Degree in Medicine and Surgery (Hons), University of Rome, 1992
Cardiac Surgical Residency (Hons), University of Rome, 1992-1997
Clinical Research Registrar in Cardiac Surgery: University of Edinburgh, 1998-2000
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2000
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 2000
Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK, 2000-2003
Senior Cardiothoracic and Transplant Fellow, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, 2003-2004
FRCS C-Th, 2005
Post-CCST Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Edinburgh, UK, 2005-2007
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK, 2007
Off-pump coronary surgery
Surgery for AF
Heart and Lung Transplantation
Cardiothoracic Surgical Training and Education
Photography and IT
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery