Associate Editors

Associate Editor, R. David Anderson, MD

Associate Editor David Anderson

Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida

Director of Interventional Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Program Director of Interventional Fellowship Program

Active Member of the American College of Cardiology

Member of the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology

Member of the American Heart Association

Member of the Society of Coronary Angiography and Intervention

Dr. Anderson has continued interest and participation in clinical trials of device and drug development for both stable coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes. His interests also include the application of advanced interventional techniques including rotational and orbital atherectomy, embolic protection, and thrombectomy in the treatment of both coronary artery and peripheral arterial disease.

Associate Editor, Juan M. Aranda, Jr, MD

Juan M. Aranda, Jr, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of Florida

Director of  Heart Transplant Program and Director of Heart Failure Fellowship Program

Medical Director, Shands Cardiac Care Unit & 54 Intermediate Bed Care

Governor of the American College of Cardiology

Board of Governors’ Representative to the American College of Cardiology’s Heart Failure and Transplant Committee

President of the American College of Cardiology’s Florida Chapter
Dr. Aranda is active in the treatment of cardiac transplant recipients and patients with advanced heart failure. He is a recognized expert in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy. His research interests include the use of cardiac devices heart failure and heart transplantation. He is principal investigator of the Paracor Ventricular Support Device trial and the Chronicle AICD Heart Failure Trial.

Associate Editor, Shaoliang Chen, MD

Shao Liang

Interventional Cardiologist,Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University

Deputy President and Department Director of Cardiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China

Associate editor in chief of China division of “JACC Cardiovascular Interventions”

Dr. Chen is a Committee member of Interventional Cardiology Professional Group, Chinese Society of Cardiology, Member of Academic Committee of Cardiovascular Interventional Therapy Training Center, Chinese Medical Association, Member of Standing Committee of Cardiovascular Department, Internal Medicine Doctor Association Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Chief member of Peripheral Vascular Disease Committee, Jiangsu Institute of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine.

Associate Editor, Jamie B. Conti, MD

Jamie B. Conti, MD

Professor of Medicine, Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Florida

Chief of Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Received the Proctor Harvey Outstanding Teacher in Cardiology in 1999 from the American College of Cardiology

Received the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Cardiology, Florida Chapter in 2002 and 2008

Co-Chair of the 2004 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions

Associate Editor for the American College of Cardiology Extended Learning Program

Dr. Conti is a manuscript and abstract reviewer for numerous organizations and publications, and has participated in hundreds of invited lectures and chaired sessions at scientific meetings. She is an internationally recognized speaker, and has authored more than 100 peer reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters.

Associate Editor Jiguang Wang, MD

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Shanghai

Director of the Shanghai Institute of Hypertension

Director of the Department of Hypertension and Director of the Centre for Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials, Ruijin Hospital

Professor Wang is coordinating several multicentre randomized clinical trials and population- and patient-cohort studies in China. He has published more than 346 full-length articles on hypertension in the international literature and more than 140 articles in the Chinese literature, and has lectured extensively in national and international conferences.

Associate Editor Yan Wang, FSCAI

Wang YanProfessor, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Chairman of the Cardiovascular Branch of the Cross-Strait Medical Exchange Association

Vice Chairman of the China Chest Pain Center Certification Working Committee

Vice Chairman of the Chest Pain Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Association

Prof. Wang Yan is first to carry out new technologies in China such as the less invasive ventricular enhancement technique (Revivent) and mitral annuloplasty (AMEND), and guide surgery in Southeast Asia. Prof. Wang Yan established and launched the “regional synergical chest pain emergency network covering the whole city” system in Xiamen, which was approved as one of the four regional certification centers of chest pain center.

Associate Editor Zuyi Yuan, MD

Professor and Chief physician, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine

Director of the Department of Internal Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Vice President of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine

Professor Yuan is committed to research of the relationship between immune inflammatory mechanisms and the development and progression of atherosclerosis, especially the study of the role of macrophage inflammatory and activity regulation in the progression of atherosclerosis. He has received about 20 million Yuan in research funds and published more than 150 academic papers, including more than 70 SCI papers.

Associate Editor, Jian Zhang, MD

Jian ZhangProfessor of Medicine, Heart Failure Center Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China

Dr. Zhang is Professor of Medicine at State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure Center Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.

Associate Editor Shenghua Zhou, MD

Shenghua Zhou, MD, Cardiologist, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, ChinaDirector of Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Director of Catheter Lab, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Chinese Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Member of the Standing Committee
Chinese Heart Rhythm Society, Member of the Standing Committee
Hunan provincial Society of Cardiology, Chairman