Cytology Essentials (EN)

Francesco Cian DVM DipECVCP FRCPath MRCVS Cytology specialist BattLab/LABOKLIN, United Kingdom

Francesco Cian graduated from the University of Padua (Italy) with a DVM in 2006. He spent the next four years in small animal practice in Italy. In 2010, he started a residency program in Clinical Pathology at the University of Cambridge (UK), which he finished in 2013, attaining both ECVCP and FRCPath diplomas. He joined the Animal Health Trust (AHT) in 2013 as Head of Clinical Pathology. Since 2015, he has been Senior Clinical Pathologist for BattLab (LABOKLIN) and collaborates with several digital cytology laboratories based in Europe, the USA, and Asia. Francesco is the current secretary of the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ECVCP) and a member of the cytology exam committee for the same college. He is author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is the editor of three cytology books. He is a passionate educator and actively collaborates with several educational companies, providing postgraduate education in cytology to veterinarians.