Gerasimos Siasos is a Professor of Cardiology and the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He also serves as the Chair of the Department of Cardiology, in School of Medicine, located in Sotiria General Hospital, He has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School (2015-2016), Dean of the School of Medicine (2021-2023), Vice Dean of the School of Medicine (2019-2021) and President of the University Hospitals "Aretaieion" and "Aiginiteio" (2019-2021). Gerasimos Siasos graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine. He was unanimously elected to all Academic ranks at the School of Medicine at University of Athens. He worked at the 1st Department of Cardiology (Hippokration Hospital) and was Head of the Atherosclerosis Unit and the Biochemical, Immunological and Molecular Biology Unit in the same department. He has also established and is still directing the “Heart and Diabetes” Unit for patients who suffer from heart disease and diabetes. He led the way in the establishment and operation of the 3rd Department of Cardiology in Sotiria General Hospital, where he serves as the Chair of the Department. He is the founding president of the working group “Heart and Diabetes” of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology. His research work focuses on: Molecular Cardiology, Atherosclerosis, Endothelial Function, Diabetes Mellitus in patients with Cardiovascular Disease. He is the author (or co-author) of more than 450 peer-reviewed publications in highly prestigious international scientific journals with a total Impact Factor > 2.500, and more than 27,000 citations (h-index 72). He is Section Editor for Cardiovascular Diseases in the international biomedical journal Current Medicinal Chemistry (IF: 4.740). His writing work includes editing 20 books and journals on Cardiology. He has received important distinctions and awards for his scientific work. Website: https://gerasimossiasos.gr/