Jerome Roncalli, MD, Ph.D. completed his medical research training at Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute at Northwestern University in Chicago, under Professor Douglas Losordo. Prof. Roncalli serves as Director of the Heart Failure Unit in the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Toulouse, France. He has also served as the Assistant Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory since 2008. Prof. Roncalli is a member of the French and the European Society of Cardiology. His major research is focused on interventional cardiology, heart failure, tissue repair/ regeneration, angiogenesis/vasculogenesis, and progenitor/ adult stem cells. He is currently a Professor of Cardiology at the Purpan School of Medicine in Toulouse and director of the Institute CARDIOMET and FHU IMPACT.