Editorial Board Retirements Acknowledgement

We would like to thank the following people who are retiring from our editorial board for all their help and support for CVIA over the last number of years.

Associate Editors

Juan M. Aranda, Jr, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, Director of Heart Transplant Program, Director of Heart Failure Fellowship Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Jian Zhang, MD, Professor of Medicine, 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, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Shenghua Zhou, MD, Director, Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Editorial Board

Alan B. Miller, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, USA

An Pan, Professor, Assistant Dean, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Anthony DeMaria, Professor of Medicine, Judith and Jack White Chair in Cardiology, University of California San Diego, USA

Antonio Colombo, Director, Cardiac Cath Lab and Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO GVM Centro Cuore, Columbus and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

Bertram Pitt, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, USA

Bo Yu, Director of Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, China

Calvin Choi, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Carl J. Pepine, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, USA

Carsten M. Schmalfuss, Assistant Professor, University of Florida, USA

Changsheng Ma, Director, Cardiology Department of Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Cardiology, Beijing, China

Christopher Kramer, Ruth C. Heede Professorship in Cardiology; Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Center, University of Virginia, USA

Chuanyu Gao, Professor, Vice Dean of CVD, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, China

Clive Rosendorff, Professor, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, USA

Dali Fan, Health Science Clinical Professor, University of California, Davis, USA

Daowen Wang, Professor, Director of Depart of CVD, Huazhong University, China

David E. Winchester, Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, USA

David R. Holmes, Mayo Clinic, USA

Deepak L. Bhatt, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, USA

Dobrin Vasilev, National Heart Hospital, Bulgaria

Dominick Angiolillo, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, USA

Dong Zhao, Professor, Deputy Director of Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung & Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Dudley Pennell, Professor of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK

Edgardo Escobar, University of Chile, Chile

Eileen Handberg, Research Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Ezra Amsterdam, University of California Davis, USA

Faisal Latif, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, USA

Felicita Andreotti, Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University, Italy

Filippo Crea, Professor, Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University, Italy

Freek W.A. Verheugt, Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

George Abela, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Michigan State University, USA

George W. Vetrovec, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, VCU Medical Center, USA

Gerald V. Naccarelli, Bernard Trabin Chair in Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Penn State University, USA

Gianluca Rigatelli, Rovigo Hospital, Italy

Hector O. Ventura, Oschner Medical Center, USA

Hong Jiang,  Professor, Director of Department of CVD, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, China

Hongsheng Guo, Sacred Heart Medical Center, USA

Hongwei Li, Professor, Beijing Friendship Hospital, China

Hugh Calkins, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA

Ileana L. Piña, Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center, USA

Jacqueline Noonan, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky Medical Center, USA

James A. Hill, University of Florida, USA

James Goldstein, William Beaumont Hospital, USA

Jan Daniel Marx, Director of Cardiology Department, Cardiologist, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Jawahar Mehta, Stebbins Chair and Professor of Medicine, University of Arkansas, USA

Jeroen J. Bax, Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Jianan Li, Professor, Chairman of the Center of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital, China

Jianjun Jiang, Director of Department of CVD, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, China

Jie Du, Professor, Vice Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Beijing, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Jing Huang, Professor, Director of Interventional Ultrasound Research Center, Chongqing Medical University, China

John Camm, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, University of London, UK

John Douglas, Professor of Medicine, Emory University Hospital, USA

John F. Beltrame, Professor of Medicine, Michelle Chair, University of Adelaide, Australia

John W. Hirshfeld, Professor of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA

John W. Petersen, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Juan Carlos Kaski, Professor of Cardiovascular Science, University of London, UK

Juan Vilaro, Clinical Assistant, Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, UF Health, FL,  USA

Keiichi Fukuda, Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Keio University, Japan

Lars Wallentin, Senior Professor, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Laurence S. Sperling, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Liming Li, Professor, Dean of Preventive Medicine Academy, China Academy of Medical Science, China

Linong Ji, Professor of Medicine, Director of Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People’s Hospital, China

Lixin Jiang, Professor, Vice Director of Department of CVD, Fu Wai Hospital, China

Lizhong Sun, Professor, Director of Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China

Luigi Biasucci, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Catholic University, Italy

Magdi Yacoub, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College London, UK

Marvin Eng, Henry Ford Hospital, USA

Matthew S. McKillop, Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Meilin Liu, Professor, Director of Department of Elderly CVD, Peking University First Hospital, China

Michael Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Director of Clinical Trials and Research, University of Western Australia, Australia

Patricia A. Pellikka, Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, USA

Patrick T. O’Gara, Professor, Director, Clinical Cardiology, Executive Medical Director, Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, USA

Peter A. McCullough, Baylor University Medical Center, USA

Peter Ong, Robert Bosch Hospital, Germany

Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London, UK

Ping Ye, Professor, Director of Department of CVD, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China

Qing Wang, Professor, Dean of Life Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Renu Virmani, Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, President, CVPath Institute, USA

Richard Schofield, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Roger A. Winkle, Silicon Valley Cardiology, USA

Roger W. Roberts, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Wichita, KS, USA

Shuiping Zhao, Professor, Director of Department of CVD, The Second Xiangya Hospital, China

Shulin Wu, Professor, Vice Dean, Guangdong General Hospital, China

Sidney C. Smith, Professor of Medicine, University of NC, USA

Spencer King, Emory University, USA

Stephen D. Wiviott, Associate Professor, Brigham & Womens Hospital, USA

Subbu Venkatraman, Professor, Northwestern Nanomedicine Institute, Singapore

Suzanne Oparil, Professor of Medicine, Director, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, University of Alabama, USA

Thomas A. Burkart, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Udo Sechtem, Professor, Robert Bosch Hospital, Germany

William G. Hundley, Professor Internal Medicine-Cardiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, USA

William G. Stevenson, Professor, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

William M. Miles, Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, USA

Win-Kuang Shen, Mayo Clinic, USA

Xiaohui Guo, Peking University First Hospital, China

Yaling Han, Professor, Director of CVD Research Center, The General Hospital of Shenyang Military, China

Yean Leng Lim, Professor, Director, Raffles Heart Center, Singapore

Yihan Chen, Professor, Vice Dean of Medical College, Tongji University, China

Yong Huo, Professor, Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, China

Yong Li, Professor, Director of CVD Research Center, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, China

Yongjun Wang, Professor, Director of Neuroscience Center, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, China

Yuhua Liao, Professor, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College ,Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Zhe Zheng, Professor, Assistant Dean, Fu Wai Hospital, China

Zuyi Yuan, Professor, Director of Department of CVD, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Center, China

Without their involvement and advice, the journal would not have become the success it has. Their contributions have been invaluable.

Jianzeng Dong, MD, PHD

Editor in Chief, CVIA