university of milan medical school (m.d. 1976)
vascular surgery speciality (1976-1979)
cardiac surgery speciality (1980-85)
chief of the cardiac surgery Niguarda hospital (1999)
A. De Gasperis Cardiac Departement Chairman (04-07)
President of Italian Society of cardiac surgery (07-08)
Cardiovascular Departement Chairman of Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital (08)
minimally invasive cardiac surgery
heart failure and transplant surgery
off pump coronary arteries surgery
thoracic aorta surgery
short and long term mechanical circulatory support