Dr. Fernando Rivera-Theurel is a cardiologist and Lead of the Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation Program at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine and cardiology in Mexico City before completing fellowships in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention and in Cardiotoxicity and Prevention at UHN's Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, followed by the Master Teaching Program from the University of Toronto and the Master's in Cardio-Onco-Hematology from the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid. A Certified Cardio-Oncologist through the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS), he currently serves as Co-Chair of the IC-OS Exercise and Rehabilitation Working Group and, as of 2026, as a member of the European Society of Cardiology's Council of Cardio-Oncology. His clinical and academic work centers on building cardio-oncology rehabilitation as a distinct discipline — combining direct patient care, program and curriculum development, and international education leadership across Canada, Latin America, and Europe.