Oct 2001–Jul 2007
Graduated with Honors – EQF level 7
Title of qualification awarded: Doctor of Medicine, Magna cum laude
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Scapho-lunate ligament injuries
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy
Oct 2007
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Trauma Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: IV Instruction Course of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Lerici, Italy
28 Feb 2008
Italian General Medical Council Register
Title of qualification awarded: Italian General Medical Council Register (Unit of Pisa)
Name and type of organization: Italian General Medical Council (Unit of Pisa)
Apr 2008–Apr 2013
Orthopedic and Trauma Specialty course – EQF level 8
Title of qualification awarded: Resident in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Orthopaedic and Trauma surgery – Microsurgery – Hand Surgery – Research on Nerve Regeneration
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery Unit, University of Pisa, Italy (Specialty course)
Jun 2008
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Wrist Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Topics in Wrist Surgery, S. Margherita Ligure, Italy
Mar 2009
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Trauma Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Humeral Fractures, Viareggio, Italy
Jun 2009
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 4
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Cadaver lab: Trauma Wrist Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Multidirectional Angular Stability in the Treatment of Hand and Wrist Fractures, Augsburg, Germany
Nov 2009
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Pain Management in Orthopaedic Patients
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Pain Treatment, Siena, Italy
Dec 2009
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Computer Assisted Surgery of knee prosthesis
Name and type of organization providing education and training: University of Pisa
Apr 2010
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Trauma Wrist Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Trauma of Upper Extremity and Hand Surgery, Verona, Italy
Feb 2011
DIPLOMA of Basic Microsurgery Techniques – EQF level 6
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Reconstructive Microsurgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: 14° Practice Reconstructive Microsurgery Course, Turin, Italy
Title of qualification awarded: DIPLOMA of Basic Microsurgery Techniques
May 2011–Nov 2011
DIPLOMA of Advanced Microsurgery Techniques – EQF level 8
Title of qualification awarded: DIPLOMA of Advanced Microsurgery Techniques
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Microsurgery and Experimental Microsurgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: IV Advanced Microsurgical Course, S. Cozzolino, MD Chief, Centro di Biotecnologie, A.O.R.N. “A. Cardarelli, Napoli, Italy
Apr 2011
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 4
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Cadaver lab: Upper Extremities Trauma
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Advanced Lab Trauma Stryker: Treatment of Difficult Upper Extremities Fractures, Arezzo, Italy
Oct 2011
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Pain Management
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Talking with patients suffering from pain, Pisa, Italy
Nov 2011–Nov 2012
FELLOWSHIP in Hand Surgery – EQF level 8
Title of qualification awarded: FELLOWSHIP in Hand Surgery
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Surgery, Microsurgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Italian Society of Hand Surgery (SICM), Italian Society of Microsurgery (SIM)
Feb 2012
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Reconstructive Microsurgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: 15° Practice Reconstructive Microsurgery Course, Turin, Italy
May 2012
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 4
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Training in Dupuytren, Hand Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: RESOLVE Course: Management of Dupuytren Disease, Florence, Italy
Sep 2012
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Hand Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Wrist Fractures Guidelines Update, Florence, Italy
Nov 2012–Jan 2013
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 7
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Cadaver lab: Upper Extremities Anatomical Dissection, Wrist Surgery, Upper Extremities Dissection Flaps
Name and type of organization providing education and training: III Upper Extremities Anatomical Dissection, Arezzo, Italy
Nov 2012
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Upper Extremities Surgery in Rheumatoid Patients
Name and type of organization providing education and training: ERASS Instructional Course, Florence, Italy
Jan 2013
Certificate of AO Basic Skills of Traumatology – EQF level 5
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of AO Basic Skills of Traumatology
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Trauma
Name and type of organization providing education and training: AO Course, Milan, Italy
Mar 2013
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Symposium GIMETRA on Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Genoa, Italy
Apr 2013
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Traumatic Elbow
Name and type of organization providing education and training: 2° Basic and Advanced Course: The Traumatic Elbow, Turin, Italy
Sep 2013
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Wrist Fractures
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Theoretical and Practice Course of Wrist Fractures, Milan, Italy
Sep 2013
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 3
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Consensus Conference Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Florence, Italy
Nov 2013
Certificate of Attendance: Cadaver Lab – EQF level 5
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate of Attendance
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Wrist Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Course of Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty of the Wrist, Arezzo, Italy
Nov 2015
Certificate of attendance: EBHS Diploma – EQF level 8
Title of qualification awarded: Diploma of the European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS)
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand
Mar 2018
Diploma of European Master of Microsurgical Reconstruction of the Limb (RMES) – EQF level 8
Dec 2019
Certificate of attendance: Three years doctorate research – EQF level 8
Title of qualification awarded: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD degree)
**Principal subjects
/occupational skills covered:** Nanotechnology to improve the recovery after long nerve defect in peripheral nerve injuries
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa
Jul 2020
Received National Scientific Habilitation Functions for Associate Professor in the sector SC 06/F4 – Musculoskeletal disease and Physiatrist 2020 (valid from 03/07/2020 to 03/07/2029) – EQF level 8
Apr 2023
Certificate of Attendance – EQF level 8
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Wrist Surgery
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Course of Arthroscopy and Surgery of the Wrist, 14-15/April 2023, Strasbourg, France
May 2023
Become an EXAMINER of EUROPEAN BOARD OF HAND SURGERY DIPLOMA – EQF level 8
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Implementation and development of the Diploma of the European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS)
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH)
Nov 2023
Title of qualification awarded: Teacher (invited lecture) – EQF level 8
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Anatomical Upper Extremity and Flaps Raising
Name and type of organization providing education and training: XII Course of Anatomic Dissection, SICM, Cremona, Italy as tutor, responsibilities included supervising students during anatomical dissection training
Jan 2024
Title of qualification awarded: Teacher (invited lecture) – EQF level 8
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Anatomical Upper Extremity and Flaps Raising
Name and type of organization providing education and training: XII Course of Anatomic Dissection, SICM, Cremona, Italy as tutor, responsibilities included supervising students during microsurgical training