| Gaetano Thiene | |
| Birth Date: | 1947 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Longare, Vicenza Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Education: | University of Padua |
| Fields: | Cardiovascular Pathology; Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Genetic; Sudden Death; Cardiomyopathies |
| Workplaces: | Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Pathology, University of Padua, Italy |
Gaetano Thiene (born July 1, 1947) is an Italian Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Pathology at the University of Padua. His professional interests include cardiology and pathology.
Thiene received a degree in medicine in 1972, and performed specialized post-graduate work in cardiology and pathology from 1975 to 1978. His subsequent professional positions included Professor of Pathology, director of Cardiovascular Sciences and the Institute of Pathological Anatomy, vice-dean of the Department of Medico-Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies (all at University of Padua), and in 2002 was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[1]
During his career Thiene received research grant support from the European Commission,[2] the Italian Ministry of Health, and the Italian Ministry of Education.[3] [4]