Luca D’Ascanio was born in Sondrio (Italy) on October 18th, 1977. He took his A-level with the final mark of 60/60 at “Leonardo Da Vinci” High School of Pescara in 1996. He graduated in Medicine on July 19th 2002 at “Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome” with a final mark of 110/110 summa cum laude (university career mean mark: 29.7/30), discussing a final work in Otorhinolaryngology entitled: “Audiological assessment in rheumatoid arthritis”, published on the Journal Acta Otolaryngologica.

• Head & neck surgery and oncology, with special reference to laryngeal cancer, including the organization of live surgery courses; • Facial plastic reconstructive surgery of the face, nose, and external ear; • Aesthetic and functional nasal surgery, including the organization of rhinoplasty surgical courses within the “Valerio Micheli-Pellegrini” Study Center; • Paediatric nasal surgery, with the development of personal techniques of septal surgery for the prevention/correction of facial deformities related to nasal breathing impairment; • Founder and member of the commission of the national Prize for Otolaryngology Thesis “Gianfranco D’Ascanio”; • Co-founder of “Valerio Micheli-Pellegrini” Study Centre, organizing anatomical dissection and live surgery courses.