Genoa Medical School (MD 1978)
Diploma in Cardiovascular Surgery (Bologna 1986)
Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery (University of Alabama, Birmingham-USA 1988)
Diploma in Thoracic Surgery (Bologna 1991)
Resident in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery (Istituto Scientifico G. Gaslini-Genova, 8/1978-12/1979
Assistant in General Surgery (The General Infirmary-Leeds-UK, 1/1980-8/1980)
Assistant in Cardiothoracic Surgery (Killingbeck Hospital-Leeds-UK, 9/1980-12/1980)
Assistant in Cardiac Surgery (Ospedale S. Martino di Genova, 1/1981-8/1986)
Associate Cardiac Surgeon (Ospedale Maggiore di Novara, 9/1986 up to now)
Coronary artery surgery
Valve surgery
Aortic surgery, dissection and aneurysms
Beating heart surgery