- Basic and middle school completed in Ferizaj, Kosovo
- 1979: Graduated at the Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka (Croatia); this degree was recognised by the Belgian Ministry of Education in 1996
- 1981- 1985: Assistant on General Surgery at the University Hospitals of Prishtina and Zagreb. Completed on September 10th, 1985.
- August- December 1988: Fellowship at the National Cancer Centre of Japan in Tokyo
- 1993- 1995: fellow at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, “OLV” Clinic in Aalst, Belgium
- 1996- 2000: fellow at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (certified for particular expertise in Cardiac Surgery from the KU Leuven, July 1999).
- June 2000: Certified on general surgery in Belgium
- 2001: Fellowship of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Certified FETCS)
- December 1979- December 1980: General Medicine, Medical Centre- Ferizaj, Kosovo
- January 1981-July 1990: University Clinical Medical Centre- Prishtina, Kosovo, Department of General Surgery
- August 1990-October 1992: General Surgical Practice-Ferizaj, Kosovo
- November 1992- August 2000: fellow on Cardiac Surgery in the OLV Hospital in Aalst and KU Leuven, Belgium
- January 1998- December 2008: European Homograft Bank (EHB) in Brussels, as an independent expert on selection, dissection, morphological evaluation, cryopreservation and quality control of the human heart valves and arteries (part-time job)
- September 2000- December 2007: Clinique St. Jean Brussels: Department of Cardiac Surgery (80%)
- 1.European Homograft Bank (EHB) in Brussels, as an independent expert on selection, dissection, morphological evaluation, cryopreservation and quality control of the human heart valves and arteries (1998-2007)
- 2.European Homograft Bank (EHB): Medical Director (January 2008-)
- Belgian Association of Cardio-thoracic Surgery (BACTS): Board of Directors (2004-2007; 2007-2011)
- EATB Board Member 2009-
- EATB International Scientific Committee (Prague 2005, Budapest 2007, Cracow 2009)
- East European Heart Valve Postgraduate Course (26-27/09/2007 Ceske Budejovice): International Faculty
- Society of Heart Valve Disease
- Alb-shkenca: Organizing Comity (2008, 2009)
85 Scientific Meetings worldwide (mainly in cardiac Surgery and Cardio-vascular Tissue Banking)
69 papers and presentations, mainly in the field of Cardiac Surgery and Cardio-vascular Tissue Banking
Published 17 papers as main author (6) or co-author (11) and 3 posters as main author and 1 as co-author