Manuel Jiménez Peláez was born in Malaga (Spain), graduated from the University of Córdoba (Spain) in 2001.
He did a surgical internship at the Vet School of Cordoba and then he moved to France to pursue his surgical training during 7 years. During that period he performed 3 years of internships (1 general and 2 surgical at the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon) and a 3-years ECVS (European College of Veterinary Surgeons) residency program in surgery at the “Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis” in Paris). He owns the specialist status in small animal surgery being Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons.
In 2007 he moved to United Kingdom where he has been working as a clinician in surgery for the following 6 years in two referral institutions:  2 years at the “Animal Health Trust” and 4 years at “Davies Veterinary Specialists”.  Since July 2013 he is back in Spain working in Valencia. The first 18 months he worked as co-director and head of surgery of a referral practice in Valencia and since January 2015 he works independently as a consultant surgeon. 
He is a regular contributor to Continued Professional Development (CPD) in several countries in Europe and he has also published a number of original articles in national and international reviews. He is also reviewer for several national and international journals.