Dr. Cesar Higa Nomura is the Director of Cardiovascular Radiology Department at the University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Paulista Society of Radiology and the Director of the Brazilian Chapter of SCCT (Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography). He received his MD degree from São Paulo University, where he subsequently finished his medical residence in Radiology and specialization course in MRI. He completed his specialization course in Coronary CT Imaging and Cardiac MRI at the Harvard University in 2005. The main focus of Dr. Nomura's scientific research projects include: cardiac CT and MR imaging, CT angiography of the coronary arteries, reperfused acute myocardial infarction, comprehensive assessment of myocardial perfusion defects, regional wall motion, and left ventricular function.