Bologna University Medical School (1994-2001)
PhD Program in Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Surgery, Bologna University (2001-2004)
Assistant Surgeon Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luc Hospital UCL, Bruxelles, Belgium (2003)
Invited Visitor Cardiothoracic Unit London Chest Hospital, London, UK (2003)
St. Antonius Ziekenuis, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Dept Residency (2007)
Resident at Cardiac Surgery Dept., University of Bologna, (2004-2009)
Invited Visitor Cardiovascular Surgery Department Penn University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (2009)
Invited Visitor Universitats Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen (Germany) – Cardiovascular Surgery Dept. (2016)
Invited Visitor Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, The German Heart Institute (2019)
Staff Member at Cardiac Surgery Unit, IRCCS S.Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna (from 2014 to now)
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bologna
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery - SICCH (from 2017 to2019)
Member of "Endovascular Aortic Repair - Task Force” EACTS (from 2018 to 2021)
Co-Chair of GIROC (Gruppo Italiano Ricerca Outcome in Cardiochirurgia of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery) (from 2022 to 2024)
Member of the Vascular Domain of the EACTS (from 2023 to 2026)
Chair of the Aortic Dissection Task Force of the Vascular Domain of the EACTS (from 2023 to 2026)