Padua University (M.D. 1979)
Modena University General Thoracic Surgery Residency (1981-85)
Stage at Montreal General Hospital - Lung Transplantation Program (1992)
Stage at Strasbourg University and European Insitute of Telesurgery (1994)
Verona University General Surgery Residency (1989-94)
Stage at Vienna University - Lung Transplantation Program (1996)
Stage at North Carolina University - Lung Transplantation Program (1998 and 2000)
Italian Rapresentative at the EACTS-STS Working Group of Structure on Thoracic Surgery (2001)
Motorcycling
Lung Transplantation
Lung Cancer Surgery
Skiing
Mediastinal Surgery