Gaetano Paone

Dr. Gaetano Paone is a member of the Emory Structural Heart and Valve Center, where he focuses on valve repair and replacement, coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and other related, less invasive valve technologies.

Dr. Paone earned his MD at New York University School of Medicine, and completed his general surgery residency at New York University Medical Center. After completing his thoracic surgery residency at the University of Illinois Hospitals, he joined the cardiothoracic surgery faculty at Boston University Medical Center.
In 1990, Dr. Paone joined Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Dr. Paone also practiced at Crittenton Hospital Medical Center in Rochester, MI, from 2004-2009, and obtained his Masters in Health Service Administration from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 2006. In 2009, he returned to Henry Ford Hospital, where he served as chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery for nine years.