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Konstantinos Magkoutas is a biomedical engineer and cardiovascular researcher whose work sits at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and rehabilitation science. Based at ETH Zurich, he has been instrumental in shaping the ETHeart program, an interdisciplinary initiative that brings together clinicians, engineers, and data scientists to develop novel solutions for cardiovascular disease. His contributions span the full translational spectrum—from designing innovative approaches for myocardial infarction and valvular replacement to advancing movement-based rehabilitation therapies for cardiac patients. Though his most cited paper, “Building an interdisciplinary program of cardiovascular research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology– the ETHeart story,” has garnered modest citations, its significance lies in the framework it provides for collaborative, high-impact cardiovascular research. Magkoutas’s work reflects a growing recognition that the most pressing challenges in cardiology require not just better devices or drugs, but fundamentally new ways of integrating expertise across disciplines. His efforts at ETH Zurich are helping to train a new generation of researchers who think beyond traditional silos, making him a key figure in the future of cardiovascular innovation.