MD, PhD, Board graduated in Clinical Pharmacology. European expert of clinical lipidolgy (certified by the European Atherosclerosis Society). Currently, President of the Italian Nutraceutical Society (SINut), Scientific chariman of the Italian Society of Nutrition Sport and Well-being (SINSeb), President of the regional sections of the Italian Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (SIPREC) and of the Italian Hypertension Society (SIIA) .

Author of more than 600 full-papers Scopus H-index>60) published on international peer-reviewed medical journals, mainly in the fields of cardiovascular disease prevention (epidemiology, prognosis, management) and nutraceutical research.