Professor Habib Gamra obtained his medical degree from Sousse University School of Medicine (Tunisia) in 1987 before starting a residency in Cardiology at Charles Nicolle Hospital, Rouen (France) and a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Good Samaritan Hospital and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA that he completed in 1993. He is currently professor in cardiology at the university of Monastir (Tunisia) since 1996 and he currently holds the following positions: - Head of Cardiology A Department at Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital - Monastir, Tunisia - Chairman of the Pan African Course on Interventional Cardiology (PAFCIC) that is held annually since 2000 (www.pafcic.org) - President of the Tunisian Heart Foundation - Vice President North of The Panafrican Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) - Director of Africa PCR - Co-Director of CSI Africa congress - Co-Chairman of Cardio Vascular Clinical Trialists MEMA meeting - Co-Editor European Heart Journal for N