University studies and MD "diploma cum laude","La Sapienza"State University of Rome, Rome , Italy 1972-1978
General Surgery (residency,)Univ of Milan , Milan, Italy, 1978-83
Cardiac Surgery (residency), Univ.of Genoa, Genoa,Italy 1983-1988
GMC full registration, London, UK 1983
VQE/NEFMG ,Philadelphia, Penn, USA 1985
Senior Resident, Dept of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Boston Children's Hospital , Harvard University, Boston , Mass, USA 1986-1987
