Romain Pizzi

Biography

Romain Pizzi, BVsc, Msc, DZooMed, MACVSc (Surg), FRES, FRGS, MRCVS, is the only veterinary surgeon in the UK to specialise in minimally invasive keyhole surgery for wildlife and has had strong links with SI for many years helping drive awareness of Surgical’s MIS products. Romain has previously worked in veterinary private practice, academia, and numerous charities and NGOs developing MIS in domestic and exotic animal species since 2006. Romain was the first vet to ever perform keyhole surgery on a reindeer at Edinburgh Zoo in 2009, using surgical instruments donated by SI. He is a veterinary surgeon at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo, as well as at the Scottish SPCA’s (Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals) National Wildlife Rescue Centre, and is a Special Lecturer in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine at the University of Nottingham. Romain brings with him great knowledge of the Company’s laparoscopic devices, especially the innovative 3mm instruments, having performed over 600 keyhole MIS procedures on zoo and wild animals. He is a talented natural speaker and communicator having presented for the BBC and Discovery’s Animal Planet channel, and spoken at several UK surgical conferences where he has passed on his understanding of SI’s MIS instruments to other surgeons working in human healthcare. Romain will provide SI with substantial PR opportunities moving forward.

Research Interest

Medical Devices