Current Position

Senior Surgeon Small Animal Clinic, University of Bern

Education and Experience

2010: Master degree with honors (DVM) in Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Italy
2011: 6-months fellowship in surgical oncology at the VRCC, UK (Supervisor: Dr Laurent Findji)
2012-2013: rotating internship at the VRCC, UK
2013-2016: ECVS Residency at the University of Zürich, Switzerland
2016-2018: Work as private surgeon Tierklinik Sonnenhof, Switzerland
2020-2024: PhD at Graduate School of Cellular Biology in translational oncology, University of Bern and University of Milan, Switzerland and Italy
From 2019: senior surgeon, researcher and lecturer at the University of Bern, Switzerland

Teaching Experience

• Course Co-Master at UNISVET ACCADEMIA DI CHIRURGIA DEI TESSUTI MOLLI, Milan 2024
• Course Co-Master at ESAVS FELINE ADVANCED ABDOMINAL SURGERY Vienna, 2024
• Faculty Presenter at UNISVET/University of Padova Master of Oncology 2024
• Invited Speaker at BLUVET WINTER CONGRESS, Andalo, 2024
• Faculty Presenter at ESAVS SOFT TISSUE SURGERY I Warsaw, 2023
• Faculty Presenter at ESAVS ECC I Bern, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Faculty Presenter at ESAVS ECC II Bern, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Faculty Presenter at UNISVET/University of Padova Master of Oncology 2022
• Faculty Presenter at UNISVET Focus on Hepato-biliary Surgery Milan, 2022
• Faculty Presenter at Vets4Ukraine, Online CPD 2022
• Faculty Presenter at UNISVET Surgery Focus on GDV, Online CPD 2021
• Faculty Presenter at UNISVET Surgery Focus on Diaphragmatic Hernia Online CPD 2021
• Faculty Presenter at UNISVET Surgical Oncology Seminary Online Course 2020
• Faculty Presenter ESAVS-ASIA Course, SOFT TISSUE SURGERY II Chengdu, 2018, 2019
• Faculty Presenter ESAVS-ASIA Course, SOFT TISSUE SURGERY II Shanghai, March 2018
Student lectures
• Akutes Abdomen – Schwerpunkt Kleintiere 4.JK
• Leitsymptome – 4.JK
• Hauttumoren – 3.JK
• Hautchirurgie – 2.JK
• Prinzipien von Onkochirurgie – 3.JK
• Brachyzephalic Syndrom – 2.JK
• Diaphragmalhernie – 2.JK
• Leber und Gallenblase Chirurgie – 3.JK
• Oraltumoren – 3.JK
• Magendrehung – 2.JK
• Fallbesprechungen Abdominal Chirurgie – 4.JK
• Studentische Präsentation – 4.JK
• Klinische Falldemonstration – 2.JK
• Fallbesprechung Hautneoplasien (Flipped Classroom)
Student courses
• Probelaparotomie an Kadavern – 4.JK
• Weichteilchirurgie und Chirurgie für Hauttumoren an Kadavern – 4.JK
• Chirurgische Intervenktionen Kleintiere – 4.JK

Research

. Kiniger C, Zorgevica-Pockevica L, Vincenti S. Anti-shrinkage technique for feline skin samples. Veterinary Science 2024, vetsci-3179342.
. Zorgevica-Pockevica L, Kuzhel N, Kerziene S, Vincenti S. Evaluation of the effect of a new skin fixation technique to avoid shrinkage of skin samples obtained from canine cadavers. Animals 2024, 14, 2791. DOI:10.3390.
. Villa A, Crescenti D, De Mitri Z, Crippa E, Rizzi N, Shojaei-Ghahrizjani F, Rebecchi M, Vincenti S, Selmin F, Brunialti E, Simonotti N, Maspero M, Dei Cas M, Recordati C, Paltrinieri S, Giordano A, Paroni R, Galassi M, Ladisa A, Arienti F, Cilurzo F, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P. Currently under review by Theranostic.
. Vincenti S, Aeschlimann L, Brunner A, Vidondo B, Wavreille V, Bicanova L, Soto S. Combined cross-sectional and tangential margin evaluation of skin tumors in dogs and cats. Currently under co-authors review before submission to Veterinary and Comparative Oncology.
. Vincenti S, Villa A, De Mitri Z, Maiolini A, Franzé S, Schweizer D, Ciana P. Isolation of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles from the plasma of dogs affected by intracranial tumors showing heterologous and cross-species tropism: a pilot study. Currently under minor review in Veterinary and Comparative Oncology.
. Kiniger C, Zorgevica-Pockevica L, Vincenti S. Anti-shrinkage technique for feline skin samples. Currently under minor review in Veterinary Science.
. Villa A, De Mitri Z, Vincenti S, Crippa E, Castiglioni L, Gelosa P, Rebecchi M, Tosi D, Brunialti E, Overmann A, Falleni M, Sironi L, Bello L, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P. Canine Glioblastoma-derived extracellular vesicles as precise carriers for glioblastoma imaging: targeting across the blood-brain barrier. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2024.
. Zimmermann J, Brunner A, Underberg J, Vincenti S. Computed tomographic measurements of tracheal diameter and length in normocephalic cats. J of Feline Medicine and Surgery, JFMS-22-0165.R2 Feb 2023. 10.1177/1098612X231158578
. Brandstetter V, Schmid J, Findji L, Selmic LE, Murgia D, de Mello Souza CH, Liehmann LM, L’Eplattenier H, Tichy A, Vincenti S. Feline primary nonhematopoietic malignant liver tumors: A multicenter retrospective study (2000-2021). Veterinary and Comparative Oncology January 2023 DOI:10.1111/vco.12874.
. Szabo Z, Moser J, Vincenti S. Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome in a dog. SAT 2023; 165:625-633. DOI:10.17236/sat00275.
. Vincenti S, Villa A, Crescenti D, Crippa E, Brunialti E, Shojaeighahrizjani F, Rizzi N, Rebecchi M, Dei Cas M, Del Sole A, Paroni R, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P. Increased sensitivity of computed tomography scan for neoplastic tissues using the extracellular vesicle formulation of the contrast agent ioexhol. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 2766. DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122766.
. Metzger MD, Van der Vekens E, Rieger J, Forterre F, Vincenti S. Preliminary studies on the intrahepatic anatomy of the venous vasculature in cats. Veterinary Science, September 2022. DOI:10.3390/vetsci9110607.
. Goffart L, Durand A, Dettwiler M, Vincenti S. Feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia presenting as a rectal mass. J Fel Int Med and Surg, June 2022. DOI:10.1177/20551169221114330.
. Zimmermann J, Vincenti S. Comparing aspects of permanent tracheostomy between cats and children – can we learn from pediatric medicine? Kleintierpraxis 2022;67:07/2022. DOI:10.2377/0023-2076-67-372.
. Gamez E, Spadavecchia C, Vincenti S, Mirra A. Anesthetic management of a Labrador Retriever undergoing adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma excision, a case report. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Feb 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.789101.
. Barge P, Vincenti S, Geissbühler U. “Subclavian steal phenomenon demonstrated by ultrasound in a dog with hypoplastic aberrant left subclavian artery”. J of Small Anim Prac, 2021. DOI: 10.1111/jsap.13383.
. Vincenti S, Betting A, Durand A, Campos M, Scanziani E, Soto S. “Total laryngecomy in a cat with laryngeal peripheral nerve sheath tumor”. Veterinary Surgery 2021. DOI: 10.1111./vsu.13646.
. Hammer M, Schmidli M, Campos M, Vincenti S. “Type Ib (tubular) non-communicating colonic and rectal duplication in a cat” Vet Record, Case Report, Nov 2020. DOI: 10.1111/jsap.13383.
. Wiener D, Studer I, Brunner M, Hermann A, Vincenti S, Zhang M Groch K, Welle M. “Characterization of canine epidermal organoid cultures by immunohistochemistry and qPCR” Veterinary Dermatology 2020. DOI:10.1111/vde.12914.
. Gutbrod A, Vincenti S, Knell, SC, Schmierer PA Pozzi A. “An anatomical study of plate-rod fixation in feline tibiae” Veterinary Surgery 2017 Oct;46(7)909-914. DOI: 10.1111/vsu.12678.
. “Surgical treatment of a proximal tibial deformity associated with a partial caudal and cranial cruciate ligament deficiency and patella baja” Vincenti S, Knell S, Pozzi A Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd. 2017 Apr;159(4):237-242. DOI: 10.17236/sat00113.
. Vincenti S, Findji L. “Influence of treatment on the outcome of dogs with incompletely excised grade-2 mast cell tumours” Schweizer Arch Tierheilkd. 2017 Mar;159(3):171-177. DOI: 10.17236/sat00109.

Posters
1. “Outcome of radical mandibulectomies in cats: a multicentric retrospective study of 26 cases“. Moser J, Jimenez-Pelaez M, Vincenti S, Aertsens A, Findji L. ECVS Congress 2024, Valencia.
2. “Preliminary studies on the intrahepatic anatomy of the venous vasculature in cats”. Metzger MD, Van der Vekens E, Rieger J, Forterre F, Vincenti S. ECVS Congress 2023, Krakow.
3. “Feasibility of loading extracellular vesicles with iohexol”. Vincenti S, Villa A, Crescenti D, Rizzi N, Rebecchi M, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P. GCB Symposium 2022, On-line Congress.
4. “Total laryngectomy in a cat with a laryngeal peripheral nerve sheath tumor: first description of the surgical technique and long-term outcome”. Vincenti S, Betting A, Durand A, Campos M, Scanziani E, Soto S. ECVS Congress 2020, On-line Congress.
5. “Caudal cruciate ligament rupture associated with negative tibial plateau angle: correction usign a CORA-based cranial tibial opening wedge”. Vincenti S, Turner J, Pozzi A. ECVS Congress 2016, Lisbon.
6. “Flow cytometric evaluation of minimal residual disease (MRD) in canine lymphoma treated with chop-based protocol: preliminary results”. Stefanello D, Gelain ME, Valenti P, Barbieri L, Vincenti S, Comazzi S. ESVONC congress 2010, Turin.

Awards

• Excellent paper in veterinary science 2023 Vetsuisse Faculty – 1st prize. “Vincenti S, Villa A, Crescenti D, Crippa E, Brunialti E, Shojaeighahrizjani F, Rizzi N, Rebecchi M, Dei Cas M, Del Sole A, Paroni R, Mazzaferro V, Ciana P. Increased sensitivity of computed tomography scan for neoplastic tissues using the extracellular vesicle formulation of the contrast agent ioexhol. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 2766.”
• Prize for the best presentation at the GCB Symposium 2023. “Feasibility of isolating tumor-derived extracellular vesicles from dogs affected by malignant brain tumors: preliminary results”.
• Peter Holt Award 2014 with the presentation “Influence of treatment on the outcome of dogs with incompletely excised grade-2 mast cell tumors” Vincenti S, Findji L” AVSTS Spring Meeting 2nd April 2014.
• 1st prize as best resident forum presentation ECVS Congress 2013 with the presentation “Influence of treatment on the outcome of dogs with incompletely excised grade-2 mast cell tumours” Vincenti S, Findji L. Rome 2013.

Other

Mother tongue: Italian
Foreign languages: English, German, French