Background
Bottazzo, Gian Franco was born on August 1, 1946 in Venice, Italy. Son of Alfredo Bottazzo and Luigia Calderan.
Bottazzo, Gian Franco was born on August 1, 1946 in Venice, Italy. Son of Alfredo Bottazzo and Luigia Calderan.
Doctor of Medicine with honours, University Padua, Italy, 1971. Specialist Diploma, University Padua, Italy, 1979. Specialist Diploma, University Florence, Italy, 1974.
Commendatore (honorary), Italian Republican for Scientific Merits, Rome, 1986. Laurea Honoris Causa in Medicine (honorary), University Nantes, France, 1990.
Welcome Research Fellow Middlesex Hospital, London, 1975—1977, lecturer in clinical immunology, 1977—1980, senior lecturer in clinical immunology, 1980—1983, reader in clinical immunology, 1984—1989. Professor, head department of immunology The London Medical College, 1991—1998. Scientific director Osp.
Pediatrico Bambino Gesu, Rome, since 1998. Honorary consultant physical Middlesex Hospital Medical School, 1980—1991, The Royal Hospital, London, 1991—1998. Medical and scientific director The Autoimmune Diseases Charitable Trust, London, 1992—2002.
Member of Italian Society Diabetes, Chilean Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Italian Pediatrics Society, Argentine Society Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Married Lamya Al-Saqqaf, August 2, 1980. 1 child Dana.