Degree in Medicine at Pavia University (1984) Stage in Surgery at belgrade University (1982) Stage in Plastic Surgery (Tel Aviv 1983) Stage in Liver Transplant Surgery (Cambridge 1984) Specialization in Emergency Surgery (Pavia 1989) Research Fellowship in Cardiac arrhythmia surgery (Univerity of Western Ontario, London, Canada 1989) Stage in Cardiac arrhythmia surgery (WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, St.Louis, Missouri, USA 1990) Specialized in Cardiac Surgery (Torino 1994) Director of Cardiac Surgery Unit, Trento, Italy (2000-)