Francesco Cosentino MD, PhD

Prof. Francesco Cosentino obtained his MD degree in 1987 and clinical training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Rome. In 1991 moved to Mayo Clinic & Foundation for a cardiovascular research fellowship. During his stay at Mayo he fulfilled all the requirements for a PhD in Biomedical sciences – cardiovascular pharmacology. In 1995, he joined the Cardiovascular Division at the University Hospital of Bern as a research and clinical associate.

Two years later he moved to the Division of Cardiology of Zurich University Hospital where he became lecturer and then titular professor of Cardiology. In 2000, he was appointed assistant professor of Medicine and then associate professor of Cardiology at the University of Rome “Sapienza”. Currently, he is professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Unit of Cardiology.