Brief Biography:
Dr. Kaplinsky is senior cardiologist at the Badalona Hospital (Badalona, Spain) and clinical investigator at the Heart Transplant Unit of the Bellvitge Hospital (Barcelona, Spain).
He was born in Córdoba, Argentina (1965). His degree in medicine was obtained at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina (1989) and his specialization in cardiology come from the same university (1995).
Dr. Kaplinsky was trained in heart transplantation at the Favaloro Foundation in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1996-2001) and subsequently, he carried out boths fellowships in the same field at the university hospitals of Bellvitge (2002-2004) and Sant Pau (2004-2005) in Barcelona, Spain. He was coordinator of clinical investigation in the interventional cardiology unit of the Vall d´Hebron Hospital, also in Barcelona (2006-2007)
In the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Kaplinsky held the positions of Heart Failure Consultant (Guidant Corporation 2000-2002) and Medical adviser (Novartis Pharma, 2006-2007)
Dr. Kaplinsky´s activity has been focused in heart failure, heart transplantation, resynchronization therapy and pulmonary hypertension. In these areas, he has been involved in multicenter clinical studies and he is author of various publications
Academic positions:
Senior cardiologist
Research interests:
Heart Failure
Heart Transplantation
Resynchronization Therapy
Pulmonary hypertension
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