- Member of the International Society of Lymphology (ISL) since 2005. During the 22nd International Congress of Lymphology (21-25 September 2009, Sydney, Australia) he was appointed European Coordinator of Young Lymphologists and received the Presidential Award in the Research Program "Obesity and Lymphedema: A System of Treatment". During the 23rd International Congress of Lymphology (19-23 September 2011, Malmo, Sweden) he was elected Auditor of the International Society of Lymphology (ISL). During the 24th International Congress of Lymphology (16-20 September 2013, Rome) he was elected Executive Committee Member of the International Society of Lymphology (ISL). He will organise, as President, the 29th International Congress of Lymphology in September 2023 in Turin.
- Since June 2009, member of the European Society of Lymphology (ESL). At the 35th ESL Congress (26-27 June 2009 Paris, France), he was awarded for the best paper entitled 'Obesity and Lymphedema: A System of Treatment', published in the European Journal of Lymphology and Related Problems. At the 36th ESL Congress (14-16 May 2010, Athens, Greece) he was awarded for the best paper entitled "Lymphatic Microsurgery for Primary Prevention of Secondary Lymphedema after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Model of Translational Lymphology".
- Since October 2009, member of the Italian Society of Microsurgery (SIM). Since November 2018 appointed SIM Regional Delegate for Liguria.
- Period October 2009 - June 2014, Resident Member of the American College of Surgeons (RAS-ACS).
- Since October 2010, member of the International Society for Experimental Microsurgery (ISEM). Awarded the 1st ISEM Award for "Young Researcher's outstanding contribution to Experimental Microsurgery" at the 11th ISEM Congress (12-14 July 2012, Timisoara, Romania) with the study entitled "Lymphatic Drainage of Mammary Gland and Upper Extremities: From Anatomy to Surgery to Microsurgery".
- Since October 2010, honorary member of the Asociación Médica Argentina. Since November 2012, elected Profesor Extranjero de la Escuela de Graduados.
- Since August 2012, member of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council (EPSRC).
- Since October 2012, member of the International Sentinel Lymph Node Working Group (SLNWG).
- Since May 2013, Associate Editor of the OA Plastic Surgery Journal.
- Member of the Italian Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (SISAV)
- Adherent Member of the Italian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SICPRE)
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS, International Member)
- World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM)
- Since June 2020 JPRAS Reviewer (Journal of Plastic,Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery)