Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
(2010-2013)
Staff Surgeon,Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
(2013-2015)
Associate Staff Surgeon (with focus on heart/lung transplant and MCS)
(2015-2016)
Staff Surgeon, Spectrum Health
(2016-curr)
Richard DeVos Endowed Chair for Heart Transplant and MCS
(2021-curr)
Hybrid valve surgery
Hybrid coronary revascularization
Off-pump CABG surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Mechanical Circulatory Assist Device
Heart and Lung Transplantation
Pulmonary Embolectomy
Valve Surgery
Clinical Outcomes
Pulmonary Embolism
Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
Hybrid CABG surgery
Hybrid Valve Surgery
M.D. Degree - University of Rome "La Sapienza",
Residency, Cardiac Surgery - University Hospital of Rome "Policlinico Umberto I", Italy,
Fellowship, Cardiac Surgery - University of Montreal, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec Canada,
Clinical Research Fellowship, Cardiac Surgery - Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical Center, Boston, MA,
Residency, General Surgery - Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,
Clinical Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville,