Prof.dr. Pieter Martens is a Cardiologist / advanced heeart failure specialist with dedicated interest in heart failure, invasive hemodynamics, cardiorenal physiology and cardiomyopathies. Prof. Dr. Martens graduated as M.D. in 2013 (KU Leuven, Belgium), obtained his Ph.D. in 2019 (Hasselt University, Belgium) & received an M.Sc. in Clinical Trials in 2024 (Oxford University, UK). From 2021-2023, he worked at The Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland Ohio), as Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellow. He is currently employed at ZOL Genk Belgium as staff Cardiologist focussing on advanced heart failure, invasive hemodynamics / interventional heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Clinical Trials. He is professor at Hasselt University and the Co-director of the Limburg Clinical Research Center (LCRC- Hasselt university).