Cristian graduated in 2001 from the Veterinary School of Perugia, Italy. He worked as a general practitioner in private practices and within the surgery department of Perugia Veterinary School, until 2003. From 2004 to 2007 he completed a residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery in Valdinievole Veterinary Clinic, Italy.

He spent most of the 2006 abroad incontinuing education. In September 2007 Cristian was awarded the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Neurology.

He remained at Valdinievole Clinic until the beginning of 2010 and he then joined Davies Veterinary Specialists till the beginning of 2012.

At the moment he is the head of neurology and neurosurgery department at Diagnostica Piccoli Animali in Zugliano (VI) and at Vet-Rad Firenze (FI). He is author of national and international papers; he is the senior president of the Italian Society of Veterinary Neurology (SINVet), senior member of the examination committee of the European Society of Veterinary Neurology (ESVN) and secretary of Italian society of veterinary of companion animals (SCIVAC).

His major professional fields of interest are spinal and brain surgery and neuro-imaging with particular emphasis on MRI.