1989-1990 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London - UK
1994-1995 Royal Children's Hospital , Melbourne-Australia
1995-1996 University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff-UK
1998-1999 Ospedale San Camillo , Rome-Italy
2001-2010 Director Pediatric Cardiac Unit Ospedale San Vincenzo, Taormina-Italy
2011-2015 Director Cardiac Surgery Unit Ospedale Ferrarotto, Catania Italy
2015- may 2018 Director CardioVascular Department Morgagni Heart Center, Pedara-Catania, Italy
may 2018-september 2021 Chief Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program at ISMETT-UPMC Italy . Palermo/Italy
October 2021- up to date Director Cardiac Surgery Unit Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico", Catania-Italy
Adult Cardiac Surgery, New Technologies, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Lesions : Paediatric and Adult Congenital
Hobbies: Cycling, Skiing
New Technologies : Sutureless Aortic Valves
1979 Liceo Classico "Tommaso Gargallo" Siracusa, Italy
1985 Doctor of Medicine - University of Catania, Italy
1989 Specialist in Cardiac Surgery - University of Catania, Italy