Catholic University of Rome Medical School (M.D. 1990)
Residency Brescia General Hospital (1990-1994)
UAB Postgraduate felloship (1994)
Brescia General Hospital staff surgeon (1995-1996)
San Raffaele Hospital Milano staff surgeon (1997-2013 )
University of Zurich 2013-
biomedical engineering
Percutaneous techniques for valve disease
Beating heart revascularization
Mitral valve repair