- MD degree in 1978 at Bologna University
- Otolaryngology residency on 1981 at Bologna University
- Physician at ENT Dept at Maggiore hospital in Bologna from 1984 to2003
- Director of ENT Unit at Modena teaching Hospital from 2003 till now
- Full Professor of Otolaryngology at Modena University
- Chairman of Surgery Dept at Modena Hospital
- Co founder of International Working Group on Endoscopic Ear Surgery
- Pioneer on Open Partial Laringectomy in Italy
- More than 3 years experience on TORS
- Pioneer on middle and cerebello pontine angle endoscopic surgery
- More than 20.000 operations in Head and neck and otology
- Chairman on 2nd World congress on endoscopic ear surgery
- Invited speaker in more than 30 international meetings
- Teacher in more than 20 international cadaveric dissection courses.
- More than 130 papers published in ENT international journals
BOOKS EDITOR
- ENDOSCOPIC EAR SURGERYThieme
- INJECTION LARYNGOPLASTYSpringer
- ENDOSCOPIC LACRIMAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM SURGERYSpringer
- ATLAS OF CRANIOCERVICAL JUNCTION AND CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY,Springer