Bojan Vrtovec MD, PhD

Dr. Vrtovec is a Full Professor of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana and a Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme at the University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is the chief of the Division of Cardiology, and a transplant and interventional cardiologist. He completed the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Fellowship at Texas Heart Institute in Houston, and a Visiting Professorship at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research interests include stem cell therapy, novel therapeutic approaches to heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support.