Affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Consultant cardiac surgeon at Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Italy, from 2004
PhD degree in Cardiovascular Sciences at Pisa University, Italy, in 2006
Core interest in CABG, minimally invasive aortic valve surgery, aortic surgery and mitral valve repair, AF surgical ablation.
Main research interests encompass fast recovery, minimally invasive approaches, minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation systems, sutureless and rapid deployment technologies, mini-mitral techniques.
Author or co-author of more than 30 papers on international journals and book chapters.