Massimo received his degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Milano in 1997. He is the clinical director and chief of orthopedic surgery at the Clinica Veterinaria Milano Sud, Peschiera Borromeo, Italy. He is a member of SCIVAC, ESVOT, SIOVET, as well as a AVORE council member and AOVET Ambassador Member. Massimo lectures regularly at national and international congresses, meetings and courses including SCIVAC/AO courses for Distal Extremities and External Fixation, AO Masterclass Courses on Advanced Corrective Osteotomies, and ESVOT and ACVS courses on Corrective Osteotomies and Patella Luxation. He was the secretary of the SIOVET, Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2008-2011). He has authored 31 papers in peer-reviewed veterinary journals and two books, the “Atlas of Clinical Goniometry” and “Atlas BOA, Breed Orthopaedic Oriented Approach ''. Massimo developed the Fixin system, an internal fixation device with angular stability and conic coupling, the Tibial Tuberosity Transposition Technique and Tool, and the bone widening and transfer technique. His particular clinical interests are limb alignment, stifle surgery, hybrid external fixators, Ilizarov technique, elastic internal fixation, Total Hip Replacement, and transcutaneous amputee prosthesis. He spends his free time thinking about the things that he used to enjoy, woodworking and competitive triathlon, when he had free time available.