1990 Medical Degree from the University Federico II of Napoli, Italy with the maximum of score 110/110 Cum Laude, discussing a thesis entitled "Myocardial scintigraphy with Thallium-201 and Tc99m-MIBI in the evaluation of patients with coronary artery disease.

1994 Board certified in Nuclear Medicine at the University Federico II of Napoli, Italy with the maximum of score 50/50 Cum Laude, discussing a thesis entitled "Continuous ambulatory monitoring of left ventricular function in normal subjects during cardiopulmonary exercise.

1999 Board certified in Radiology at the University Federico II of Napoli, Italy with the maximum of score 50/50 Cum Laude, discussing a thesis entitled "Dual-phase spiral CT for detection and assessment of resectability of patients with suspicion of pancreatic cancer.

1999-2005 Appointed as Assistant Professor of Radiology, at the Institute of Bio-structure and Bio-imaging of the National Research Council (CNR), Italy.

2005-2007 Appointed as Assistant Professor of Radiology, at the School of Medicine of the University Federico II of Napoli, Italy.

1999-2012 Research fellow in the Department of Radiology at New York University Medical Center, under direction of Prof. Emil J Balthazar.

Liver Disease Diagnosis,Liver Disease Complications, Immunology of Hepatobiliary systems, Endocrine Glands, Endocrine Disorders, Endocrine Oncology, Pancreatitis, Autoimmune pancreatitis, Primary biliary diseases