Prof Eduardo Rivas Estany received his Doctor in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Havana, Cuba, 1969. He is Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre, Institute of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery of Havana. President of the Cuban Society of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Vice-President of the Cuban Society of Cardiology, Coordinator of the National Programme for Cardiac Rehabilitation, Ministry of Health, Cuba and Member of the National Commission of High Blood Pressure, Ministry of Health, Cuba.
He is Secretary of the Scientific Council of the National Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery and Secretary of the Health Commission of the United Nations Cuban Association. Member of the World Heart Federation, InterAmerican Society of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology and National Working Group of Cardiology, Ministry of Public Health, Cuba. Honorary Member of the Venezuelan Society of Cardiology, Argentine College of Cardiology and Mexican Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Member of the Editorial Board of the Intercontinental Journal of Cardiology, Panama and the Cuban Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery.