Gilles Dupré graduated in France and did his surgical training both in France and in the USA where he was resident in small animal surgery. He spent then 17 years in Paris as co-head and surgeon of a large referral practice, Fregis hospital, in Paris. In 2005, he was appointed by the veterinary medicine University of Vienna as Professor for small animal surgery and Head of the clinic for small animal surgery, ophthalmology, dentistry, physical therapy and rehabilitation. Gilles Dupré is Diplomate of the European college of Veterinary Surgeons and Diplomate of human interventional pneumology and thoracoscopic surgery. Professor Dupré has published hundreds of articles in peer-reviewed journals, supervised many thesis and dissertations and written many surgery book chapters. He is Board member of the European School for Advanced Veterinary Surgery. Overall, he is a passionate teacher and advocate of atraumatic surgery as a key to success.