2007-today Director, School of Nephrology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2007-today Associate Professor, Chair of Nephrology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffale, Milan, Italy
2007-today Director of the Research Programs of the Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
1994-2007 Clinical Assistent at the Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
1994 Cardiologist for the ” Service” in Sardinia, Italy
1990-1993 Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1985-1990 Residency in Cardiology at University of Sassari, Italy

2013 ERA/EDTA, European Renal Association/European Dialysis and Transplantation Association Congress (Top oral presentation)
2013 SIN “Accademia delle idee”: 1° premio miglior idea da sviluppare in Nefrologia
2009 European Society of Hypertension, ESH, (Top poster presentation)
2008 University of Maryland (Baltimora, USA0), invited speaker at the Seminar “Link between salt and hypertension: role of Na+/CA++ exchanger gene and endogenous ouabain in hypertensive patients"
2008 13th International SHR Meeting (invited speaker)
2008 ERA/EDTA Congress (Top oral presentation)
2005 SIN Italian Nephrology Society (Top poster presentation)
2004 European Hypertension Specialist of the European Hypertension Society
2004 SIN Italian Nephrology Society (5 Tops oral presentation)
2000 SIN Italian Nephrology Society (Top poster presentation)
1996 Italian-American Nephrology Society
1992 American Heart Association (Council of Hypertension)

2000 Speciality in Nephrology, University of Milan, Italy
1989 Speciality in Cardiology, University of Sassari, Italy
1985 Degree: Medical Doctor, University of Sassari, Italy