He received his medical degree from the University of Bari School of Medicine in Italy. Dr. Ziu completed his internship in general surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn, and his neurosurgery residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He also completed a research fellowship in anti-angiogenesis treatment of brain tumors at Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, affiliates of Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Ziu most recently practiced at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he completed its Neuro-Oncology Fellowship for the treatment of brain and spine tumors.