From 01/11/2009 to 28/02/2019Full Professor at the Urology Section, Department of Surgery - University of Catania 04/07/84 Degree in Medicine and Surgery 110/110 University of CaDirector of the Urological Unit of the “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele - P.O. “G. Rodolico” Hospital in Catania Director of the School of Urology of the University of Catania From 01/12/2006 to 31/10/2009Full Professor of Urology at the University of Messina Director of the Urological Unit of the Policlinic Hospital “G. Martino” in Messina Director of the School of Urology of the University of Messina From 01/11/2001 to 30/11/2006 Full Professor of Urology at the University of Sassari Director of the Urological Unit of the Policlinic Hospital in Sassari. Director of the School of Urology of the University of Sassari Academic Year 2011-2012 Vice Director at the II level Master of “Innovazioni tecnologiche in chirurgia laparoscopica avanzata”Faculty of Medicine and surgery – University of Tor Vergata - Rome EDUCATION November 1994 Specialization in Urology 50/50 and honor University of Catania ▪ Urology November 1989 Specialization in General Surgery 50/50 and honor University of Catania 04/07/84 Degree in Medicine and Surgery 110/110 University of Catania 28 April-7 May1995 Clinical Observer at the Urological Department at the University of California, San Francisco (U.S.C.F.).Urological Department at the University of California, San Francisco (U.S.C.F.).