Professional experience

• More than 40 years of experience
• Senior Consultant Department of Cardiac Surgery Center Heart Morgagni di Pedara (CT) (2015-present)
• Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery and High Specialty at the Heart Center Morgagni di Pedara (CT) (2009-2015)
• Head of Cardiac Surgery at the Heart Center Morgagni di Pedara (CT) (1995-2015)
• Head of the Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiac Surgery Service of the Heart Center Morgagni di Pedara (CT) (1987-2002)
• Assistant role at the Division of Cardiac Surgery of the Vittorio Emanuele II Hospital in Catania (1982-1995)
• Resident at the Cardiovascular Surgery Service of the "Center Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue" in Paris (1982)
• Resident at the Cardiovascular Surgery Service of the Hospital Broussais in Paris directed by Prof. Ch. Dubost and Prof. A. Carpentier, where he was particularly involved in the divisional (plastic) surgery of the mitral valve and myocardial protection (1981)
• Assistant in the Division of Cardiac Surgery of the Vittorio Emanuele II Hospital in Catania (1978-1982)
• Internal doctor at Cardiosurgery University of Catania (1976-1978)

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 Sub-specialties

• Surgery of aneurysms of the root, ascending aorta and aortic arch
• Aorto-coronary bypass in extracorporeal and heart-beating circulation
• Repair (plastic) of the mitral valve
• Surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses: the Professor has been collaborating with the Jehovah's Witnesses Healthcare Committee for over 20 years
• Valve replacement for aortic stenosis with sutureless prosthesis
• Surgery of adults or young adults with congenital heart disease

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 Positions in public associations

• Chairman of the ANMCO National Surgical Area (2017-present)
• Co-Chairman of the National ANMCO Surgical Area (2015-2016)
• Secretary of the Pediatric Section of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (1996-2000)
• Treasurer of the Mediterranean Association of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (1987-1995)

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 Teaching posts

• Adjunct Professor at the School of Specialization of Cardiac Surgery of the University of Catania (1986-1988)
• "Chef de Clinique" at the University of Paris XI (Cardiovascular Surgery Service of the Center Surgical Marie Lannelongue), where he was mainly involved in surgery of congenital heart disease in pediatric and neonatal age (1986-1987)
• He has participated in over 300 symposia and training events as a teacher, speaker or moderator

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 Education

• Degree with honors in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Catania (1976)
• Specialization with honors in diseases of the cardiovascular system at the University of Catania (1979)
• Specialization with honors in Cardioangiosurgery at the La Sapienza University of Rome (1983)

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 Publications and conferences

• Active participation and organization of symposia, meetings, training events in order to maintain and encourage a continuous update on the constant news and therapeutic opportunities that research and technology increasingly make available to physicians and patients. Another objective is to inform patients and healthy people (also through social media) about the limits, news, behaviors and lifestyles to follow to treat and prevent Cardiovascular diseases.
• Extender and / or Auditor of Consent Documents, promoted by Scientific Societies on topics of great importance for public health. Expert Cardiochirurgo c / o the column "The expert replies of the National Association of Cardiologists and Hospital Doctors"
• Author of over 200 scientific publications concerning diseases and / or surgery of the cardiovascular system

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 Professional membership

• Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery
• National Association of Hospital Cardiologists
• Society of Pediatric Cardiology
• Italian Society of Cardiology
• Italian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
• French-speaking Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Society
• European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• Member of the Board of the ANMCO Region of Sicily - National Association of Cardiologists and Hospital Doctors (2002-2014)

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