Associated Professor Humanitas University, Milan, Orthopedic surgeon, Center of Functional and Biological Reconstruction of the knee, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, 2nd Vice President of the International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS)
Until 2017 Director of Nano-Biotecnology Laboratory and orthopedic surgeon, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute and Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Coordinator of numerous research projects and clinical trials regarding biotechnology applications in orthopaedics, into the framework of Italian and European research.
Author of over 180 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and over 30 chapters in textbooks in orthopedic surgery (H-index 64). Faculty of more than 400 society meetings all over Europe, Asia and America. Associated Editor of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Journal, International Orthopedics, Journal of Experimental Orthopedics and Joints. Reviewer for more than 20 Orthopaedics Journal
Travelling Fellow ESSKA/AOSSM European/North American Sports Medicine Traveling Fellowship, 2009 and ICRS Travelling Fellowship, North America, 2004
Winner of several awards as most cited and most downloaded publication 2011-2016 in Arthroscopy Journal, Leading article Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy Journal, 2013 and 2016, Poster Award Cum Laude, ICRS World Congress, 2015 and 2013, Most cited publication 2009-2010 in American Journal of Sports Medicine, Scientific exhibit award of excellence AAOS Annual Meeting 2011