Manuel Martínez-Sellés MD, PhD is a Full Professor of Medicine at the Universidad Europea de Madrid and an Associate Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He is also Head of the Acute Cardiac Care Unit (Department of Cardiology) at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid. Professor Martínez-Sellés is the President of the College of Physicians, Madrid. He is Vice President of the Interprofessional Association of the Madrid Regio, and Past Vice President of the Ethics Committee of Hospital Gregorio Marañón. Professor Martínez-Sellés is Past President of the Section on Geriatric Cardiology in the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Additionally, he is Past President of the Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Infections Professor Martínez-Sellés has been awarded 20 national and international awards. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed publications.