ACADEMIC TRAINING

- Bachelor of Medicine: 2003. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Rome, Italy).

- Specialty: Cardiology, 2007. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Rome, Italy).

- Fellowship: Interventional Cardiology  2008-2009 Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; 2010-2011 Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

- PhD: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (2012, Rome, Italy), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (2012, The Netherlands)

EXPERIENCE

- More than 15 years of experience

Specialization

· Ischemic heart disease, primary and secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease

· Revascularization of high complex coronary lesions

· Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI)

· Percutaneous treatment of arterial hypertension

· Left appendage closure

Succes rates

· >3.500 annual diagnostic catheterizations for coronary artery disease 

· >1.500 annual percutaneous coronary interventions

· >550 annual primary angioplasties in acute myocardial infarction

RESEARCH

· Author of more than 300 scientific publications (H index 42)

· 15 book chapters and editor of 1 book

· Participation in more than 200 national and international scientific meetings

· Reviewer of The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, among others top Cardiology Journals.