Dr. Francesco Albanese graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Naples Federico II in 1993. Since 1994 he has been focusing his interest in veterinary dermatology by attending many congresses and courses in Italy and abroad. From 1996 to 1998 he attended the advanced course in dermatology at the European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies (ESAVS). In June 2000, he passed the first part of the exam for the European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD). He decided not to continue the final part. He is a full member of both the European (ESVD) and the Italian (SIDEV) Society of Veterinary Dermatology. He has been an invited speaker in many national and international workshops on canine and feline skin cytology.

He published in both national and international journals. He authored some books in Italian language on feline and canine dermatology and sking cytology and of the Atlas of Dermatological Cytology of Dogs and Cats, which has been translated in five languages. Dr. Albanese currently works as a freelance on referred canine and feline dermatological cases. He is also a consultant of dermatology for the pivate vertinary laboratory "La Vallonea."".