1992 – 1998
Studied medicine at the University of Chieti, Italy; summa cum laude

1998
Dissertation: “The surgical treatment of lung metastases”

1999
Licensed as a physician (Modena, Italy)

1999-2007
Training as a specialist in general surgery: University Clinic for General Surgery, Policlinico Modena, Italy, Department of General Surgery, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova in Reggio Emilia, Italy, University Clinic Innsbruck, Clinical Department for General and Transplant Surgery

2007 – 2009
Specialist physician at the Medical University of Innsbruck, University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery

08/2009
Senior physician at the University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery

02/ 2020
Head of the Surgical Breast Outpatient Clinic

2001
International Master of Laparoscopic Surgery of Gastroesophageal Reflux and Inguinal Hernia, Aesculap Academy Institute, Tuttlingen (Germany), 2001

2001
A.C.O.I. Theoretical and practical course in laparoscopic surgery, Milan 2001 Dissertation: “Vertical gastroplasty according to McLean. Surgical technique.”

2003
Intensive course in transplant medicine (Walter Brendel College for Transplant Medicine), Wildbad Kreuth/Tegernsee

2003 – 2004
Advanced training course in organ transplantation from the European Society for Organ Transplantation (official ESOT training course), Basel, November 2003, and Berlin, June 2004

2009
Course in Nutritional Medicine (University Lecturer Dr. Maximilian Ledochowski)

2010 – 2011
Acupuncture course (ÖGA), attendance at A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, and C courses to date

2016
Emergency physician training

2019
Abgeschlossenes ÖAK-Diplom füCompleted ÖAK diploma for palliative medicine courser Lehrgang für Palliativmedizin

Pharmacologist in the double-blind Phase II study “Open-label, randomized, controlled multiple-dose study of the efficacy and safety of BMS-224818 as part of quadruple-drug therapy in first-time kidney transplant recipients (sponsor Bristol-Myers Squibb)”.

Co-investigator in the Phase III randomized clinical trial TERRA (Tacrolimus Evaluation in Renal Transplantation with Rapamune) (sponsor: Fujisawa GmbH)

Co-investigator in the European randomized clinical trial SYMPHONY in kidney transplant recipients (ELiTE)

Investigator in the randomized clinical trial ABCSG 26 – SOLE (IBCSG 35-07)

2007
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