Career
Here he was a pupil to surgeon Pierre-Joseph Desault (1744–1795) and obstetrician Jean-Louis Baudelocque (1745–1810). Two years later he visited London, being interested in the surgical work of John Hunter (1728–1793). Following his return to Italy, he received his degree in medicine and surgery at the University of Pisa.
In 1799 he revisted Paris, where he furthered his studies with Baudelocque, Philippe-Jean Pelletan (1747–1829), Alexis de Boyer (1757–1833), and Antoine Dubois (1756–1837).
After his return to Pisa, he became a professor of surgery, an event that is considered to be the start of a new surgical tradition at Pisa. His reputation as a surgeon attracted patients from all over Europe to Pisa.
Berlinghieri was the first surgeon in Italy to perform Hunter"s procedure for aneurysms of the popliteal fossa. The famous Gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is based on a true story and is inspired by the Italian doctor Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri.