Chief Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiac Transplant Division
Niguarda Hospital – Milan – Italy

• -Graduated at Università degli Studi of Milan in Medicine and Surger
• Resident at Cardiovascular Surgery Division, Niguarda Hospital, Italy
• Specialization in Cardiovascular Surgery Università degli Studi of Bari (Italy)
• From November 1991 to March 1996, Assistant Doctor
• Permanent in Staff at Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Niguarda Hospital in Milan.
• From March 1996 Senior Staff in Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Niguarda Hospital in Milan.
• In 1997, Honorary Registrar with clinical involvement in Cardiac Surgery at The London Chest Hospital – London UK
• In 1998, Clinical Fellow at The Toronto general Hospital – Toronto Canada
• Since 1999, Senior Staff Surgeon in the Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
• Since 2015, Chief of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
• Over 5000 cardiac procedures as first operator
• Main and specific interests: cardiac transplant, ventricular assist devices an TAH, ECMO, surgery for heart failure, thoracic aorta open and TEVAR, aortic and mitral conservative procedures, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, TAVI
• More than 300 papers about various cardiovascular surgery topics.
• Principal Investigator in several international clinical trials.