Biography & Research:
Francesco Mattace-Raso (1967) is Professor of Geriatrics at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, He chairs the division of Geriatric Medicine and is Principal Investigator Vascular Aging Science Center Erasmus MC. From 2010-2021 he has been the of the Head Postgraduate School of Geriatrics at teh Erasmus MC University Medical Center of Rotterdam.
Main research interest is to investigate the causes and consequences of age- related cardiometabolic changes: a model of aging which allows to investigate the complex biological process of senescence and the possible consequences on individual vitality. In this field, Francesco Mattace Raso has an international leading role, author of milestone studies and coauthors of guidelines and expert papers.