- -European Association of Urology (EAU),
- -European Association of UroTechnology (ESUT) [chair of Lower Urinary Tract group)]
- “Società Italiana di Endorurologia” (Italian Society of Endourology) (IEA) [Chief of Scientific Committee]
- “Società Italiana di Urologia “ (Italian Society of Urology) (SIU),
- He performed the full variety of endoscopic surgery of lower and upper urinary tract
- He has a significant experience in endoscopic, laser based prostate surgery
- He performed (operator or supervisor) more than 400 SWL and a significant number endoscopic and percutaneous procedures (such as semirigid or flexible ureteroscopy and PNL) developing a robust experience in the management of urinary stones
- He has a huge experience in robotic and laparoscopic surgery (he participated in more than 2000 interventions)
- His scientific activity is documented by more than 230 scientific publications (“full paper), available at www.pubmed.gov. The main fields of interest are: endoscopy, uro- oncology and laparoscopy.
- His H-index is 40
- His total citations are >4900
- He is Associate Editor of Minerva Urologica and Nefrologica, the most important Italian Journal of Urology and Nephrology (IF 3.5)
- He is Associate Editor of BMC Urology