Jose Nicolau MD, PhD, FACC

Dr. Jose Carlos Nicolau, MD, PhD, FACC, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of São Paulo Medical School, Director of the Acute Coronary Disease Unit of the Heart Institute (InCor) in São Paulo, Brazil, and Coordinator of the Cardiology Residency Program of the same Institution. Professor Nicolau’s main area of research includes the broad spectrum of coronary artery disease (mainly ACS), including hyperglycemia, LV remodeling, platelet reactivity, and antithrombotic therapy. He has participated in more than 80 international multicenter clinical trials, serving as a member of their steering, executive, or international committees in most of them.

Professor Nicolau has participated in a number of guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, being the editor/chairman of the Brazilian guidelines on non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes, and one of the coordinators of the Brazilian guidelines on ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He has authored or co-authored more than 270 original articles and book chapters and he has also been senior editor of 5 books: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Cardiology Intensive Care, Coronary Artery Disease, Intensive Care and Emergencies – How to Treat, and Practical Approaches in Cardiology, and he is an editorial board member/reviewer for several national and international publications, as JAMA, European Heart Journal, American Heart Journal, and Brazilian Archives of Cardiology.

A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Nicolau is also a member of several international societies. In Brazil, he has been an active member of local medical societies, serving as president of the São Paulo Society of Cardiology and scientific director of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, among other positions. Currently, he is the President of the Clinical Cardiology Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology.