Speaking at: HRC2025
Position: Professor of Cardiology
Location: Stockholm, SE
Name: Artur Fedorowski
Born: 9th July 1965, Wroclaw, Poland
Working place: Senior Consultant and Head of Syncope and Dysautonomia Unit;
Dept. of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, 176 71 Stockholm (Sweden);
Academic position: Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Education:
• 1984 - 1990 - Wrocław Medical University, Poland (MD, “Cum laude”)
• 1995 - 1999 - Wroclaw Medical University, Poland: PhD studies; doctoral
thesis (June 22, 1999): "Influence of Low - Frequency Electromagnetic Field
on the Growth of Morris Hepatoma in Experimental Model in Rats" / in parallel,
specialist training in internal medicine and cardiology.
• 2001-2006 – Sweden specialist training in general medicine (2001-2003), and
complementary training in internal medicine (2004-2005), and cardiology
(2005-2006).
• 2007 – 2012 – Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö,
Sweden; Post-Doc position in cardiovascular medicine.
• 2013 - Associate Professor, Lund University; Cardiovascular Medicine
• 2016 – Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
• 2023 – Full Professor of Cardiology; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Academic mentorship
• PhD students: 7 as main supervisor; 6 as co-supervisor (5 PhD projects led as
main supervisor completed).
• Post-doc: 2 as main supervisor.
Professional experience
• Specialist in cardiology, internal and general medicine
• Senior consultant in cardiology since 2013 (Skåne University Hospital
2013-2021; Karolinska University Hospital 2021- now)
• Member of the Task Force Group of European Society of Cardiology for
Syncope Guidelines (2018)
• Member of National Institute of Health (USA) Expert Group on Postural
Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (2019)
• Member of European Heart Rhythm Association expert groups on
dysautonomia and cardioneuroablation (2023-2024).
• Co-Chair of the forthcoming ESC Syncope guidelines due in 2027
• Research areas: syncope, orthostatic hypotension, cardiac arrhythmias,
cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction, hypertension, biomarkers, post-COVID
syndrome, autoimmune cardiovascular diseases, genetics of cardiovascular
disease
Peer-reviewed publications (2025-08-23): approx. 250 + 8 books/chapters.
Associate editor: Europace, Autonomic Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, Journal of
Clinical Medicine; Frontiers in Neuroscience/ Physiology; Emergency and Internal
Medicine.
Reviewer: approx. 60 medical journals; Lancet, BMJ, Lancet Neurology, Nature
Reviews Nephrology/Neurology, JACC, Circulation, European Heart Journal,
Hypertension, American Journal of Physiology, Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA
Internal Medicine, Brain.
2025-08-23