Position:
Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory at University of Illinois at Chicago, Assistant Professor of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery at University of Illinois at Chicago
Work:
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Greater Chicago Area since Jun 2013
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Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Greater Chicago Area since Sep 2012
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Assistant Professor of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Chicago, IL Jun 2011 - Jun 2012
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Chief Resident in General Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago
Feb 2004 - Jun 2007
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Senior Research Specialist, Cell Transplantation
University of Padova
- Padova, Italy May 1998 - Jan 2004
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General Surgery Resident
N.A.T.O. Multinational Brigade West
- Pec, Kosovo Dec 2000 - Feb 2001
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Medical Officer Instructor of Training and Advisory Team
Italian Army
- 132nd Tanks Brigade "Ariete", Pordenone, Italy Apr 2000 - Oct 2000
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Medical Director
Education:
University of Padua
Graduate
Skills:
General Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Research, Medical Education, Medical Research, Board Certified, Robotics
Interests:
PROFESSIONAL: Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery. Virtual Reality Surgical Training. New technology applied to surgical field.
NOT PROFESSIONAL: SCUBA diving, snorkeling, boating, sailing, surfing, hiking, biking, motorcycling, martial arts (Systema, Judo), Ancient Rome history, music, theater, movies, geopolitics.
Honor & Awards:
- Flying colors Medical Degree University of Catanzaro “Magna Graecia”, July 1997. Catanzaro, Italy.
- First Class Honor Residency in General Surgery, March 2005. University of Padua, Italy.
- Travel Award for Advances in organ transplantation, 2005 Genzyme Fellows Conference, Boston (MC), June 9-12, 2005.
- Innovative Grants Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), February 16, 2006. Co-Investigator.
- Award funded by a grant from The Transplantation Society for Xth International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium in S. Monica, CA (USA), September 5-8, 2007.
- Research Award at Resident Research Forum, May 7, 2008, Neuro-Psychiatric Institute Conference Hall, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
- First Place Research Award at Resident Research Forum, May 2010, Neuro-Psychiatric Institute Conference Hall, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
- Golden Scalpel Award Nominee, June 2013. University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Languages:
English, Italian, Spanish