Prof. Gaetano Thiene is an Italian Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Pathology at the University of Padua. His professional interests include cardiology and pathology. His scientific career included 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 the University of Padua), and in 2002 was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. During his career, Thiene received research grant support from the European Commission, the Italian Ministry of Health, and the Italian Ministry of Education. He has the honor of getting awards in the Paul Dudley White International Lecture and Award, American Heart Association in 2013; and the Rene Laennec Lecture and Award, European Society of Cardiology in 2014.