MD University of Siena 1990 Cardiac Surgery CCT University of Siena 1995 Cardiac Surgery Cerificate University of Leuven 1999 GMC Certification as Cardiothoracic Surgeon 2004 Consultant in Cardiac Surgery since 2005 Fields of interest: Aortic Surgery, Aortic Valve Repair, Engineering Simulation >60 full paper indexed on WOS and Scopus