Education & Training
- Medical Degree Doctor of Medicine, awarded with distinction (110/110 summa cum laude) University of Bologna, Italy
- Specialist Training Specialisation in Cardiology Under Prof. Roberto Ferrari, past President of the European Society of Cardiology — University of Ferrara, Italy, one of Italy’s leading centres for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure and cardiomyopathy
- 2010 European Society of Cardiology Research Grant Awarded in recognition of his research work
- Doctor philosophiae PhD, Pathophysiology of Heart Failure — “Doctor Europaeus” European Doctor programme London, United Kingdom
Clinical Appointments
- Sep 2011 – Oct 2013 Specialist Registrar in Cardiology St Mary’s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital & Hammersmith Hospital, London
- Sep 2011 – Sep 2013 Honorary Clinical Research Fellow National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
- Oct 2012 – Oct 2013 Specialist Registrar National Pulmonary Hypertension Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London
- Oct 2013 – Sep 2014 Cardiomyopathy Clinical Fellow Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust — national referral centre for heart muscle disease, London
- Current Senior Consultant Cardiologist & Clinical Lead for Heart Failure Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup & Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford
Fellowships & Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London (FRCP)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London
- Fellow of the British Cardiovascular Society (FBCS)
- Fellow of the Italian Society of Surgical Echocardiography
- Fellow of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (FHFA)
- Member of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases and Cardiovascular Regenerative and Reparative Medicine
- Member of more than 20 national and international cardiac societies and associations