Frank Rademakers is emeritus professor cardiology. His research focused on cardiac imaging and mechanics using echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. He worked in the University Hospitals Leuven from 1998 until 2020. From 2015 on he was in the management of UZ Leuven as CMO and CMTIO. During that period he was responsible for IT and cooperated on the development of the internal hospital information system KWS, now nexuzhealth, together with the CIO, Bart Van den Bosch. As CMTIO he was responsible for contacts with external companies and groups regarding innovation. He organised the introduction of GDPR in the hospital and is presently the lead on the task regarding AI in the Horizon 2020 CORE-MD consortium, providing input to the EU regarding the implementation of the new Medical Device Regulation.