Bio: 

Dr. Mateo Marin-Cuartas is a cardiac surgeon in the University Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Leipzig Heart Center in Leipzig, Germany. He is board-certified in cardiac surgery and also trained in critical care medicine. Dr. Marin-Cuartas obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Leipzig, in Leipzig, Germany, for his research on mitral valve disease and coursed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at Stanford University in Stanford, California, with a focus on heart valve biomechanics. Dr. Marin-Cuartas is the coordinator of academic affairs and the hybrid thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation program at the cardiac surgery department in Leipzig. He holds leadership positions at the Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery (LACES), serves as a member of the Mitral and Tricuspid Task Force at the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS), and holds editorial positions at EJCTS, JACC Case Reports, CTSnet, and LACES. His main research interest is valvular heart disease.

Clinical and academic career summary:

• Medical degree at CES University, Medellin - Colombia (2010-2016)​
• Cardiac surgery and critical care residency at Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig - Germany (2017 to the present)
• Doctoral degree at Leipzig University School of Medicine, Leipzig - Germany (2020)
• Post-doctoral research fellowship at Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California - USA (2020-2021)
•  Member of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery - LACES (Since 10/2020)
• Chair of the Residents Committee of the Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery - LACES (Since 11/2020)
• Associate editor at the Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery - LACES (2021-2023)
• Editor-in-Chief at the Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery - LACES (Since 07/2023)
• CTSNet JANS Editor (Since 10/2023)
• Assistant Editor EJCTS (Since 05/2024)
• Assistant Editor JACC Case Reports (Since 05/2024)