Education and Experience

Dr. Attilio Rocchi studied Veterinary Medicine at Pisa University in Italy, where he achieved the title of Dr. med.vet in 1999. He first moved to Kenya where he worked as Assistant Manager at Marula dairy farm. Back to Europe at the end of 2000, he worked in different small animal clinics and hospital in Italy, where he discovered and cultivated his passion for veterinary anaesthesia and emergency medicine. In 2006, he moved to Austria to become a Resident of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (ECVAA) at the University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Austria (Vetmeduni). After completing the program in 2010, he worked as Lecturer and Senior Anaesthetist for 2 years at the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio in Spain. After 6 months at the VetsuisseFakultät in Zürich, Dr. Rocchi moved back to the Vetmeduni in April 2013. Upon achieving the title of ECVAA Diplomate, he worked at the Department for Anaesthesia and perioperative Intensive Medicine at the Vetmeduni, as senior lecturer and clinician, and where he was also local responsible for the ECVAA program and the postgraduate continuous education. In 2022 he started working at Mindray Animal as Clinical Application Specialist, to fully embrace this new path at the beginning of 2023.