
Specialist areas
Dr Laurent Findji
Senior Clinician, Oncologic & Soft Tissue Surgery / DMV MS DiplECVS MRCVS
EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Laurent graduated from Paris vet school, the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, in France in 1995 and was an assistant instructor in the anatomy department the following year. He then qualified for a two-year surgical internship in the same school and later completed a Master of Science in Biology and Physiology of Circulation and Respiration, as well as a university degree in Novel Surgery and Microsurgery.
After working for three years in a large private practice outside Paris, he spent four years at the Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, near Paris, where he completed an ECVS residency. He became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2008 and was recognised as a specialist in small animal surgery by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2012.
Laurent worked at VRCC Veterinary Referrals in Essex, from 2006 to 2014, where he was one of the full-time soft-tissue surgeons and directors. He moved to Fitzpatrick Referrals in October 2014 to form the first team for their new soft tissue and oncology service.
Laurent is a member of multiple boards including the ECVS examination committee, NAVC’s Clinicians Brief Global Edition advisory board and the oncology division of the AFVAC, the French Small Animal Veterinary Association. He regularly contributes to international publications and book chapters, and gives lectures and presentation in many countries.
For a full list of Laurent’s publications go to his Google Scholar page.
Publications
Pyothorax à Veillonella parvula suite à l’exérèse endoscopique d’un corps étranger intra-bronchique chez un chat
M Fonseca E Campos, Laurent Findji, L Cauzinille
:Bilateral caudal superficial epigastric skin flap and perineal urethrostomy for wound reconstruction secondary to traumatic urethral rupture in a cat
BS Clarke, Laurent Findji
:Toxic cardiac effects of catecholamines: role of β-adrenoceptor downregulation
Fazia Brouri, Laurent Findji, Odile Médiani, Nathalie Mougenot, Naima Hanoun, Gilles Le Naour, Michel Hamon, Philippe Lechat
:Inhibition of catecholamine-induced cardiac fibrosis by an aldosterone antagonist
Romain Bos, Nathalie Mougenot, Laurent Findji, Odile Médiani, Paul M Vanhoutte, Philippe Lechat
:Tumours of the skin and subcutaneous tissues
Laurent Findji
:Folded flap palatoplasty for treatment of elongated soft palates in 55 dogs
G Dupré, Laurent Findji
:Total scapulectomy for the treatment of chondrosarcoma in a cat
Ben S. Clarke, Laurent Findji
:Lower urinary tract trauma in cats: diagnosis and treatment
Laurent Findji
:Quantification of tissue shrinkage in canine small intestinal specimens after resection and fixation
Ben S. Clarke, Tania A. Banks, Laurent Findji
:Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome
G Dupré, Laurent Findji, G Oechtering
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