He graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Turin in 1998 and specialized in Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery in 2003 at the University of Milan. He worked at the Division of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at the European Institute of Oncology - Milan, the "Laboratoire de Microchirurgie" CHU - Brabois (Nancy), the Division of Maxillofacial Surgery at Ospedale S. Paolo - Milan, Centro de Cirurgia Plástica Botafogo - Río de Janeiro - Brazil, the Division of Hand and Plastic Surgery at Ospedale G.Fornaroli - Magenta. From 2003 to 2007, he was medical director in the Division of Plastic Surgery at Policlinico di Monza.