Current Position

Faculty in Small Animal Emergency, Critical Care Medicine and Extracorporeal Therapy

Education and Experience

07/2020 – 06/2022
2-year fellowship program in extracorporeal therapy, Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Vetsuisse Faculty Zurich, Switzerland

05/2021
Diplomate European College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC)

10/2019
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC)

2015 – 2018
Doctoral Thesis, Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Vetsuisse Faculty Bern, Switzerland

07/2016 –07/2019
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care residency (ACVECC)
Vetsuisse Faculty Bern, Switzerland

01/2015 – 06/2016
Specialized Internship in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care
Vetsuisse Faculty Bern, Switzerland

02/2013 – 10/2014
Rotating Internship in Small Animals
Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Veterinary University of Vienna, Austria

2006 – 2012
Doctor in veterinary medicine (DVM), School of veterinary medicine, University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy

Teaching Experience

2024
• ESAVS “Neurology III ”, on-line course, January XXth – XXth
• SCIVAC “6° Itinerario didattico di Medicina d’Urgenza e Terapia Intensiva”,Module 2, Cremona, Italy, February XX-XX
• SCIVAC Rimini 2024, National veterinary conference, Sessione Vet Young, “Quando sale l’adrenalina”, 24th-26th May
• SCIVAC “6° Itinerario didattico di Medicina d’Urgenza e Terapia Intensiva”,Module 4, Cremona, Italy, October 25th – 27th
2023
• Incontro Unisvet “Ematologia: dopo il microscopio viene la terapia” Milano, Italy, January 16th-20th
• ICARE 2023, «Linee guida sulla rianimazione cardiopolmonare nel cane e nel gatto: Recover Program», Roma, Italy, 26th – 28th October
2022
• Incontro Unisvet “Kit di sopravvivenza per pronto soccorso” Milano, May 6th – 7th
• Incontro Unisvet “ Apero-shock”, on-line course, April 17thl
• ESAVS “Neurology III ”, on-line course, January 10th – 16th
2021
• ESAVS “Neurology III ”, on-line course, November 9th
• SCIVAC “5° Itinerario didattico di Medicina d’Urgenza e Terapia Intensiva”, Cremona, Italy, October 8th-10th
• Incontro SIMUTIV “Non perdiamo la testa: neurologia in emergenza e terapia intensiva”, on-line, February 28th
2020
• Notfallkurs in der Kleintiermedizin, Vetusisse, Zurich, Switzerland, January
2017
• UNISVET “Seminario di terapia intensive e medicina d’urgenza”, Verona, Italy, May 14th

Research

Acute kidney injury; Extracorporeal blood purification therapies; haemodynamics, acid-base and fluid therapy, clinical toxicology

Other

Publications

Komornik L., Lautenschläger I., Vigani A., Iannucci C., Pozzi A., Wang-Leandro A., Beckmann K.. Striate artery infarct after bilateral carotid artery ligation (BCAL) in a dog: a multimodal MRI study. Front Vet Sci, 18 Sept 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.580256
Iannucci C., Dirkmann D., Howard J., Adamik K.N.. A prospective randomized open-label trial on the comparative effects of 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 versus polyionic isotonic crystalloids on coagulation parameters in dogs with spontaneous hemoperitoneum. J Vet Emerg Crit Care. 2021; 31(1): 31 – 42.
Herrero Y., Iannucci C., Schreiber N., Hansen B.D., Vigani A.. Acute nephrotic-range glomerular proteinuria following ibuprofen intoxication in two cats. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports. May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/20551169221104551
Hagley S.P., Kruppert A., Oliveira Leal R., Pizarro del Valle J.C., Iannucci C., Hennik I., Boiron L., Hoehne S.N.. Self-Reported Clinical Practice of Small Animal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Compliance with RECOVER Guidelines Among Veterinarians in eight western European Regions. Front. Vet. Sci., 20 July 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.919206
Niemann L., Beckmann K., Iannucci C., Wang A., Vigani A. Diagnosis of post-attenuation neurological signs syndrome in a cat with refractory status epilepticus and clinical response to therapeutic plasma exchange. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports. 2022; 1-7.
Gabba L., Iannucci C., Vigani A.. Hemodialysis as emergency treatment of a severe baclofen intoxication in a 3 kg dog. Vet Med Sci. 2022; 1-4.
Iannucci C., Murthy V.D., Dutil G., Maiolini A., Hoehne S.. Successful resuscitation and neurological monitoring of a dog with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest due to pentobarbital overdose. J Vet Emerg Crit Care. 2023; 1-8. Doi: 10.1111/vec.13283.
Lehner A.F., Iannucci C., Puschner B., Buchweitz J.P.. Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric analysis of metaldehyde and its metabolite acetaldehyde in initial assessment of hemodialysis abatement of toxicity in live animals. Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods. 2023; (33): 766-780.
Hohne S.N., Iannucci C., Murthy V.D., Dutil G., Maiolini A.. The authors respond. J vet Emerg Crit Care. 2023, (33; 6): 726-727.

Pargätzi Y.G., Iannucci C., Meli M.L.M., Meili T., Rosati T., Vigani A. Quantitative Assessment of Antibodies removed by TPE and clinical response 1 in a dog with severe type III hypersensitivity reaction and AKI secondary to 2 Human Albumin Administration. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2025 Sep-Oct;35(5):577-583. doi: 10.1111/vec.70051.
Troía R., Iannucci C., Niemann L., Vigani A.. Selective Removal of Plasma Proteins by Double-Filtration Plasmapheresis in Canine Blood: An Ex Vivo Study and Retrospective Report of In Vivo Clinical Treatments in Three Dogs. Vet. Sci. 2025, 12(6), 528; DOI: 10.3390/vetsci12060528

SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS
Troía R., Iannucci C., Niemann L., Vigani A.. Selective Removal of Plasma Proteins by Double-Filtration Plasmapheresis in Canine Blood: An Ex Vivo Study and Retrospective Report of In Vivo Clinical Treatments in Three Dogs. June EVECCS 2025. Oral abstract presentation