Valentin Fuster
Source-supported narrative
A tennis court and a mentor
In a published first-person interview, Valentin Fuster recalls that agriculture and tennis interested him before medicine. A meeting with physician Pedro Farreras at a tennis club became a mentoring relationship; Fuster credits Farreras's advice with his decision to pursue medicine and later cardiology. He also recalls a pathology slide of a blood clot that prompted a question about heart attacks, connecting his scientific curiosity with his later interest in prevention and health education.
Sources: Featuring: Dr Valentin Fuster — first-person interview
Career across care, research, and education
Valentin Fuster's Mount Sinai biography describes a career combining cardiovascular care, research and education. It lists medical training at the University of Barcelona and subsequent academic work at Mayo, Mount Sinai and Harvard. The profile also describes leadership work in New York and at Spain's National Center for Cardiovascular Investigation.
Sources: Mount Sinai — Valentin Fuster
Public health and education
His biography lists past leadership of the American Heart Association and World Heart Federation and work on international cardiovascular-health education. These are historical appointments, not statements of current leadership.
Sources: Mount Sinai — Valentin Fuster
Appointments, phone and insurance
Mount Sinai's Insurance Information section for Cardiovascular Medicine Associates, 1190 Fifth Avenue, Floor 1, retrieved 2026-10-10, lists Amidacare Medicaid; EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid; HealthFirst Medicaid; NY Medicaid; VNSNY Select Health Medicaid; Medicare - NY; Medicare - NJ; and AETNA - Medicare. Medicaid plans are listed by the office; this is not independently verified coverage. Mount Sinai lists 212-241-7911 and accepting-new-patient status. Plans may vary by office or change; confirm with office. Appointment capacity is not guaranteed; hospital participation is distinct from physician participation. No Essential Plan was identified, and generic Fidelis Health Care or MetroPlus labels are not inferred as Medicaid or Essential Plan products.
Sources: Mount Sinai — Valentin Fuster
Additional claim-level evidence
- source stated — In a published first-person interview, Valentin Fuster recalls that agriculture and tennis interested him before medicine.
Sources: Featuring: Dr Valentin Fuster — first-person interview
- source stated — A meeting with physician Pedro Farreras at a tennis club became a mentoring relationship; Fuster credits Farreras's advice with his decision to pursue medicine and later cardiology.
Sources: Featuring: Dr Valentin Fuster — first-person interview
- source stated — He also recalls a pathology slide of a blood clot that prompted a question about heart attacks, connecting his scientific curiosity with his later interest in prevention and health education.
Sources: Featuring: Dr Valentin Fuster — first-person interview
Source retrieval dates: , . Retrieval is not an independent current-status check.
Unresolved notes
- Insurance plans listed · needs current review — The visible Appointments, phone and insurance section carries the complete office-specific listing and limits. Current clinician-level coverage remains unverified; hospital participation is distinct from physician participation. Observed
Sources: Mount Sinai — Valentin Fuster
Sources and retrieval dates
- Featuring: Dr Valentin Fuster — first-person interview · Retrieved · source stated
- Mount Sinai — Valentin Fuster · Retrieved · source stated
Source-stated information is not independent confirmation of current identity, credentials, contact operation, or practice status.