Finn Gustafsson, MD, PhD is a professor of cardiology at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and medical director of the advanced heart failure, transplantation and MCS program at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He obtained his medical degree at UCPH in 1994 and completed his clinical training in Denmark and Canada. A PhD in microvascular physiology was awarded to him at UCPH in 2000. He is an author of more than 500 peer-reviewed, PubMed listed articles as well as several book chapters. He serves on the steering committee of several international clinical trials and registries within the field of heart failure. He is the senior guest editor for Circulation: Heart Failure and serves on the editorial board of other key heart failure journals, including European Journal of Heart Failure and Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.