Elections to EACVI Board 2018-2020 Application for the position: EACVI Secretary 1. Your Identity Title Family Name(s) First Name(s) Birth Date Institute/Organisation Department City Country Prof. Di Salvo Giovanni 10/September/1971 Royal Brompton Hospital Imaging Department London UK Elections to EACVI Board 2018-2020 Page 1 / 6
2. General Curriculum Vitae (300 words max) Qualifications / Diplomas: MD, (Italy, 29-03-1996, Magna cum Laude) Certificate of perfection in Medical Emergencies (Italy, 1997) Specialization in Cardiology (Italy, 27-10-2000, Magna cum Laude) MSc Master Degree in Medical Imaging (Katholieke University of Leuven, Belgium 03-07-2002, Magna cum Laude) Ph.D in Cardio-Respiratory Physiopathology and Associated Biotechnologies (Italy, 19-05-2004, Magna cum Laude) FESC since 2002 Assistant Professor in Pediatric Cardiology since 2006 to Jannuary 2012 at the Second University of Naples, Italy Awarding of the qualification for Associate Professor, Italy (2013) Adjunct Full Professor Pediatric Cardiology Al Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Awarding of the qualification for Full Professor, Italy (2018) Appointments 1. Cardiology, Second University of Naples 01-04-1996 to 10-2000. 2. Consultant Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital, Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy 11-2000 to January 2006. 3. Head of the Out Patient Clinic, Cardiology (Structural/Congenital Heart Disease), Monaldi Hospital, Second University of Naples, Italy, January 2006- to January 2012, and from September 2013 to June 2014. 4. Consultant Pediatric Cardiology-Structural Heart Disease, King Faisal Hospital and research Center, January 2012 to September 2013. 5. Director Heart Center Research Unit, and Consultant Pediatric Cardiology -Structural Heart Disease, King Faisal Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from June 2014 to 2016. 6. Consultant, Lead Pediatric Echocardiography, at Royal Brompton, London, UK, since September 2016 to now. 7. Lead Pediatric Cardiology Research at Royal Brompton, London, UK since July 2017 to now. 8. Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Imperial College of London, since October 2016 to now. Elections to EACVI Board 2018-2020 Page 2 / 6
Awards and Honors 2006 Young Investigator Award of the European Society of Cardiology, section echocardiography (Euroecho 2006, Prague) 2010 Award for the best published research by the Italian Society of Paediatric Cardiology (SICP 2010) 2012 Award for the best published research of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography (2012) Clinical and Research Fellowships 01-2000 to 07-2000 Clinical Fellow in Cardiology, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France (Prof. Gilbert Habib). 09-2001-to - 12-2002 Research fellow in Cardiology, Katholique University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg Hospital, Leuven, Belgium (Prof George Sutherland, Prof Liv Hatle, Prof Luc Mertens). Elections to EACVI Board 2018-2020 Page 3 / 6
3. Previous experience(s) in the EACVI or ESC or your National Bodies? Nucleus Member of the Working Group of Echocardiography of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC) (2006-2008) Nucleus member of the Research Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography (SIEC) (2008-2014) Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (From 2002 to now) Councillor of the EACVI 2014-2016 Councillor of the EACVI 2016-2018 Co-Chair of the EACVI TTE accreditation exam (2014 to now) 4. Are you a Board or Nucleus Member of another scientific organisation? Yes No x If Yes, please specify: Elections to EACVI Board 2018-2020 Page 4 / 6
5. Publications (please list 10 max) 1. Di Salvo G, et al. 2016 2018 EACVI Scientific Documents Committee. Imaging the adult with congenital heart disease: a multimodality imaging approach-position paper from the EACVI. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Aug 6. doi: 0.1093/ehjci/jey102. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30084968. 2. Di Salvo G, et al. Gothic aortic arch and cardiac mechanics in young patients after arterial switch operation for d-transposition of the great arteries. Int J Cardiol. 2017 Aug 15;241:163-167. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.03.044. Epub 2017 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 28325614 3. Fadel BM,..and, Di Salvo G. Intermittent entrapment of a prosthetic mitral valve disc: what you see is not what you get. Circulation. 2014 Jan 14;129(2):e11-3. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003918. PubMed PMID: 24421364. 4. Di Salvo G, et al. Non sustained ventricular tachycardia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and new ultrasonic derived parameters. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010 Jun;23(6):581-90. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.02.013. Epub 2010 Apr 2. PubMed PMID: 20362415. 5. Di Salvo G, et al. Abnormal myocardial deformation properties in obese, nonhypertensive children: an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, standard echocardiographic, and strain rate imaging study. Eur Heart J. 2006 Nov;27(22):2689-95. Epub 2006 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 16905554. 6. Di Salvo G, et al. Atrial myocardial deformation properties predict maintenance of sinus rhythm after external cardioversion of recent-onset lone atrial fibrillation: a color Doppler myocardial imaging and transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic study. Circulation. 2005 Jul 19;112(3):387-95. 7. Thuny F, Di Salvo G,.., and Habib G. Risk of embolism and death in infective endocarditis: prognostic value of echocardiography: a prospective multicenter study. Circulation. 2005 Jul 5;112(1):69-75. Epub 2005 Jun 27. 8. Sutherland GR, Di Salvo G, Claus P, D'hooge J, Bijnens B. Strain and strain rate imaging: a new clinical approach to quantifying regional myocardial function. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Jul;17(7):788-802. Review. PubMed PMID: 15220909. 9. Di Salvo G, Thuny F, and Habib G. Endocarditis in the elderly: clinical, echocardiographic, and prognostic features. Eur Heart J. 2003 Sep;24(17):1576-83. PubMed PMID: 12927193. 10. Di Salvo G, Habib G, et al. Echocardiography predicts embolic events in infective endocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Mar 15;37(4):1069-76. PubMed PMID: 11263610. Elections to EACVI Board 2018-2020 Page 5 / 6
6. Received Hirsch Index (Year / Index) 2018/40 (Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Harzing s Publish or Perish) 7. Received Impact Factor(s) (Year / IF) 2018/ 1200 8. Why are you interested in joining the EACVI Board (300 words max)? To promote the grow of EACVI as a - patient centered - multi-modality imaging society To promote and develop evidence/cost - based imaging approach to fight cardiovascular disease and guarantee the best specialist care to everyone who needs them To promote the young community for developing and retaining world class clinical and research leaders To bring innovation to clinical practice through research partnerships To promote EACVI trough a strong relationship with media (traditional and social media). Elections to EACVI Board 2018-2020 Page 6 / 6