Education and Experience

Manuel Jiménez Peláez was born in Malaga (Spain), graduated from the University of Córdoba (Spain) in 1999. He owns the European and RCVS Recognised Specialist status in Small Animal Surgery being a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (Dipl. ECVS).
He spent 14 years training and working in France and in the United Kingdom. He did a surgical internship at the Vet School of Cordoba and then he moved to France to pursue his surgical training for 7 years. During that period, he performed 3 years of internships (1 general and 2 surgical at the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon) and a 3-years ECVS (European College of Veterinary Surgeons) residency program in surgery at the “Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis” in Paris), being the first Spanish doing the ECVS residency.
In 2007 he moved to United Kingdom where he has been working as a senior clinician in surgery for the following 6 years at the “Animal Health Trust” and “Davies Veterinary Specialists”.
Since July 2013 he is back in Spain working in Valencia and since August 2015, he is one of the founding partners, codirector and head of surgery of the multi-disciplinary referral hospital AÚNA Especialidades Veterinarias – IVC Evidensia in Valencia, Spain. From 2025, he is also an independent Consultant for complicate surgical cases in Spain.

Research

His areas of greatest expertise are soft tissue surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and surgical oncology.

Other

He is a regular contributor to Continued Professional Development (CPD) in several countries. He has published a number of original articles in national and international reviews and books chapters. He is also reviewer for several national and international journals.