Director III Surgery Department at BMM Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Born in Messina, Italy on 16 September 1952.

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Messina in 1977.

Specialization in Ophthalmology at the Scientific Hospital S. Raffaele in Milan in 1985.

From May 1979 upto October 1992 - Assistant Surgical Department

From October 1992 upto December 1993 - Assistant Director

From December 1993 upto June 1998 - Director Social Ophthalmic Centre of Civil Hospital in Paola-Cetraro

From July 1998 upto December 2000 - Coordinator, and later Director, Ophthalmic Operative Centre in Paola-Cetraro

From January 2001 upto today - Director Ophthalmic Operating Centre at BMM Hospital in Reggio Calabria

From June 2003 upto today - Director III Surgery Department at BMM Hospital in Reggio Calabria

Professional Trainings:
1988-1989 Ophthalmic Division S.Martino Hospital in Genova
1995-1996 Foundation for Ophthalmology G.B. Bietti in Rome
1996 Saint Eriks Hostipal in Stockholm, Sweden

Practical Trainings:
1980 University Eye Clinic Hospital J. Gonin in Lausanne, Switzerland
1984 University Eye Clinic Hospital Creteil in Paris, France
2002 & 2003 Zivojnovic Foundation Middelheim Hospital Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp, Belgium
2005 Harvard University Eye Hospital in Boston, USA
2005 & 2006 Istituto di Microchirurgia, I.M.O. in Barcelona, Spain
2007 William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Has carried out professionally approximately 12000 eye-operations.

Member of the most important Italian and foreign Societies in Ophthalmology

Has organised 10 International Congresses of Ophthalmology, amongst which :

2004 GIVRE 2004 Gruppo Italiano di Chirurgia Vitreo-Retinica

2007 REGGIO RETINA

Honours:
February 2003 Anassilaos Prize
July 2003 B. Donato Prize
August 2003 National AVIS Prize
September 2003 National IARVO Prize