Madalina Garbi took up a post of Consultant Cardiologist with expertise in Echocardiography and Heart Valve Disease at the Royal Papworth Hospital in August 2019, having previously held a similar position at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London and having been a Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer of King’s College London and the Echocardiography Training and Education Lead for the South London Deanery. Dr Garbi is The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Topic Adviser on Heart Valve Disease, working on the development of the first NICE Guidelines for Heart Valve Disease Investigation and Management. Madalina Garbi has national and international recognition as expert in echocardiography and heart valve disease, being a regular invited speaker and chair at major UK, European and American meetings and congresses and having co-authored several recommendations, guidelines, positions papers, research papers, invited reviews and editorials in the field of echocardiography and heart valve disease. She has a strong interest in Medical Education (teaching and the development of programmes of learning) having contributed extensively to education in echocardiography for the South London Deanery, the Royal Society of Medicine and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EuroEcho Congress). Dr Garbi was twice elected member of the Board of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (2012-2014 and 2014-2016). Furthermore, she was the Honorary Secretary of the British Heart Valve Society and also the Secretary and Treasurer of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Valvular Heart Disease.