MD, PhD

Head of Service of General & Thoracic Surgery Unit

• 19.07.2005  Medical Degree – University of Bologna;
• 03.11.2010 Speciality in Thoracic Surgery – University of Bologna.

• 02.04.2014 Phd Degree in Surgical Sciences – University of Bologna;
• 16.03.2018 University Master 2nd Level Degree in VATS Lobectomy - University of L’Aquila;
• 25.05.2018 Post-graduate in General Thoracic Surgery – Harvard Medical School – Boston USA;
• 06.12.2021 University Master 2nd Level Degree in Robotic Thoracic Surgery – University of Pisa.

• Consultant Thoracic Surgeron (May 1, 2023 – now) - Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute
• Consultant Thoracic Surgeon (March 16, 2016 – April 30, 2023) Department of Thoracic Surgery – Ravenna, Italy;
• Staff Thoracic Surgeon (March 2015 – March 2016) Thoracic Surgery Unit – Cuneo, Italy;
• Staff Thoracic Surgeon (February 2011 – March 2015) Thoracic Surgery Unit – Maggiore della Carità University Hospital of Novara, Italy;
• Visiting Physician (September 2013) – Mayo Clinic, Rochester USA – Department of Thoracic Surgery;
• Visiting Surgeon (September 2017 – February 2018) – Tirol Kliniken, Innsbruck (AT) Department of Visceral Transplantation and Thoracic Surgery.

Italian: mother tongue
English: good

Office and Internet

Residents Supervisor – School of Specialization in Thoracic Surgery – Universiy of Bologna

Author and Co-Author of several peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chaptes. See on: pubmed link.

• Lung metastases from bone and soft tissue sarcomas
• Primary Tumours of the Sternum and the Chest Wall;
• Elastofibromas of the back;
• Benign lesions of the chest wall (Fibrolipomi, lipomi);
• Congenital and acquired chest wall deformities (exostosis, dysmorphisms)
• Chest Carenato;
• Pectus excavatum (Pectus excavatum);
• Musculoskeletal chest pain;
• Rib slipping syndrome (SLS);
• Upper thoracic narrow syndrome;
• Poland syndrome;
• Tietze syndrome;
• Vertebral neoplasms with multidisciplinary approach;
• Combined treatment of scoliosis with toracoscopic minimally invasive technique;
• Thoracoscopic minimally invasive vertebral surgery with multidisciplinary approach.

Scientific Interests

• Biology of lung metastases from sarcomas;
• Techniques for reconstruction of the chest wall;
• Custom made prosthetic biomaterials and 3D printer.