Matteo Cantatore

Matteo graduated from the University of Milan in 2006. He subsequently pursued a 3 years program in the same University which combined a PhD with clinical work focusing or airway and urogenital diseases in dogs and cats as well as medical and surgical Oncology. Following completion of the PhD in 2009, he worked in general practice for a year and  then enrolled in a small animal rotating internship in a private referral practice in the UK and then a surgical internship at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh. He continued his surgical training in Edinburgh Vet School with a three-year residency training programme in small animal surgery.

Matteo became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) in 2015 and has worked as an Orthopaedics and Soft Tissue Surgeon in referral practice in the South of England. Since 2020 Matteo decided to focus solely on Soft Tissue Surgery and has a particular interest in minimally invasive surgery as well as surgical oncology.

Matteo joined the team at Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists in 2024. He has been active in clinical research, having published several articles in peer reviewed journals. He enjoys teaching and regularly travels to his home country to lecture on Small Animal Surgery.

Publications:

• Clinical outcomes and complications of tracheal resection and anastomosis in dogs and cats: 20 cases (2009-2022).

Gaudio E, Lipscomb VJ, Cantatore M, Blacklock K, Gosling M, Jack M, Charlesworth T, Shales CJ.

J Small Anim Pract. 2025 Feb 5. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13830. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 39909719

• Treatment, prognosis, and outcome of dogs treated for rectal plasmacytoma: a multicentric retrospective study.

Jimeno Sandoval JC, Cantatore M, Meakin L, Menghini T, Owen L, Doran I, Erskine M, Rossanese M.

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2025 Jan 22:1-8. doi: 10.2460/javma.24.10.0666. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 39842084

• Oronasal mucosal melanoma is defined by two transcriptional subtypes in humans and dogs with implications for diagnosis and therapy.

Blacklock KLB, Donnelly K, Lu Y, Pozo JD, Glendinning L, Polton G, Selmic L, Tanis JB, Killick D, Parys M, Morris JS, Breathnach I, Zago S, Gould SM, Shaw DJ, Tivers MS, Malucelli D, Marques A, Purzycka K, Cantatore M, Mathers ME, Stares M, Meynert A, Patton EE.

J Pathol. 2025 Mar;265(3):245-259. doi: 10.1002/path.6377. Epub 2025 Jan 19.

PMID: 39828982

• Significance of incidentally identified bullae and blebs on thoracic computed tomography and prevalence of subsequent pneumothorax in dogs.

Healy D, Ballarini L, Agthe P, Cantatore M, Moores AL.

Vet Surg. 2025 Jan;54(1):52-58. doi: 10.1111/vsu.14144. Epub 2024 Nov 25.

PMID: 39584707

• Stapled functional end-to-end intestinal anastomosis with endovascular gastrointestinal anastomosis staplers in cats and small dogs.

Genoni S, Cinti F, Pilot M, Rossanese M, McCready D, Cantatore M.

J Small Anim Pract. 2024 Nov;65(11):799-806. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13756. Epub 2024 Jul 10.

PMID: 38988043

• Surgical treatment of canine urethral prolapse via urethropexy or resection and anastomosis.

Healy D, Rizkallal C, Rossanese M, McLarnon P, Vallefuoco R, Murgia D, Ryan T, Howes C, Anderson O, Charlesworth T, Cinti F, Martin S, Das S, Cantatore M.

J Small Anim Pract. 2024 Mar;65(3):206-213. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13690. Epub 2023 Dec 11.

PMID: 38081729

• Clinical findings, surgical treatment and outcome in dogs with parotid duct ectasia: 14 cases (2010-2023).

Martinez I, Mielke B, Rutherford L, Cantatore M, Cinti F, Charlesworth T, de la Puerta B, Rossanese M.

J Small Anim Pract. 2024 Mar;65(3):198-205. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13685. Epub 2023 Nov 7.

PMID: 37936527

• Multiligament stifle injury, a multicenter retrospective study in 26 dogs.

Coppola M, Das S, Matthews G, Cantatore M, Czopowicz M, Silva L, McCarthy J, Fernandez-Salesa N, Lafuente P, Allan R, Meeson R, Addison E.

Vet Med Sci. 2023 May;9(3):1093-1102. doi: 10.1002/vms3.1122. Epub 2023 Mar 17.

PMID: 36930812

• Surgical findings and outcomes after unilateral adrenalectomy for primary hyperaldosteronism in cats: a multi-institutional retrospective study.

Del Magno S, Foglia A, Rossanese M, Montinaro V, Cola V, Pisoni L, Rossetti D, Cantatore M, De La Puerta B, Nicoli S, Pisani G, Collivignarelli F, Romanelli G, Cinti F, Olimpo M, Fracassi F.

J Feline Med Surg. 2023 Jan;25(1):1098612X221135124. doi: 10.1177/1098612X221135124.

PMID: 36706013

• Traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts in nine dogs and two cats.

González Montaño H, Agthe P, Cantatore M.

Vet Surg. 2023 May;52(4):607-617. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13938. Epub 2023 Jan 26.

PMID: 36703237

• Submucosal resection via a transanal approach for treatment of epithelial rectal tumors – a multicenter study.

Cantatore M, Jimeno Sandoval JC, Das S, Sesana A, Charlesworth T, Ryan T, Morello EM, Gobbetti M, Cinti F, Rossanese M.

Vet Surg. 2022 Apr;51(3):397-408. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13766. Epub 2022 Jan 8.

PMID: 34997760

• Clinical characteristics and long-term outcome of lung lobe torsions in cats: a review of 10 cases (2000-2021).

Tindale C, Cinti F, Cantatore M, Freeman A, Cavaliere L, Vallefuoco R, Rossanese M.

J Feline Med Surg. 2022 Oct;24(10):1072-1080. doi: 10.1177/1098612X211054816. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

PMID: 34719995

• Feline sialocoele: clinical presentation, treatment and outcome in 19 cases.

Bobis-Villagrá D, Rossanese M, Murgia D, Pisani G, Vallefuoco R, Matres-Lorenzo L, Bourbos A, Cantatore M, Cinti F.

J Feline Med Surg. 2022 Aug;24(8):754-758. doi: 10.1177/1098612X211046197. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

PMID: 34542357

• Traumatic stifle injury in 72 cats: a multicentre retrospective study.

Coppola M, Das S, Matthews G, Cantatore M, Silva L, Lafuente P, Kulendra E, Clarke H, McCarthy J, Fernandez-Salesa N, Langley-Hobbs S, Aisa J, Parkin T, Addison ES.J Feline Med Surg. 2022 Jun;24(6):587-595. doi: 10.1177/1098612X211028834. Epub 2021 Jul 13.

PMID: 34254845

• Complications between ventral and lateral approach for mandibular and sublingual sialoadenectomy in dogs with sialocele.

Cinti F, Rossanese M, Buracco P, Pisani G, Vallefuoco R, Massari F, Montinaro V, Rossetti D, Gobbetti M, Cantatore M.

Vet Surg. 2021 Apr;50(3):579-587. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13601. Epub 2021 Feb 27.

PMID: 33638933

• Diaphragmotomy to aid exposure during hepatobiliary surgery: a multi-centre retrospective review of 31 dogs.

Dean B, Anderson T, Garcia-Pertierra S, Jenkins G, Cantatore M, Craig A, Harris K, Ryan T.

J Small Anim Pract. 2020 May;61(5):278-284. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13121. Epub 2020 Feb 20.

PMID: 32077119

• Esophageal feeding tube placement and the associated complications in 248 cats.

Breheny CR, Boag A, Le Gal A, Hõim SE, Cantatore M, Anderson D, Nuttall T, Chandler ML, Gunn-Moore DA.

J Vet Intern Med. 2019 May;33(3):1306-1314. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15496. Epub 2019 Apr 18.

PMID: 31001901

• Long-term outcome of permanent tracheostomy in 15 dogs with severe laryngeal collapse secondary to brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome.

Gobbetti M, Romussi S, Buracco P, Bronzo V, Gatti S, Cantatore M.

Vet Surg. 2018 Jul;47(5):648-653. doi: 10.1111/vsu.12903. Epub 2018 Jun 12.

PMID: 29893060

• Bilateral calcaneal stress fractures in two cats.

Cantatore M, Clements DN.

J Small Anim Pract. 2015 Jun;56(6):417-21. doi: 10.1111/jsap.12358. Epub 2015 Apr 30.

PMID: 25929309

• Factors influencing wound healing complications after wide excision of injection site sarcomas of the trunk of cats.

Cantatore M, Ferrari R, Boracchi P, Gobbetti M, Travetti O, Ravasio G, Giudice C, Di Giancamillo M, Grieco V, Stefanello D.

Vet Surg. 2014 Oct;43(7):783-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2014.12217.x. Epub 2014 May 26.

PMID: 24861659

• Glottic and skull indices in canine brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome.

Caccamo R, Buracco P, La Rosa G, Cantatore M, Romussi S.

BMC Vet Res. 2014 Jan 11;10:12. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-12.

PMID: 24410902

• Combined Z-plasty and phalangeal fillet for reconstruction of a large carpal defect following ablative oncologic surgery.

Cantatore M, Renwick MG, Yool DA.

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2013;26(6):510-4. doi: 10.3415/VCOT-12-11-0134. Epub 2013 Sep 6.

PMID: 24008498

• Medium term endoscopic assessment of the surgical outcome following laryngeal saccule resection in brachycephalic dogs.

Cantatore M, Gobbetti M, Romussi S, Brambilla G, Giudice C, Grieco V, Stefanello D.

Vet Rec. 2012 May 19;170(20):518. doi: 10.1136/vr.100289. Epub 2012 Apr 2.

PMID: 22472536

• Feline injection-site sarcoma: recurrence, tumour grading and surgical margin status evaluated using the three-dimensional histological technique.

Giudice C, Stefanello D, Sala M, Cantatore M, Russo F, Romussi S, Travetti O, Di Giancamillo M, Grieco V.

Vet J. 2010 Oct;186(1):84-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.07.019. Epub 2009 Sep 6.

PMID: 19736024

• Ultrasound-guided cytology of spleen and liver: a prognostic tool in canine cutaneous mast cell tumor.

Stefanello D, Valenti P, Faverzani S, Bronzo V, Fiorbianco V, Pinto da Cunha N, Romussi S, Cantatore M, Caniatti M.

J Vet Intern Med. 2009 Sep-Oct;23(5):1051-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0354.x. Epub 2009 Jul 28.

PMID: 19656285