professor at
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City, New York, United States. The school is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sina ...
.
Fuster was the President of Science, and is now the General Director of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
, (Spain).
["Valentin Fuster Carulla", CNIC](_blank)
retrieved March 12, 2013
Fuster was elected
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
at the ''
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
The ''Journal of the American College of Cardiology'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of cardiovascular disease, including original clinical studies, translational investigations with clear clinical relevance, state-of-the-a ...
'' in 2014. Former positions include President of the American Heart Association, past president of the
World Heart Federation,
member of the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, NGO, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the ...
where he serves as Chair of the Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease, former member of the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. It is tasked with allocating about $3.6 billion in FY 2020 in tax revenue t ...
Advisory Council, and former Chairman of the Fellowship Training Directors Program of the
American College of Cardiology
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949. It bestows credentials upon cardiovascular specialists who meet its qualifications. Education is a core component of the ...
. He has thirty-four university Honorary Doctorates.
According to Google Scholar, his peer-reviewed publications, as of 2020, have been cited 319,356. His h-index is 209 and i10-index is 1,206.
He was the inspiration for a character on the Spanish version of ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...
'' named "Valentin Ruster" that educated children in healthier lifestyles through exercise and healthy diet.
Honors and awards
* 1992 Andreas Gruntzig Award of the International Society of Interventionalists (Paris)
["Valentin Fuster Honored with Grand Prix Award", TheHeart](_blank)
retrieved March 21, 2013
*1993 Distinguished Scientist Award, American College of Cardiology
["Previous Years Distinguished Scientists", American Heart Association](_blank)
retrieved March 21, 2013
* 1996 Principe de Asturias Award of Science and Technology, Fundacion Principe de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
* 2001 James B. Herrick Award, Council of Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association
* 2005 2009 Distinguished Researcher Award, Interamerican Society of Cardiology
* 2008 Polzer Prize, European Academy of Science and Arts
* 2011
The LeFoulon Delalande Grand Prize, Institute of France, Paris, France
* 2012 AHA Research Achievement Award, Los Angeles, CA
["New York City scientist wins American Heart Association award for major additions to knowledge of artery disease process, treatments", American Heart Association](_blank)
retrieved March 12, 2013
* 2014 Created Marquess of Fuster in the
Spanish nobility
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by King
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until Abdication of Juan Carlos I, his abdic ...
.
* 2017
Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise
*2020
Prince Mahidol Award
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Prince Mahidol ...
in Medicine
Scientific investigator
Contributions in
translational medicine
Translational medicine (often called translational science, of which it is a form) develops the clinical practice applications of the basic science aspects of the biomedical sciences; that is, it translates basic science to applied science in me ...
Chronology
Fuster’s contributions for disease-to-health transitions encompass five phases leading to 4 guidelines Class I:
1980s: Demonstrating the role of platelets in coronary artery bypass graft (
CABG) occlusion based on imaging studies in dogs, and a pioneering trial of aspirin in human
atherothrombotic disease.
1990s: Demonstrating that acute coronary events arise from small plaques, explaining their unpredictability, and developing diagnostic MRI imaging to characterize these “vulnerable plaques”
and inhibiting post coronary angioplasty (PCI) fibrosis in pigs by
Rapamycin
Sirolimus, also known as rapamycin and sold under the brand name Rapamune among others, is a macrolide compound that is used to coat coronary stents, prevent organ rejection, organ transplant rejection, treat a rare lung disease called lymphang ...
,
prompting the introduction of
drug-eluting stent
A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a tube made of a mesh-like material used to treat atherosclerosis, narrowed arteries in medical procedures both mechanically (by providing a supporting scaffold inside the artery) and pharmacologically (by slowly ...
s (DES) to prevent PCI
restenosis
Restenosis is the recurrence of stenosis, a narrowing of a blood vessel, leading to restricted blood flow. Restenosis usually pertains to an artery or other large blood vessel that has become narrowed, received treatment to clear the blockage, and ...
.
2000s: Following upon experience with CABG and DES for
revascularization
In medical and surgical therapy, revascularization is the restoration of perfusion to a body part or organ that has had ischemia. It is typically accomplished by surgical means. Vascular bypass and angioplasty are the two primary means of r ...
in patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary disease changing American and European practice guidelines.
2010s: To improve poor medication adherence, as observed in FREEDOM and other studies, a fixed-dose
polypill (aspirin,
ramipril
Ramipril, sold under the brand name Altace among others, is an ACE inhibitor type medication used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease. It can also be used as a preventative medication in patients over 55 y ...
and
statin
Statins (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a class of medications that lower cholesterol. They are prescribed typically to people who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) carriers of cholesterol play ...
) was developed, the first approved for secondary prevention in 40 countries.
2015 to present (2021): Established the predictive value of identifying atherosclerotic burden by noninvasive imaging (3D ultrasound, EBCT, PET, MRI) and genetics in 4 studies of 11,000 asymptomatic adults. Thus, in collaboration with the producers of Sesame Street television, conducted randomized studies of 3,000 children, 2,000 parents and 300 teachers in
Colombia
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,
Spain
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and
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater ...
(New York). Sixty hours of health education over six months showed a significant impact on knowledge, attitude, habits and weight within three years.
Books
Author
*Hurst's the ''Heart Manual of Cardiology'', 12th Edition by Robert O'Rourke, Richard Walsh and Valentin Fuster (Jan 27, 2009)
*''The Heart Manual: My Scientific Advice for Eating Better, Feeling Better, and Living a Stress-Free Life Now'' by Valentin Fuster (Feb 2, 2010)
*The ''AHA Guidelines and Scientific Statements Handbook'' (Fuster, The AHA Guidelines And Scientific Statements Handbook) by Valentin Fuster (Jan 6, 2009)
*''Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease'' by Valentin Fuster, Eric J. Topol and Elizabeth G. Nabel (Nov 8, 2004)
*Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics Paolo Gresele, Clive P. Page, Valentin Fuster, Jos Vermylen Hardback ()
*Thrombosis in Cardiovascular Disorders
ardcoverValentin Fuster (Author), Marc Verstraete (Author)
*Update on Coronary Risk Factors, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America
ardcoverValentin Fuster, MD, PhD (Author), and Jagat Narula
*La Ciencia de la Salud: Mis consejos para una vida sana (Spanish Edition) by Valentin Fuster (Dec 26, 2007)
*Cardiovascular Thrombosis: Thrombocardiology and Thromboneurology
ardcoverMarc Verstraete (Author), Valentin Fuster (Author), Fuster (Author)
*La ciencia y la vida/ Science And Life (Spanish Edition)
aperbackValentin Fuster (Author), Jose Luis Sampedro (Author)
*[Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Established and Emerging Applications
ardcoverAlbert Lardo (Author), Zahi Fayad (Author), Nicolas Chronos (Author), Valentin Fuster (Author)
*La pequeña ciencia de la salud
erfect PaperbackValentin Fuster (Author)
*Monstruos supersanos
erfect PaperbackValentin Fuster (Author)
*La cocina de la salud by Valentín Fuster / Ferran Adrià / Josep Corbella (2010)
*La vostra salute mi sta a cuore
erfect PaperbackJosep Corbella Valentín Fuster
*La buona cucina della salute. La ricetta di un famoso chef e di un grande medico per vivere bene senza rinunce
erfect PaperbackValentin Fuster, Josep Corbella Ferran Adrià (Author)
*El Círculo de la motivación
laneta de LibrosValentín Fuster con la colaboracíon de Emma Reverter
Editor
*The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque: Understanding, Identification and Modification
ardcoverValentin Fuster (Editor)
*Evolving Challenges in Promoting Cardiovascular Health by Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Editorial Staff, Valentin Fuster (Editor) May 2012, Paperback
*Assessing and Modifying the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque by Valentin Fuster (Editor) with William Insull Jr., MD June 2002, Hardcover
*Oxidative Stress and Cardiac Failure by Marrick Kukin (Editor), Valentin Fuster (Editor) October 2002, Hardcover
*Platelets in Hematologic and Cardiovascular Disorders: A Clinical Handbook
ardcoverPaolo Gresele (Editor), Valentin Fuster (Editor), Jose A. Lopez (Editor), Clive P. Page (Editor), Jos Vermylen (Editor)
*Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health]
aperbackCommittee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries (Author), Institute of Medicine (Author), Valentin Fuster (Editor), Bridget B. Kelly (Editor)
*Syndromes of Atherosclerosis: Correlations of Clinical Imaging and Pathology
ardcoverValentin Fuster (Editor)
*Efficacy of Myocardial Infarction Therapy
ardcoverValentin Fuster (Editor)
*Editor-in-chief of ''Nature Reviews Cardiology'', April 2009
References
External links
Mount Sinai Hospital homepageSHE Foundation
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Spanish emigrants to the United States
Living people
Harvard Medical School faculty
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty
Physicians from Barcelona
Recipients of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise
Spanish cardiologists
University of Barcelona alumni
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Fellows of the American College of Cardiology
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
1943 births