Baltic Atherosclerosis Conference 2021

Biography: Professor Margus Viigimaa is the Research Chief of the Centre of Cardiology, Centre of Cardiology, North Estonia Medical Centre and Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine, Tallinn University of Technology.
Medical Doctor (cum laude), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu (EST), PhD, postdoctoral research in Germany, Sweden, UK and Japan.
He has published more than 300 original scientific papers, H-index is 41 and number of citations is 31403 (Scopus database). M. Viigimaa is the editorial board member of several journals: Cardiology, Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention, Journal of System Hypertension, Arterial Hypertension, Romanian Journal of Cardiology, Russian Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Cardiology and Therapy.
He is the President of the Baltic Atherosclerosis Society, past president of the Estonian Society of Cardiology, Membership Committee member of the European Society of Cardiology, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, past Council member of the European Society of Hypertension, Chairperson of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Hypertension and Sexual Dysfunction.
Prof. Viigimaa is honorary member of the Swedish Society of Hypertension, Hungarian Society of Hypertension, Bulgarian Hypertension League, Association of Cardiologists of Kazakhstan, Estonian Society of Cardiology and Estonian Society of Hypertension. He is holding the Red Cross III class Service Order of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn city Order of honor and Gold medal of the Ukraine National Academy of Medical Sciences.