Prof. Federico Fracassi

Dr Fracassi graduated in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) “cum laude” at the University of Bologna,Italy. In 2005 he defended his Ph.D. thesis and then completed a Residency in Internal Medicine atthe University of Zurich, Switzerland and became ECVIM-CA (internal medicine) diplomate in 2012.He is now an Associate Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine at the University of Bologna. Hismain research focus is the field of small animal endocrinology. He is director of the master “Canineand Feline Endocrinology”. His publication list consists of more than 100 articles in peer-reviewedjournals and 14 book chapters. He is the editor of “Veterinaria”, a peer-reviewed journal andassociate editor of Journal of Small Animal Practice. He has been president of the EuropeanSociety of Veterinary Endocrinology, and the Italian Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine, and iscurrently vice-president of the ECVIM-CA congress board. In 2017 he co-edited “FelineEndocrinology” (a book translated into 6 languages) with Dr Feldman and Dr Peterson. In 2022 hasedited “Diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms in internal medicine for dogs and cats” (booktranslated in 7 languages). In 2024 he co-edited “Canine Endocrinology” with Dr Sara Galac. DrFracassi has lectured in 22 countries.