Manuel 

Jiménez Peláez,

LV, MRCVS, Dipl. ECVS​​

• European and RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery.

• Founding Partner, Co-Director, and Head of the Surgery Service at Auna Veterinary Specialties - IVC Evidensia – Valencia (Spain).

• A native of Malaga, he holds a degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Córdoba (class of 1994-1999).

• In 2004, he was the first Spaniard to obtain and complete a residency from the European College of Surgery to obtain this specialty. He holds a European Specialist (Dipl. E.C.V.S. - European College of Veterinary Surgeons) and a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in Small Animal Surgery.

• He spent 15 years training abroad, between France and the United Kingdom. He completed his post-university surgical training in France for 8 years: École Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes and de Lyon, where he completed 1 year of general internship and 2 years of surgical internship, and his official 3-year ECVS residency, 20 years ago, at a private hospital in Paris, “Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis”.

• He spent 15 years training abroad, between France and the United Kingdom. He completed his post-university surgical training in France for eight years: at the École Nationale Vétérinaire in Nantes and Lyon, where he completed one year of general internship and two years of surgical internship, and his official three-year residency at the ECVS (2004-2007) at the Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, a private hospital in Paris. In 2007, he moved to England where he spent seven years working as a specialist surgeon at two leading hospitals: the Animal Health Trust and Davies Veterinary Specialists.

• He is a frequent speaker at post-university training courses and national and international conferences (an average of 250 hours of lectures per year), author of book chapters, and numerous national and international publications. He is also an official editor for international journals such as Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Record, JAVMA (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association), Veterinary Medicine Austria, JFMS (Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery), JSAP (Journal of Small Animal Practice), and the Canadian Veterinary Journal. His areas of interest are surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, arthroscopy), cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, hepatic surgery, reconstructive surgery, respiratory surgery including brachycephalic syndrome, complex traumatology, and spinal surgery.

• Since July 2013, Manuel returned to Spain and has been working independently, collaborating with various private and university hospitals as a consultant in surgery (soft tissue, traumatology-orthopedics, and neurosurgery). In August 2015, together with his three partners, they opened the multidisciplinary referral hospital "Aúna Especialidades Veterinarias" in Valencia. The hospital has over 75 staff members and is the hospital in Spain with the largest number of specialists. Manuel is a founding partner, co-director, and head of the surgery department.

Federico Massari,

DVM, GP Cert SASTS, 

Dipl. ECVS EBVS​

• He graduated from the University of Milan in March 2005 and completed a two-year internship. In 2007, he began the European College of Veterinary Surgeons program and in 2013 obtained the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Surgery.

• Since 2018, he has held a GP Cert (SASTS).

• He has attended numerous national and international conferences, presenting clinical cases and published research. Since 2009, he has been a speaker and instructor at national and international conferences and courses on Soft Tissue Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery.

• He has published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of book chapters on soft tissue and minimally invasive surgery.

• Former President of the Italian Society of Veterinary Surgery (2017-2022)

• Member of the Credentials Committee of the Italian Society of Veterinary Surgery (SCVI).

• President of the Italian Society of Minimally Invasive Veterinary Surgery (SICMIV) 2022-present.

• He has been a member of the Credentials Committee of the Italian Veterinary Cultural Society (SCIVAC) since 2016 and became its President in 2022.

• He is a member of VES (Veterinary Endoscopy Society), VSSO (Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology), and ISFGS (International Society of Fluorescence-Guided Surgery).

• Since 2006, he has worked at the Nerviano Veterinary Clinic with a special interest in soft tissue, oncologic, and minimally invasive surgery.

• In 2018-2019, he was an assistant professor at the University of Zurich.

Francisco Julián

Pérez Duarte,

DVM, PhD.​​

• Secretary of the AVEPA endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery working group (GEAMI).

• Researcher at the laparoscopy unit of the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Center (CCMIJU) from 2005 to November 2015.

• He completed his doctoral thesis in the field of laparoscopic surgery, obtaining a cum laude distinction.

• He is the author of numerous scientific papers in national and international journals with an impact factor, as well as book chapters and monographs on veterinary surgery.

• He has taught more than 150 minimally invasive surgery courses focused on veterinary and human surgery, presenting more than 70 papers at national and international conferences.

• In 2012, he co-founded the Vetmi Mobile Veterinary Surgery Service, where he currently works.

• Since 2023, he has also served as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at UAX.

Jorge Gutiérrez

del Sol,

LV, DVM, MSc.​

• He is currently pursuing his doctorate in surgery at the University of Extremadura (UEX).

• He completed internships at the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Center (CCMIJU), collaborating on courses on minimally invasive surgery in veterinary and human medicine.

• He is a teaching fellow in the Department of Surgery at UEX.

• He is a founding member and current president of the Iberian Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MINIMAL).

• He is a member of the Avepa endoscopy working group (GEA).

• He is a member of the Latin American Society of Veterinary Endoscopy (SLEV).

• He is the author of numerous scientific papers in national and international journals, as well as book chapters and monographs on veterinary surgery.

• He has taught more than 100 minimally invasive surgery courses focused on veterinary and human surgery, and has presented more than 50 papers at national and international conferences.

• 2012, co-founder of the mobile veterinary surgery service (VETMI), which currently provides services to more than 120 clinics in Spain and Portugal, having successfully performed laparoscopic surgeries never before described in veterinary medicine.