Valentina O. Puntmann MD, PhD, FRCS

Dr. Valentina Puntmann is the Deputy Head of the Department and senior clinical investigator with a subspecialty interest in multimodality cardiovascular imaging and the conduct of clinical trials using imaging biomarkers. Her research projects focus on the development of novel imaging biomarkers for the detection of cardiovascular injury, supporting risk stratification, prevention, and therapy. She is the chief investigator of the International T1 Multicentre CMR Study on validation, standardization, and translation of T1 mapping imaging for clinical use. She has authored over 50 papers and over 100 conference presentations. She has been lecturing on cardiovascular imaging and translational medicine at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has trained >30 fellows to SCMR level II or above.

Dr. Valentina O Puntmann is on the Editorial Board of the European Cardiology Review.