Dr. Valentina Mercurio

Dr Valentina Mercurio got her MD in 2010, her Board in Internal Medicine in 2016 and her PhD in 2019 at Federico II University, Naples, Italy. She is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy, since 2019, where she coordinates the Echocardiographic Laboratory of the Cardio-Oncology Unit and of the Heart Failure outpatient unit mostly dedicated to post ischemic heart failure, right ventricular dysfunction...See more

Dr Valentina Mercurio got her MD in 2010, her Board in Internal Medicine in 2016 and her PhD in 2019 at Federico II University, Naples, Italy. She is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy, since 2019, where she coordinates the Echocardiographic Laboratory of the Cardio-Oncology Unit and of the Heart Failure outpatient unit mostly dedicated to post ischemic heart failure, right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, and in particular to the follow-up of oncologic patient before, during and after undergoing antineoplastic therapies. Her previous studies and ongoing collaborations with Prof. Paul Hassoun and Prof. Monica Mukherjee at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; USA are mostly focused on pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction, and she has established herself as a Pulmonary Hypertension basic and clinical investigator in Naples. Since 2019, Dr Mercurio is Fellow of the Italian Society of Cardiology and nucleus member of the working group on drug-induced cardiotoxicity and cardio-protection, and a member of the ESC Council of Cardio-Oncology, member of the Heart Failure Association, and of the WG Myocardial Function and of the WG on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function of the ESC, and of the PVRI (Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute). See less