• Dr. Sanz Salvo has developed and directed the Cardiovascular MRI/CT Clinical Program at ‘Mount Sinai’ Hospital in New York and has been an Associate Professor of Cardiology and Radiology at the ‘Icahn School of Medicine’ at Mount Sinai.
• The arrival of Dr. Javier Sanz to the advanced cardiac imaging team consolidates HM CIEC as the national reference in cardiac imaging in Cardiovascular MRI/CT, in the clinical, teaching and research fields.
Dr. Javier Sanz Salvo as a member of the Advanced Cardiac Imaging team from the prestigious ‘Mount Sinai’ Hospital in New York. With this new incorporation, HM CIEC consolidates its leading position in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in Cardiology in Spain by welcoming one of the most prominent experts in cardiac imaging, specifically Magnetic Resonance (MRI) and Computed Axial Tomography (CAT), and reinforces its potential in image research and teaching.
Dr. Sanz Salvo also manages the development of the Cardiovascular MR/CT Clinical Program at the ‘Mount Sinai’ Hospital in New York, of which he was appointed director in 2012. In addition, he has been an associate professor of Cardiology and Radiology at the ‘Icahn MountSinai School of Medicine’. Dr. Sanz has extensive experience in cardiac imaging, interpreting more than 60,000 CT studies and 20,000 MRI studies and training more than 100 imaging residents and fellows. From an academic perspective, he is the author of more than 100 original research publications in high-impact journals, such as ‘Circulation’, ‘JACC’ or ‘European Heart Journal’, in addition to multiple reviews and book chapters. Dr. Sanz has also been Image coordinator of the PESA study at the National Cardiac Research Center (CNC), associate editor of the scientific journal ‘JACC’ and editorial consultant at ‘JACC Cardiovascular Imaging’.
“Both HM Hospitales and HM CIEC recognize the importance of noninvasive cardiovascular imaging, my area of expertise, and have committed strongly to its development. From an institutional perspective, I am greatly attracted to the vision of a patient-centered medical practice as a fundamental pillar. But, in addition, there is a clear academic and educational vocation, materialized more recently in the HM Faculty of Health Sciences of the UCJC. This triple mission, clinical, teaching and research, fits very well with my profile and I feel very lucky to have been able to join HM Hospitales,” says Dr. Sanz Salvo.
With Dr. Sanz Salvo, the research, care and teaching role of HM CIEC is enhanced with special emphasis on exploring and increasing all the possibilities offered by CT and cardiac MRI, not only for coronary studies, but also for structural, aortic or without coronary. The possibility of integrating a team of excellent and reference professionals in the Cardiac Imaging Unit of HM CIEC together with cutting-edge technology from HM Hospitales represents a turning point for imaging in Spain.
“It is an honor, as director of the Cardiac Imaging Unit and HM CIEC, to be able to incorporate Dr. Sanz into our team. I am sure that it will provide a lot of value to both patients and professionals, as well as help to further enhance the Unit, which has been in business for 15 years and has a training program with more than 60 national fellows and residents,” says the Dr. Fernández Friera.
