Speciality: Orthodontics

Private practice: Bari, Italy

Education & Post-Graduate Studies:
· School leaving Certificate in Sciencetific Field, Bari 1990 (Vote 60/60)
· Degree in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, University of Bari (Italy), 1995 (Vote 110/110 cum Laudem). Thesis: “HGF e attività osteoblastica: effetti sulla sequenza riassorbimento-deposizione (coupling)”.
· Master of Science in Orthodontics and TMJ Disorders, University of Insubria – Varese (Italy), 1999 (Vote 50/50 cum Laudem). Master Thesis: “Ausiliari in Nichel-Titanio per l'intrusione in Ortodonzia fissa”.
· Postgraduate High Degree (PhD) in “Orto-Fonato-Rino-Gnatodonzia”, University of Bari (Italy) 2004. Thesis: Lingual orthodontic treatment, fixed prosthetic therapy and splint therapy in patients with advanced periodontal disease: a clinical and radiological study.
· Perfectioning Course in Pedodontics, University of Parma (Italy), 1997
· Perfectioning Course in Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Parma (Italy), 1998
· Perfectioning Course in Lingual Orthodontics, University of Insubria - Varese (Italy), 1998

Professional Experience:
· Voluntary Dentistry Internship at the Department of Pedodontics, University of Bari, June-Oct 1995
· Dental Officer for the Italian Navy at the Military Hospital of Taranto – Italy, July 1996 – July 1997
· Clinical Attachment in Orthodontics at the Montefiore Medical College, Bronx - New York June - September 1998
· Clinical Attachment in Orthodontics, Orthodontic department, University of Ulm – Germany June 1998
· Voluntary Dentistry Internship at the Department of Orthodontics, University of Bari, Sept 2000 – July 2001
· Registered as Technical Advisor at the Law Courts of Bari for dental assessment since 1999
· Regular attendance since the academic period of various training courses and conferences, in Italy and abroad, on the following topics: orthodontics, parodontology, TMJ Disorders and forensic science
· Refferee of “Progress in Orthodontics” since 2007.

Scientific Activities:
· Lecturer at different Courses around the world (Rome La Cattolica, Turin, Genova, Varese, Messina, Madrid, Barcellona, Valencia, Varsaw, Bucarest…)
· Speaker at different Congresses around the world ( Italian Society of Orthodontics, German Orthodontic Congress, FDI Annual World Dental Congress, Annual Session of the American Association of Orthodontists, European Orthodontic Society, World Congress of Lingual Orthodontics, European Society of Lingual Orthodontics…)

Membership to Associations:
Member of the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO), active member since 2001
Member of the Italian Society of Pediatric Dentistry (SIOI)
Member of the European Orthodontic Society (EOS)
Member of the European Society of Lingual Orthodontics (ESLO), active member since 2002
Member of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO)
Member of Associazione Italiana Odontoiatri (A.I.O.), a National Professional Syndicate
Member of Associazione Nazionale Dentisti Italiani (ANDI)
Registered as Technical Advisor at the Law Courts of Bari for dental assessment since 1995
Member of the Italian Red Cross, Aid section, from 1995