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Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, Italy: March 27, 2001.

• Medical Licensure, University of Bologna, Italy: December 5, 2001.
• Specialization in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy: November 6, 2006.
• PhD, University of Bologna, Italy: January/1/2012.
• National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor (1st level) in Diseases of the Locomotor System SC 06/F4, SSD MED/33.

• Observer on the service of Dr John H. Healey, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA: from March 1, 2006 to May 19, 2006.
• Visiting Resident on the service of Dr Franklin Sim, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA: from June 13, 2006 to July 27, 2006.
• Observership on the service of Dr Henrik Bauer, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden: from December 27, 2006 to January 5, 2007.
• Clinical Fellowship, 5th Ward, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna: from January/30/2007 to January/30/2009.
• Research Fellowship, Pasthology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA: from August 2010 to August 2011.
• Attending Surgeon, Orthopaedic Service, Rizzoli Institute, Bagheria, Sicily, Italy: from February 1st, 2012 to February 1st, 2015.

English: excellent.

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Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Author of 87 papers in national and international Journals.

Award winner: “2012 Corinne Farrell Best Paper in Skeletal Radiology”.

Winner in 2020 of the Blue Ribbon award for best article in the scientific journal "Orthopaedics".

Deputy Editor, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.

Associate Editor, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

Musculoskeletal Oncology: treatment of children and adults who have bone or soft tissue tumors.