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Francesco Cian DVM, DipECVCP, FRCPath, MRCVS
Email: francesco.cian@hotmail.it

Francesco qualified from University of Padua (Italy) with a DVM in 2006 and spent the next
4 years in small animal practice. In 2010, he started a residency programme in Clinical Path-
ology at the University of Cambridge, which he finished in 2013, attaining both an ECVCP and
FRCPath diploma. Francesco joined the Animal Health Trust (AHT) in 2013 as Head of
Clinical Pathology, and since September 2015 he has been working for Battlab (LABOKLIN).
Francesco has a special interest in lymphoproliferative disorders of dogs and cats and flow
cytometry.
He is member of the cytology examination committee of the European College of Veterinary
Clinical Pathology (ECVCP) and is author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals. He
co-authored with Paola Monti the cytology chapter of the third edition of the BSAVA Manual of
Veterinary Clinical Pathology and is editor of the second edition of Veterinary Cytology: Dog, Cat,
Horse and Cow: Self-Assessment Color Review (CRC Press).

Paola Monti DVM, MSc, FRCPath, DipACVP (Clinical Pathology), MRCVS
Email: paolamonti@hotmail.com

Paola qualified from University of Bologna (Italy) with a DVM in 2002. In 2005 she moved to
the UK where she spent the first years in small animal practice. In 2008, she started a Royal
College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Trust funded residency programme in clinical pathology
at the University of Cambridge. After her training, she obtained both the ACVP and FRCPath
diplomas in clinical pathology and in 2015 she received the RCVS Specialist Status in clinical
pathology.
Since 2012, Paola has been working at DWR Diagnostic as a clinical pathologist consultant.
She has a special interest in cytology and laboratory quality management. She is an examiner of
the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), author of several publications in peer-reviewed
journals and co-author of the cytology and quality assurance chapters of the third edition of the
BSAVA Manual of Veterinary Clinical Pathology.

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