Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, one of the world’s most prominent cardiologists, has been named president of Mount Sinai Heart in New York City.

This is a newly created advisory position. Fuster previously worked as the director of Mount Sinai Heart, a role he will now relinquish. He will continue to be Mount Sinai’s physician-in-chief and a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Fuster is also the general director of the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

“Valentin Fuster has been the world’s leading cardiologist for decades, and as hyperbolic as that may seem, it is the reality,” Kenneth L. Davis, MD, CEO of Mount Sinai Health System, said in a prepared statement. “We have been blessed with his presence,”

“In my opinion, Valentin Fuster is the greatest cardiologist in the world,” added Dennis S. Charney, MD, dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “His accomplishments are legendary in every domain of cardiology. He is irreplaceable. Fortunately, he’s not retiring; he’s staying at Mount Sinai to advise and mentor our faculty and trainees. I’m lucky to call him my friend.”