Xavier Palazzi

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Xavier PALAZZI is currently Global Head of Pathology within Pfizer Drug Safety Research and Development and based in Groton, Connecticut, USA.

He received his DVM from the National Veterinary School of Lyon (France) in 1998, graduated in Anatomic Pathology in 2001 and became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Pathology in 2003.  He also obtained his certification by the American Board of Toxicology. 

Dr. Palazzi held pathology positions of increasing responsibility since 2001 in agrochemistry, medical device and pharma companies. He is currently in charge of the pathology department at Pfizer across 4 sites in the US, leading a team of. 60+ colleagues that support all stages of the portfolio from discovery support to development work.

Dr Palazzi authored two atlases on brain anatomy of laboratory animals, and 20+ papers in the field of toxicologic pathology.