Guido Vincenzo Silvio Barbagli was born on January 22 1950 in Pieve Santo Stefano, Arezzo, Italy, in a small village founded during the Roman Empire (near Sansepolcro where Piero della Francesca was born) and near Caprese Michelangelo (where Michelangelo was born). In 1968, he graduated from a Classical Studies High School, the Liceo-Ginnasio «Plinio il Giovane» in Città di Castello, Perugia, Italy. In 1978 he attended Medical School and discussed his thesis on The role of inflammatory changes of the prostate in the male sterility with Prof. Alfiero Costantini, Director of the Urologic Clinic of the University of Florence, Italy, as supervisor. In 1979, Dr. Barbagli completed his internship in Urology. In October 1982 he obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Urology from the Urology Postgraduate Department of the University of Florence, Italy, receiving the highest marks in his class cum laude.