Degree in Medicine &Surgery (1979), with Specialization in ORL &Cervico-Facial Pathology (1982) and Audiology (1985)

Former Head of the Surgical Specialities Department and ORL Unit - University Hospital, Udine (Italy) (1997-2020). Previously on duty in the same Unit from 1981 to 1997

Medical Officer (1st Captain) (res.) in the Italian Army Medical Service and former Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology at Udine Military Hospital/Medico-Legal Military Center (1989-2000)

Contract Professor in ORL at University of Udine Medical School (2016-2021) and in ORL/Phoniatrics at University of Trieste - Faculty of Logopedy (2018-2020)

President Emeritus of the Italian College of Surgeons (CIC)

Past President of the Italian Society of ORL & Cervico-Facial Surgery (SIOeChC-F)

Past President of the Italian Society of Rhinology (SIR)

Past President of the Italian Association of Hospital Otorhinolaryngologists (AOOI)

General Secretary of the International Academy ORL - Head &Neck Surgery (IAO-HNS)

Former Editor-in-chief of “Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica”, Official Journal of the Italian ORL Society

Delegate of the Italian ORL Society at the Italian T.N.M. Committee (OMS/UICC)

Member of the International Scientific Board of Societas Otorhinolaryngologica Latina since 2012

Main clinical and research interests are in head and neck cancer, thyroid and parathyroid pathology,         otomicrosurgery, clinical and surgical rhinology, functional pathology of the upper aerodigestive ways,      Medical Management and Health Technology Assessment