Education & Training
- Medical Degree Degree in Medicine and Surgery, awarded with honours (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 Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford & Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, London
Fellowships & Memberships
Elected Fellow — a mark of senior professional standing — with a progression from general medicine to the cardiology sub-specialty:
- General Medicine Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Royal Society of Medicine (FRCP), London
- Cardiology Fellow, British Cardiovascular Society (FBCS)
- Heart Failure Fellow, Heart Failure Association — European Society of Cardiology (FHFA) A title awarded to a very small number of cardiologists across Europe
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
Medical Officer, Military Corps of the Italian Red Cross
Registered with the Italian Medical Council (Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri) and the UK General Medical Council (GMC).