Francesco Collivignarelli, DVM, MSc, PhD
Professor of Veterinary Surgical Practice (MVET-05/A)
Department of Life Sciences, Health and Health Professions
Link Campus University
Via del Casale di S. Pio V, 44 – 00165 Rome
Adjunct Professor of Veterinary Medicine
University of Teramo
University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Veterinary Medicine – University of Teramo
He graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Perugia, went on to complete a Level II Master in Canine and Feline Oncology at the University of Pisa, with a dissertation on total prostatectomy in cases of adenocarcinoma, and obtained his PhD from the University of Teramo, with a dissertation on sentinel lymph node mapping. In 2023, he was awarded the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as an Associate Professor.
With around twenty years’ experience in surgery, he has undertaken further training in soft tissue surgery at specialist centres in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. He has been head of the soft tissue surgery department at leading Italian veterinary hospitals. His main areas of interest are comprehensive oncological surgery, cardiovascular surgery, minimally invasive surgery and interventional radiology, with a constant focus on innovative techniques.
In addition to his role at Link Campus University, since 2020 he has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Teramo, where he teaches on the II Level Master in Specialist Surgery for Dogs and Cats and on the II Level Master in Diagnostic Imaging, and works as a surgeon at the Teaching Veterinary Hospital.
Guest speaker at national and international conferences and a trainer on courses in surgery and minimally invasive surgery in Europe and China. He is director of the minimally invasive surgery courses at Ce.Me.Ri.T. – the Mediterranean Research and Training Centre in Palermo – and at the AIMS Academy at Niguarda Hospital in Milan, and has served as an instructor at the Jesús Usón Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery (Cáceres).
Author and co-author of scientific papers published in indexed international journals and of book chapters; co-author of Advances in Small Animal Care, vol. 1 (2021), and of the text on minimally invasive surgery Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy in the Dog and Cat (Edra, 2023). Guest Editor for the journal Veterinary Sciences (MDPI) and reviewer for several international journals.
Through SurgyVet, he promotes and supports the surgical training of veterinary surgeons via face-to-face theoretical and practical courses, training on models and personalized programmes in surgery and minimally invasive surgery.
A former President of AVULP, founder and coordinator of the AIVPA Surgery Study Group and former Secretary, he is a member of the AIVPA Executive Committee. From 2016 to February 2026, he served as co-scientific director of SICEV.
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The professor is available to receive the students at the end of the lessons. However, the students may also request an appointment by email.