Xavier graduated from the University Cardenal Herrera-CEU (Valencia, Spain) in 2005. After completing a rotating general internship at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2008 he moved to the UK, where he continued his training with another rotating internship at the University of Glasgow and a specific internship in Cardiopulmonary medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Xavier completed his residency in Veterinary Cardiology at the University of Liverpool in 2016, and became a European Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology in 2019.

Following his training in Cardiology, Xavier worked as a lecturer at the University of Liverpool and at the Royal Veterinary College, and is currently working as a Head of Service of Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at Blaise Veterinary Referral Hospital, in Birmingham. His main clinical interests are the diagnosis and management of feline and canine cardiomyopathies and congenital cardiac diseases, with special interest in interventional cardiology