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ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Regenerative and Reparative Medicine


 

The Mission of the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Regenerative and Reparative Medicine is to improve our knowledge and to develop therapies in this field through the synergy of basic discoveries and translational clinical efforts from dedicated centres all around the world, by:

  • Establishing the priorities and goals of discovery and development for the next decade,
  • (Re)defining cardiovascular regeneration-based advanced therapies
  • Attaining and disseminating an umbrella agreement on a common strategy to reinforce the field.

Our Working Group was featured in the November 2023 edition of CardioPulse in the European Heart Journal. Read about the emergence of cardiovascular regenerative and reparative medicine (CARE), which led to the creation of our Working Group in 2017.

Objectives 

To promote the progress in regenerating injured human organs, by leveraging collective efforts in basic discoveries, in the creation of better regenerative products and technologies, in better preclinical models, and in large clinical trials that will lead to rapid advances in the search for effective therapies in humans.

To promote a network of professionals, clinicians and scientists involved in the development and validation of advanced therapies for cardiovascular regeneration.

Nucleus 2024-2026

Chairperson

Ricardo Sanz Ruiz, Spain

Chairperson-Elect

Massimiliano Gnecchi, FESC, Italy

Past-Chairperson

Giulio Pompilio, FESC, Italy

Treasurer and Secretary

Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann, Germany

Coordinator

Monika Gladka, Netherlands (The)

Nucleus Members

  • Sveva Bollini, Italy
  • Oren Caspi, FESC, Israel
  • Paolo Madeddu, UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Piotr Musialek, FESC, Poland
  • Jerome Roncalli, France
  • Francesca Stillitano, Netherlands (The)
  • Christian Bar*, Germany, ESC WG on Myocardial Function (MF) representative
  • Marie-Noelle Giraud*, FESC, Switzerland
  • Stefan Janssens*, Belgium
  • Maurizio Pesce Saudi*, Arabia, ESC WG on Cellular Biology of the Heart (CBH) representative
  • Joost Sluijter, FESC, Netherlands (The)

*non-voting members