• International Consultancy in Vascular Surgery at Saudi German Hospital Dubai – UAE
• INTERSHIP DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY – VASCULAR SURGERY, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
• U.S.A. PERMANENT RESIDENCE CARD – CLASS E11, “ALIEN OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY FOR RESEARCH AND SCIENCE”, Sec. 203 (b) (1) (A) I-551 INS A # 046-738-716
• ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF VASCULAR SURGERY University of Tor Vergata, Rome Bsc. Degree in Physiotherapy
• RESEARCHER, Gene Therapy Unit, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Head: Prof. Ed. Lakatta Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, NIA/NIH, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA

Professore a Contratto in Chirurgia Vascolare Università Tor Vergata di Roma Corso di Laurea in Fisioterapia aa 2012-2015
1996 – 2018 Ricercatore presso il Laboratorio Cardiovascolare IDI-IRCCS, Roma. Direttore; Prof. Maurizio C. Capogrossi
1993-1996 Medico Ricercatore, presso National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. Direttore: Prof. Ronald G. Crystal
Luglio – Novembre 1987 VISITING FELLOW, Divisione di Cardiologia, Dipartimento di Medicina, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. Direttore: Prof. Kenneth L. Baughman

Pubblicazioni

Pubblicati più di 30 lavori scientifici su riveste internazionali.
IF: 24.35;  Citations: 1,323;  Research Interest: 670.8

• 2024 Jul - Experimental dermatology - Topical use of tobramycin: A possible innovative treatment of severe skin chronic ulcers.
• 2022 - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine - Extracellular Nucleophosmin Is Increased in Psoriasis and Correlates With the Determinants of Cardiovascular Diseases.
• 2004 Sep - Current drug targets. Cardiovascular & haematological disorders - Gene therapy in peripheral artery disease.
• 2004 Mar - The journal of gene medicine - Adenovirus vectors targeting alphaV integrin or heparan sulfate receptors display different distribution of transgene activity after intramuscular injection.
• 2004 Mar 1 - Cardiovascular research - p21(Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1) mediates shear stress-dependent antiapoptotic function.
• 2003 May - Vascular medicine (London, England) - Abdominal aortic dissection.
• 2003 Mar - International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology - PGE(1) short term therapy in critical lower limb ischemia.
• 2001 Nov - European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - Remifentanil conscious sedation during regional anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy: rationale and safety.
• 1999 Jun - Journal of neuro-oncology - Adenovirus-mediated wild-type p53 expression induces apoptosis and suppresses tumorigenesis of experimental intracranial human malignant glioma.
• 1998 Jun - Gene therapy - Adenovirus-mediated wild-type p53 overexpression inhibits endothelial cell differentiation in vitro and angiogenesis in vivo.
• 1997 Dec - European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - Papillary thyroid carcinoma mimicking an autonomous functioning nodule.
• 1997 Jul 10 - Experimental cell research - p53 Induces myocyte apoptosis via the activation of the renin-angiotensin system.
• 1997 Jun 1 - The Journal of clinical investigation - p53 and the hypoxia-induced apoptosis of cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes.
• 1997 Feb 27 - Oncogene - p21(Waf1/Cip1) protects against p53-mediated apoptosis of human melanoma cells.
• 1997 Jan - Journal of neuro-oncology - Anti-tumor gene therapy.
• 1996 Feb - Gene therapy - Safety and efficacy of in vivo gene transfer into the porcine heart with replication-deficient, recombinant adenovirus vectors.
• 1995 Nov 27 - International journal of cancer - Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of wild-type p53 results in melanoma cell apoptosis in vitro and in vivo.
• 1995 Oct 1 - Cancer research - Adenovirus-mediated wild-type p53 expression induces apoptosis and suppresses tumorigenesis of prostatic tumor cells.
• 1991 Sep 16 - Biochemical and biophysical research communications - Comparison between alpha-adrenergic- and K-opioidergic-mediated inositol (1,4,5)P3/inositol (1,3,4,5) P4 formation in adult cultured rat ventricular cardiomyocytes.

• U.S.A. PERMANENT RESIDENCE CARD – CLASS E11, Category “ALIEN OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY FOR RESEARCH”, Sec. 203 (b) (1) (A) I-551
• “EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL GRANT” from the EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY for a 6 months stage from March to June 2000, at the “Klinikum Grosshadern”, Department of Vascular Surgery – München Director: Prof. L. Lauterjung
• GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION, UNITED KINGDOM FULL. NO. 4545916

• EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF VASCULAR ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
• SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI CHIRURGIA VASCOLARE ED ENDOVASCOLARE
• GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION, UNITED KINGDOM FULL. NO. 4545916