1984-1985 Fellow in Invasive Cardiology Monseigneur Toomey Cardiovascular Laboratory and Research Department (Director Dr. G. Gensini). St. Joseph Hospital, State University of New York, Syracuse, N.Y.
1982-1984 Fellow in Cardiology Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, University of California Irvine CA. 
1980-1982 Chief Residency in Internal Medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, New York, Medical College, N.Y.
1979- 1980 Residency in Internal Medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, New York, Medical College, N.Y.
1978-1979 Internship in Internal Medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, New York, Medical College, N.Y
1975- 1978 University of Parma Postgraduate School in Cardiovascular Medicine. Parma, Italy
1975- 1978 Residency in Cardiology Ospedale Maggiore Niguarda, De Gasperis Center (Director Prof. F. Rovelli), Milan, Italy
1968- 1978 University of Milan School of Medicine Milan, Italy

2014-today Member of the “Consiglio Superiore della Sanità”
2013-today Attending Cardiologist, Stamford Medical Hospital, Stamford, CT, USA
2004-today Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Hospital, New York, USA
2003 Visiting Professor, University of Belgrade, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Yu
1999 Consultant Division of Haemodynamics, Hospital Maggiore – Policlinico, Milano, Italy (degree n.672)
1998-today Director Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Cardiovascular interventions Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
1996-2004 Professor of Clinical Medicine New York University, New York, USA
1996-2004 Director of Investigational Angioplasty, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA
1995 Visiting Professor, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
1986-today Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Columbus Hospital Milan, Italy
1985-1986 Assistant Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA
1985-1986 Director Cardiology Wards and Clinics Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA
1982-1988 Assistant Professor of Medicine University of California, Irvine, USA
1981-1982 Instructor in Medicine, New York Medical College

2014 Chien Foundation Award for Outstanding Lectureship & Lifetime Achievement in PCI, CIT
2014 in partnership with TCT, Shanghai, China, March 20-23, 2014
2013 Master of the Masters, TCTAP Award 2013, Seoul, Korea
2012 Legends of CV Medicine, American College of Cardiology, Chicago, USA
2012 Elite Reviewer 2012 of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2010 Ethica Winner, EuroPCR, Paris, France
2010 Andreas Gruentzig Lecture on Interventional Cradiology, European Society of Cardiology
2005 Elite Reviewer, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, USA
1998 X TCT Career Award, Washington D.C., USA
1994 Best Clinical Researcher,Thorax Center Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1981 Best Teaching Resident Cabrini Medical Center, NY, USA 1974 Summa Cum Laude at M.D. Graduation, Milan, Italy