Professional experience:

Since 1986 –Current Vice-President of A.M.A.B.(Associazione Medici AgopuntoriBolognesi, Association of Medical Acupuncturists of Bologna), Italy
Since 1994 –Current Board Member ofF.I.S.A. (FederazioneItalianadelleSocietà di Agopuntura,Italian Federation of Acupuncture Societies), Italy
1999 to2009 –Vice-President of the Matteo Ricci Foundation, Italy
1999 to2009 –Director of Master’s Degrees in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Matteo Ricci Foundation, Italy
Since 2003 –Current Member of the Commission for Non-Conventional Medicine of the Board of Medical Doctors and Dentists, Bologna, Italy
Since 2009 – Current Director of Master’s Degrees in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Head of the Congress Forum at A.M.A.B Italian-Chinese School of Acupuncture, Bologna, Italy
2001 to2011 –Member of the Public Relations Committee of PEFOTS (Pan European Federation of TCM Societies)
Since 2012 – Current General Secretary of PEFOTS (Pan European Federation of TCM Societies)
2014 –Member of the Specialty Committee of TCM Trade-in-Service of WFCMS (World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies)
2015 – Visiting Professor at the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM)
2016 – Council Board memberof WFCMS (World Federation of Chinese
Medicine Societies)

Education and training

1980 – Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Bologna, Italy
1983 – Postgraduate Specialization in Physiotherapy at the University of Bologna, Italy
1988 –Postgraduate Specializationin Sports Medicine at the University of Chieti, Italy
1982 –Diploma of Acupuncture (Acupuncture Expert) from the AccademiaMarchigiana di Agopuntura (Acupuncture Academy, Marche Region), Ancona, Italy
1990 –Certificate of Professional Qualification in Acupuncture from the Guangzhou UniversityofTraditional Chinese Medicine(GZHUTCM), now Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, People's Republic of China
2004 –Certificate upon completion of the Basic Course on Abdominal Acupuncture, Prof. Zhiyun Bo, Bologna, Italy
2005 –Certificate upon completion of theAdvanced Course on Abdominal Acupuncture, Prof. Zhiyun Bo, Bari, Italy
2005 –Certificate upon completion of thePost-Graduate Course on Abdominal Acupuncture, Prof. Zhiyun Bo, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
2006, 2014 and 2017– Certificate upon completion of the Course of Clinical Practice on Acupuncture at the China Nanjing International Acupuncture Training Centre sponsored by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, People's Republic of China