Francesco graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Padua (Italy) in 2007. After a few years working in general practice, he completed a residency in Veterinary Clinical Pathology at the University of Cambridge (UK), where he obtained in 2013 the board certification from the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ECVCP) and the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath). Francesco worked as clinical pathologist at the Animal Health Trust (AHT) and from 2015 he is senior Clinical Pathologist at BattLab, a diagnostic laboratory located in the Midlands (UK) and part of the LABOKLIN group. Francesco is author of the book “Veterinary Cytology: Dog, Cat, Horse and Cow: Self-Assessment Color Review” for CRC Press (Chinese edition due for 2019) and of the book “Differential Diagnosis in Small Animal Cytology: the skin and subcutis” for CABI. He is also member of the ECVCP Executive Board and of the Examination Committee (Cytology Subcommittee). Francesco lives in Warwick (UK) and has two Sphynx cats, Remi and Norman. In his free time, he enjoys travelling, landscape photography, gym training and yoga classes.
