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Overview
Faculty:
A John Camm
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
Agenda
Faculty Biographies
A John Camm
Professor John Camm became Professor of Clinical Cardiology at St. George’s University of London 1986. He continues to hold this positions alongside positions as Professor of Clinical Cardiology at St George’s Hospital London and Professor of Cardiology at Imperial College London.
An internationally renowned expert in atrial fibrillation (AF), Prof Camm leads the European Network for translational research in atrial fibrillation, which works towards a better understanding of AF. Other research interests include ventricular tachycardia, cardiomyopathy, pacemakers and sudden cardiac death.
Professor Camm is a Senior Consulting Editor for the European Heart Journal and Editor of the European Society of Cardiology Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to cardiology, including the British Cardiovascular Society Mackenzie Medal and the European Society of Cardiology Gold Medal.
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
Dr Nicolas M Van Mieghem obtained his medical degree and cardiology degree at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. After subsequent fellowships in interventional cardiology in Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Genk, Belgium, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, US and Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, he joined the department of interventional cardiology at the Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, as a senior staff member in February 2010.
He is involved in the percutaneous coronary interventions and structural heart program. He obtained the degree of PhD based upon his research in transcatheter valve therapies. So far he has published and co-authored approximately 130 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr Van Mieghem is principle investigator and steering committee member in multiple ongoing international trials evaluating various coronary and transcatheter valve technologies. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and is currently Medical Director of the department of Interventional cardiology at the Thoraxcenter.