Protasio L. Da LuzProfessor Protásio L. da Luz, MD, FACC received his medical degree and completed a Residency and Specialization in Cardiology at Universidade de São Paulo Brazil (USP), and completed a postgraduate Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Universiy of Southern California. He has been a Research Scientist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Full Professor of Cardiology at the Heart Institute (InCor) School of Medicine, USP, and Director of the InCor’s Cardiology Division and Atherosclerosis Unit. He is a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo, and has authored or co-authored over 490 scientific publications and book chapters (258 of them peer-reviewed). Primary research interests include endothelium, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and prevention, and translational medicine. He received the Brazilian National Award for Scientific Merit, the Order of Medical Merit from the Brazilian government, and the Fundação Conrado Wessel Award in Medicine. Read More Read Less