Teresa López Fernández

Spain

Biography

Teresa López-Fernández is a clinical investigator and senior consultant cardiologist at La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. Dr. López-Fernández specializes in cardiac imaging (she is board certified in advanced and transesophageal echocardiography by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)) and cardio-oncology. Dr. López-Fernández set up and coordinates the cardio-oncology team at La Paz University Hospital. She is the founder and chair of the Spanish Cardio-Oncology Working Group at the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC). She serves also as Vicepresident for International Cardio-Oncology Society (ICOS) and she is the president elected of the ESC council of cardio-oncology. Dr López-Fernández coordinated the 2022 ESC guidelines on Cardio-Oncology. Dr. López-Fernández is also regularly invited to speak about cardio-oncology at both national and international conferences. Her current research interests focus on cardiotoxicity diagnosis and preventive strategies.