Graduated in Medicine and specialized in maxillofacial surgery at the University of Milan, Italy.

Professor, Unit of Oral Surgery - Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Sciences, University of Milan – Italy

Visiting Associate Professor, Loma Linda University, Los Angeles, California , USA

Member of the European Board of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, Active Member EAO, ITI Fellow and President Italian Section ITI (2007-2011), President Italian Society of Oral Surgery (2002-2004), President Italian Society of Osseointegration (2014-2016), Founder of the Italian Academy of Osseointegration (IAO).

Referee for Clinical Oral Implants Research, International Journal of oral and maxillofacial Surgery, and European Journal of Oral Implantology.

He is the author or co-author of approximately 100 papers published on peer-reviewed international journals and approximately 250 papers published in Italian Journals. He is the author or co-author of 14 textbooks related to oral and maxillofacial surgery, some of them published in English and/or translated in several other languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese).

His main fields of interest are oral and maxillofacial surgery, with particular focus on orthognatic surgery and advanced preprosthetic surgery (reconstructions for severe atrophy, tumor defects, trauma sequelae, congenital malformations). He has extensively lectured on these topics in the last 20 years all over the world.