He is a postgraduate in oral pathology and medicine, and a specialist in oral surgery. He works at the Hospital Policlinico di Bari, Italy, in the section of oral pathology and medicine. His fields of interest are preneoplastic and neoplastic oral lesions (diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis) and oral autoimmune diseases (diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis). He is an active member of SIPMO (Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine).