Education and training:

1982 MD. Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana, Albania

1986 Specialist of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana

1990 PhD Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tirana

1990-1991 Specialization in obstetrics-gynecology in Paris

1994 Training in reproductive Medicine, WHO Geneva

1998 Training in Evidence based medicine, Ticino, Switzerland

2005 Training IVF in New Jersey, USA

2010 Training Urogynecology New York, USA

Work experience

1996 till now Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tirana (now University of Medicine of Tirana)

2004 Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tirana, Albania

2013 Professor at the Dubrovnik International University, Croatia

Publications and research

Published over 180 papers in national and international journals. Published three chapters in International textbooks. Published 6 textbooks of obstetrics and gynecology and over 15 professional books in Albania.

Presented more than 130 oral presentations at international scientific meetings and at over 200 in national meetings.

Active participation in more than 20 international and national research projects

Professional membership

1997 President of the Albanian Association of Perinatal Medicine; 2007 Director of the Albanian Branch of Ian Donald School of Ultrasound; 2008 Board member of Mediterranean Association of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (MEDUOG); 2008 Board member of the Fetus as a Patient Society; 2009 Board member of South East European Society of Perinatal Medicine (SEESPM); 2009 Board member of Mediterranean Society for Reproductive Medicine (MSRM); 2009 Member of European Society of Perinatal Medicine; 2011 Member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE); 2014 Member of the World Academy of Art and Science  (WAAS); 2016 Associate fellow of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM); 2020 President elected of The South East European Society of Perinatal Medicine (SEESPM)

Awards: 2003 Honorary member of the Kosovo Society of Ultrasound, 2016 William Liley Prize, 2017 “Great Master” Prize in the field of medicine, education and research, from the President of Republic of Albania