Dr Zdanowicz is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bern University Hospital, Inselspital in Bern. She is also the Clinical Head of the Maternity Unit and is currently completing her subspeciality training in Feto-Maternal Medicine. Her main research areas focus on peripartum hemorrhage and patient blood management, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy as well as prenatal diagnosis in ultrasound.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, USA, Dr Zdanowicz completed her medical studies with a MD at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Muenchen, Germany, with clinical training in Australia, Canada, Switzerland and Poland. 

Dr Zdanowicz initiated studies on peripartum hemorrhage and patient blood management at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bern University Hospital, Inselspital. She is involved in several interdisciplinary clinical and research projects at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital. Her research has been published in international scientific journals and presented at international scientific meetings. Dr Zdanowicz completed a Research Fellowship at the Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany in 2021. In addition, she is responsible for simulation-based obstetric training at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bern University Hospital, Inselspital.

Prof. Dr Uwe Zeymer is Head of Interventional Cardiology at the Heart Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Cardiology, Germany. He is Vice-Director of the Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen. He has been board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, interventional cardiology and intensive care medicine. After his graduation from Medical School at the Universities of Munich and Marburg in 1985, Dr Zeymer gained experience as a resident, fellow and attendee in the Department of Cardiology, Municipal Hospital, Kassel, and as a clinical research fellow in the Department of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA. He is full Professor of Medicine at the University of Göttingen. Dr Zeymer is or has chaired or been a member of the Steering Committee numerous trials in patients with acute coronary syndromes, antithrombotic therapies and anticoagulants. In addition, he has been chair or member of the Steering committee of several international registries in interventional cardiology, treatment of hypertension, anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndromes. Dr Zeymer has authored and co-authored over 450 scientific papers on cardiovascular disease in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA, European Heart Journal, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dr Zeymer has been the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association of the ESC, the Chair of the Working Group of Thrombosis of the German Cardiac Society and the Chair of the Working for Quality Insurance and Registries of the German Cardiac Society. He was President of the annual Autumn Meeting of the German Cardiac Society 2013. He is currently chairing the ongoing STEMI-Registry of the EORP of the ESC.

Present Position and Address Head of the Division of Acute Cardiology Deputy Head of Department for the Research Cardiology Department Cardiocenter Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University University Hospital Kralovské Vinohrady Prague, Czech Republic Post Graduate Degrees Appointed as Professor of Internal Medicine at the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic European Society of Cardiology Activities Councilor of the ESC Board 2018-2020 Member of Working group on Thrombosis Member of Acute Cardiovascular Care Association National coordinator of the ACS-STEMI Registry EORP Fellowships / Honours Fellow of European Society of Cardiology (since 2007) Award given by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Czech Republic for extraordinary results in research, experimental development and innovation – awarded in the year 2015 Major Research Interest Acute coronary syndromes Acute cardiac care Antithrombotic therapy Cardiovascular disease in women Cardiogenic shock Major Scientific Activities Principal investigator (design, leadership, coordination): Multicenter randomized PRAGUE 8 study Multicenter randomized PRAGUE 18 study Multicenter double-blind randomized DAPT-SCHOCK-AMI (PRAGUE 23) study (ongoing)

-Professor of Cardiology. University of Barcelona. -Senior Teacher. Division of Cardiology. Bellvitge University Hospital -President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology -Director Heart Disease Institute, Bellvitge University Hospital (2010-2019) -Head of the Cardiovascular Group Research. IDIBELL (Bellvitge Research Institute). Barcelona (2010-2019). -President Scientific Committee AMI Code in Catalonia (2014-2018). -Director of the International Course “Prevention and Treatment of Complications in Percutaneous Interventional Cardiology". -Barcelona 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. Education and training in Cardiology: -Graduate in Medicine (University of Barcelona) -Residence in Cardiology (Bellvitge University Hospital) -PhD (University of Barcelona - 1994) -MCCEFG: Medical Council of Canada. Ottawa. Canada. (1987) -ECFMG: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. USA (1987) -Clinical and Research Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology: Montreal Heart Institute. University of Montreal. Canada (1986-1988). Scientific and Research Activity: - Three hundred articles published in International and National Journals (New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Circulation, European Heart Journal, Journal American College of Cardiology, Revista Española de Cardiologia, etc - Twenty books or book chapters. - 8 directed Doctoral Theses, - 97 research projects, PI and National Coordinator in multiple clinical trials.