Gianluca qualified in Perugia, Italy, in 2009, and moved to the UK in 2018. With 16 years’ experience in the industry, he has worked at a busy 24-hour veterinary hospital in West Sussex (UK), as the Lead Vet of the Exotic Department, as a Lecturer in Rabbit, Exotics and Wildlife Medicine and Surgery at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, and he is currently one of the Senior Exotic Veterinary Surgeons at The Lawrie Vet & Exotic Referrals, Falkirk - Scotland (UK). He has a strong interest and experience in complex surgeries, dentistry and diagnostic imaging (ultrasound, radiography).
Passionate about education, he obtained the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PgC HE), the Fellowship in Higher Education (FHEA) and the General Practitioner Advanced Certificates in Small Mammals (GPAdvCertSMP) in 2022 and the Certified Aquatic Veterinarian (CertAqV) in 2024. He has also been involved in teaching and delivering lectures at Universities such as Surrey, Lancashire, Edinburgh, Perugia, Turin, Pisa, Bucharest and Sarajevo.
He routinely attends seminars, lectures and International Conferences, and has most recently presented at ICARE in Lisbon, discussing reptile and small mammal’s medicine.
He sits on the Higher Education Animal Research Ethical Committee Panel at Merrist Wood College & University Centre (part of the Activate Learning Education Group).
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