Speakers
SCIVACRimini
26-28 May 2023 | Palacongressi Rimini
Michele Borgarelli, Med Vet, PhD, Dipl ECVIM-CA (Card)
Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, graduate of the Veterinary School of Torino in 1989. Since 1990 he has developed cardiology, abdominal ultrasound and internal medicine training in Italy, Europe and the USA. From 1995 to 2007 he was temporary Professor and then Assistant Professor (internal medicine and cardiology) at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Torino. From 2007 to 2012 he was Associate Professor of cardiology at Kansas State University. He is currently Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Comparative Cardiovascular Laboratory at Virginia Tech, Virginia. Diplomate of the European College Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) in 1999, Dr. Borgarelli earned in 2005 his PhD in clinical sciences with a thesis on “Mitral Valve Disease in dogs”. In 2019 he was awarded of Zoetis Animal Health award for animal research. He is currently co-editor in Chief of the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology.
Author of about 100 scientific publications. His current research interests are on pathophysiology and therapy of chronic degenerative mitral valve disease in dogs.
Christopher Orton, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVS
Dr. Orton received a DVM from Washington State University. He completed residency training in small animal surgery at Ohio State University, a NIH research fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and a PhD from Colorado State University. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Dr. Orton established the clinical cardiology service at Colorado State University and began a heart surgery program for small animals in 1991. This program is credited with firsts in canine open-heart surgery and is recognized as a leading center for small animal cardiac surgery and interventions. Dr. Orton’s current research interests are in the areas of pathobiology of valvular heart disease and development of next generation interventions for valvular heart disease. He is an Honorary Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology.
Kate Baker,DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP
Dr. Kate Baker grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and completed her DVM at the University of Tennessee in 2012. She then went on to complete a small animal rotating internship and then a 3 year Clinical Pathology Residency and Masters degree at the University of Illinois. Dr. Baker became board certified in Veterinary Clinical Pathology in 2016 and currently works as an educator, diagnostician, and consultant. She offers continuing education courses through her website, Veterinary Cytology Schoolhouse, as well as telecytology consultations through her app-based diagnostic service, Pocket Pathologist. She lives on a small farm in Tennessee with her husband and two small children.Federico Bonsembiante, Med Vet, PhD
Laureato nel 2012 presso l’Università degli Studi di Padova con la votazione di 107/110 discutendo la tesi ‘il ruolo di HLA-DR nell’epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) renale: studio clinico-patologico’ (relatore Prof. Luca Aresu). Nel 2013 lavora come veterinario libero professionista dove sviluppa il suo interesse per la citologia e gli esami di laboratorio. Nel 2014 inizia il dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Veterinarie presso l’Università degli Studi di Padova che conclude nel 2016 discutendo la tesi dal titotlo ‘clinico-pathological investigation of serum proteins in odontocetes’ (supervisor Prof.ssa Maria Elena Gelain). Nel 2017-2018 ricopre il ruolo di assegnista di ricerca con un progetto intitolato ‘evaluation of suitable biological matrices as tools to measure inflammatory markers in cetaceans’ (supervisor Prof.ssa Maria Elena Gelain). Dal 2019 è ricercatore universitario a tempo determinato di tipo A. Da marzo 2021 ha iniziato la residency per l’ottenimento del Diploma al College Europeo di Patologia Clinica (tutor Prof.ssa Maria Elena Gelain). La sua attività di ricerca e di diagnostica si svolge presso il Dipartimento BCA dove si occupa di citologia e citometria a flusso e presso il Laboratorio Clinico-Diagnostico dell’Ospedale Veterinario Didattico dell’Università degli studi di Padova dove si occupa di ematologia, biochimica ed esami delle urine. È autore e coautore di 29 lavori scientifici su riviste internazionali e di 22 contributi (oral presentation e poster) in congressi internazionali e nazionali.
Laura Pintore, Med Vet, SMPA, PhD, Dipl ECVCP
Laureata con lode nel 1999 presso l’Università di Sassari, Specializzata in Patologia e Clinica degli Animali d’Affezione nel 2005 presso l’Università di Bologna discutendo la tesi: “L’esame del liquido cerebrospinale: aspetti citologici ed indicazioni diagnostiche”. Nel 2011 consegue il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca presso l’Università di Padova con un lavoro relativo allo studio della proteinuria in primati non umani sottoposti a xenotrapianto renale. Nel 2018 consegue il diploma all’European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (Dip. ECVCP). Dopo alcuni anni dedicati alla libera professione nel campo della Clinica dei Piccoli Animali, attualmente è Consulente Medico per Idexx Laboratories ed è responsabile dell’Unità Operativa del Laboratorio presso la Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa Anicura (Samarate - VA). È coautrice del capitolo "Nervous System" del libro Canine and Feline Cytopathology 4 ed. - Raskin ME, Meyer DJ, Boes KM - Elsevier. È autrice di lavori scientifici su riviste internazionali, è relatrice a corsi e seminari su temi inerenti la citologia e la patologia clinica.
Ana Nemec, DVM, PhD, Dipl AVDC, Dipl EVDC
Ana Nemec graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana (VFUL), Slovenia in 2004. She continued with a PhD program in Biomedicine at the VFUL, focusing on research in the systemic effects of periodontal disease. She had awarded her PhD in 2009 and completed her 3-year residency training in Dentistry and Oral Surgery at the University of California-Davis, USA in 2012. Ana became a Diplomate of American and European Veterinary Dental Colleges (AVDC, EVDC) in 2013. Ana has been appointed as an Assistant Professor at the VFUL since 2012. In 2018 Ana was a veterinary specialist at Animal Hospital Postojna, Slovenia. In 2019 she returned to the Small Animal Clinic of the VFUL, and launched also her consultancy company in veterinary dentistry - ananemec.si. Ana is active in several national and international organizations and is a recipient of several awards in veterinary medicine, an Associate Editor of the journal Veterinary Dentistry and Oromaxillofacial Surgery, a reviewer in several international journals, and author of research and professional papers. Ana’s main research interest is in oral biology and oral tumors. She is also a keen speaker and a passionate teacher.Guillaume Hoareau, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVECC, Dipl ECVECC
Dr. Hoareau earned his veterinary degree from the Toulouse National Veterinary School, France. He completed a residency at the University of California-Davis and is now board-certified by both the
American and European Colleges of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Dr. Hoareau holds a Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis in Integrative Pathobiology, specifically in resuscitation and hemorrhage control. After a post-doctoral research fellowship with the United States Air Force, he is now an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah, School of Medicine. He is active in hemorrhagic shock, cardiac arrest, REBOA, and ECMO research with a special focus on cell responses to ischemia-reperfusion injury. He researches novel methods to protect mitochondria after injury. Dr. Hoareau also cares for emergency and critical care veterinary patients in the Salt Lake City area.
Celine Pouzot-Nevoret, DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVECC
Dr. Céline Pouzot-Nevoret is a professor in Emergency and Critical Care, and the head of the SIAMU, the ICU of the Veterinary School of Lyon. She graduated from this School in 2002 and joined SIAMU the following year and completed a PhD on acute respiratory distress syndrome.
She became an European board-certified specialist (Dip. ECVECC) in 2018.
She is actively involved in European societies as the past-president of the European Emergency and Critical Care society (EVECCS) and chair of the Congress organisation committee.
Her main fields of interest are the management of respiratory distress patient and haemorrhagic shock.
Stefano Bo, Med Vet
Nato a Torino, laureato presso la Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria di Torino. Dottore di Ricerca in Medicina Interna Veterinaria. Dal 1999 rappresentante italiano del Board Representative of ISFM (International Society of Feline Medicine). Presidente Senior della Società Italiana di Medicina Felina–SIMEF (affiliata SCIVAC e ISFM). Libero professionista in Provincia di Torino. Dal 2000 al 2009 Professore a Contratto in “Clinica delle Malattie Infettive del gatto” presso la Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria di Torino. Autore di numerose pubblicazioni su riviste nazionali ed internazionali e relatore a congressi sia nazionali che internazionali. Ha pubblicato il “Manuale di Malattie Infettive del cane e del gatto”, ed. SCIVAC e ha collaborato con le D.sse K. Hartmann e J. Levy al manuale “Self-Assessment and Colour Review Of Feline infectious diseases”. Direttore e relatore nei Corsi di Medicina Felina, SCIVAC 2008-2017 e ISVPS GPCert(Felp) 2015-2025.Davide Gamba, Med Vet, cVMA
Si interessa di anestesia e terapia del dolore, partecipando a numerosi corsi specialistici. Nel 2005 diventa anestesista della Clinica Veterinaria Baioni di Bergamo sino a metà del 2012. È anestesista presso la Clinica Veterinaria San Siro a Milano. 2007 al 2009 lavora come anestesista nel dipartimento di anestesia del dott. Enrico Stefanelli (Ospedale Veterinario GVII Roma). Autore di 2 comunicazioni ai congressi ISVRA 2006-7. Relatore nel 2009 nella sessione di Anestesia organizzata da ISVRA presso il Congresso Nazionale Merial.
Nel 2011 relatore al Congresso Internazionale SCIVAC e Congresso Nazionale Merial Nel 2011 autore di un abstract presentato al congresso ESRA di Dresda Nel 2012 relatore ad un incontro SIMUTIV Nel 2015 ottiene la Certificazione di Agopuntura Medica Veterinaria negli Stati Uniti (cVMA) Dal 2015 titolare del Servizio DG Vet Pain Therapy e referente per la terapia del dolore presso alcune cliniche del nord Italia. Da Gennaio 2018 a dicembre 2021 è responsabile del repartodi Anestesia e Terapia del dolore dell'Ospedale Veterinario Gregorio VII Roma da Gennaio 2022 responsabile del reparto di Anestesia e Terapia del dolore della Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso (MI).
Autore del testo: "Il Dolore nel Cane valutazione diagnosi trattamento".
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs, MA, BVetMed Dipl SAS (Orth), Dipl ECVS, FHEA, MRCVS
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs graduated from and completed her internship and orthopaedic residency at The Royal Veterinary College, London. She gained her RCVS Diploma in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics) in 1997 and her ECVS Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 1999. She spent six months at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 before she moved back to the UK and worked at Cambridge University until 2013. She has been a Professor in Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Bristol since 2013. She was awarded the BSAVA Simon Award in 2012 for outstanding contributions in the field of small animal surgery. She has a particular interest in feline orthopaedics. She has co-edited a textbook on Feline Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Disease in 2009 and Feline Soft Tissue and General Surgery in 2013.
Manuela Michelazzi, Med Vet, Dr Ric, Dipl ECAWBM
Laurea in medicina veterinaria conseguita presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano. Diploma di Specializzazione in “Etologia Applicata e Benessere degli Animali di Interesse Zootecnico e d’Affezione” nel 2003. Dottorato con attività di ricerca nell’ambito della medicina comportamentale, del benessere dei cani ricoverati in canile e dei cani impegnati negli Interventi Assistiti con gli animali. Vice Presidente dell’Ordine dei Medici Veterinari di Milano. Diploma College Europeo in medicina comportamentale (Dipl. ECAWBM). Direttore Sanitario e Medico Veterinario Comportamentalista del Parco Canile e Gattile del Comune di Milano dal 2010. Attività clinica presso l’“Ambulatorio per i problemi comportamentali dei piccoli animali” della Facoltà di medicina veterinaria dell’Università di Milano e ora di Lodi (2000-2022). Medico Veterinario esperto in Interventi Assistiti con gli animali (IAA). Autrice di pubblicazioni scientifiche e divulgative. Partecipazione in qualità di relatrice a corsi, congressi nazionali e internazionali di medicina comportamentale.rna.
Walter Bertazzolo, Med Vet, Dipl ECVCP
Diploma di perito chimico industriale presso l’istituto “Villa Greppi” di Monticello B.za (LC) con la votazione di 60/60 nel 1989. Laureato nel 1995 presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano, Istituto di Patologia Generale (Prof. C. Genchi) con una tesi sulla biologia molecolare di Borrelia burgdorferi con votazione 110/110 lode. Ha effettuato un periodo di training continuo in Patologia Clinica Veterinaria presso il Dipartimento di Patologia dell’Università di Milano sotto la guida del Prof. Mario Caniatti, DVM, DECVP, del Prof. Saverio Paltrinieri, DVM, DECVCP e del Dr. Stefano Comazzi, DVM, DECVCP. Autore di una cinquantina di pubblicazione su riviste indicizzate internazionali su argomenti inerenti la patologia clinica e l’oncologia. Nell’ottobre 2005 ha ottenuto il riconoscimento come membro de facto dello European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology.
Svolge attività di consulenza in patologia clinica per la Clinica Veterinaria Tibaldi di Milano, ed è Direttore Scientifico del laboratorio MYLAV di Rho.
È stato il Presidente di SCIVAC per il triennio 2016-2019.
Francesco Dondi, Med Vet, PhD
Formazione e ruoli accademici presso il DIMEVET-Università di Bologna:
- 2002 Laureato con lode
- 2006 Dottore di ricerca in Patologia Clinica
- 2006-2020 Ricercatore;
- dal 2020 Professore associato di Clinica medica veterinaria
Attività clinica all'OVU-Università di Bologna:
- Dal 2006 Responsabile dell'Unità di Nefrologia e Urologia
- Dal 2014 Responsabile del Servizio di Patologia Clinica
Dal 2016 Consulente MYLAV per la Nefrologia e l'urologia. È attualmente presidente della Società italiana di medicina interna (SIMIV)
Svolge attività didattica nei corsi di patologia e clinica medica veterinaria. Lavora quotidianamente presso l’OVU di Bologna e si occupa di medicina interna, con particolare riferimento alla nefrologia/urologia dei piccoli animali, di malattie infettive e di patologia clinica.
Ha presentato comunicazioni a congressi nazionali ed internazionali ed ha pubblicato articoli in riviste nazionali e internazionali. La sua ricerca è incentrata in primis sulle alterazioni clinicopatologiche associate alle malattie nefrologiche ed urologiche del cane e del gatto.
Katrin Hartmann, Dr. med. vet., Dr. habil., Dipl ECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine)
Professor Katrin Hartmann graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the LMU Munich, Germany, in 1987. She completed her doctoral thesis in 1990 and her habilitation thesis (PhD) on antiviral treatment of FIV in 1995 at the Clinic of Small Animal Medicine at the LMU Munich. Since 1999, she is Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA). She stayed as Clinical Instructor and Assistant Professor at the Clinic of Small Animal Medicine at the LMU Munich until 2001. From 2001 to 2003, she worked as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Department of Small Animal Medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA. Since 2003, she is Head of the Clinic of Small Animal Medicine at the LMU Munich, Germany, with the rank of Full Professor. From 2009 to 2016, she additionally was Director, and since 2016 she is Vice Director of the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine at the LMU Munich which was founded in 2009.
Professor Hartmann is author of many papers, proceedings, abstracts, and book chapters. She has lectured at numerous international meetings and congresses. Her research interest is infectious diseases in cats and dogs, with a special focus on virus infections in cats.
Erin Gibson, DVM, Dipl ACVS-CA
Dr. Erin Gibson is an Assistant Professor of Minimally Invasive Soft Tissue Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her DVM from UC Davis, after which she completed a rotating internship at the University of Minnesota and a 3-year surgical residency at UC Davis. Dr. Gibson remained with UC Davis for two years, one of which was spent as a staff surgeon and the following spent completing a 1-year fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Gibson is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and her research interests include minimally invasive surgery and interventional radiology.
William T.n. Culp, VMD, DACVS-SA
Dr. William Culp graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation from veterinary school, he remained at the University of Pennsylvania to complete a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery followed by a surgical residency. Dr. Culp is board-certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and he has pursued additional training in cancer surgery at the Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center, during which he completed a Surgical Oncology Fellowship. Additionally, he has completed an Interventional Radiology/Endoscopy Fellowship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Culp was selected as an ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology in 2012 and an ACVS Founding Fellow of Minimally Invasive Surgery in 2017. Dr. Culp is currently a member of the Soft Tissue Surgery service at the University of California - Davis. He is interested in many areas of soft tissue surgery, but his major focuses are surgical oncology and interventional radiology.
Clare Rusbridge, BVMS, PhD, Dipl ECVN, FRCVS, RCVS
Clare is a Professor in Veterinary Neurology at University of Surrey and Senior Neurologist at Wear Referrals. Her experience with painful and distressing inherited disease drives her research to improve diagnose, treatment and prevention of these conditions. She has spent over 25 years researching Chiari malformation, syringomyelia and maladaptive pain and has authored or co-authored over 160 scientific articles and book chapters including a textbook on human syringomyelia. She received the JA Wight Memorial award in 2011, was made Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (meritorious contribution to knowledge) in 2016 and a RCVS Impact award in 2022.William T.n. Culp, VMD, DACVS-SA
Dr. William Culp graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation from veterinary school, he remained at the University of Pennsylvania to complete a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery followed by a surgical residency. Dr. Culp is board-certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and he has pursued additional training in cancer surgery at the Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center, during which he completed a Surgical Oncology Fellowship. Additionally, he has completed an Interventional Radiology/Endoscopy Fellowship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Culp was selected as an ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology in 2012 and an ACVS Founding Fellow of Minimally Invasive Surgery in 2017. Dr. Culp is currently a member of the Soft Tissue Surgery service at the University of California - Davis. He is interested in many areas of soft tissue surgery, but his major focuses are surgical oncology and interventional radiology.
Luisa Vera Muscatello, Med Vet, Dr Ric, Dipl ECVP
Si laurea in Medicina Veterinaria nel 2011 presso la Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria dell'Università di Bologna. Nel 2014 le viene attribuita la borsa di studio Marco Polo per attività di ricerca presso il Neurocenter, Vetsuisse Faculty, dell’Università di Berna, Svizzera. Consegue il Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Mediche Veterinarie nel 2016, presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie dell’Università di Bologna.
Specialista EBVS® (European Board of Veterinary Specialisation) in Patologia, nel 2018 supera l'esame di certificazione ECVP (European College of Veterinary Pathologists).
Attualmente è Ricercatrice presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie dell’Università di Bologna e i suoi argomenti di ricerca riguardano i tumori del cane e del gatto e l'immuno-patologia tumorale, con utilizzo di tecniche di immunoistochimica, colture cellulari 3D e citogenetica.
Svolge attività di diagnostica istopatologica con particolare interesse per la patologia epatica.
È autrice e co-autrice di pubblicazioni scientifiche su riviste Internazionali.
John Sapienza, DVM, Dipl ACVO
He completed a one-year internship in small animal medicine & surgery at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, and a three-year residency in comparative ophthalmology at the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Sapienza is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, and the consultant veterinary ophthalmologist at the Bronx Zoo and the N.Y. Aquarium. Dr. Sapienza is the head and department chairman of the ophthalmology section at New York’s largest private practice referral center Long Island Veterinary Specialists (LIVS) in Plainview, New York. His special interests in ophthalmology include: phacoemulsification cataract surgery, glaucoma surgeries and vitreoretinal procedures for retinal re-attachments.
He has lectured extensively throughout the Continental United States, Hawaii, Japan, Europe and South America. Dr. Sapienza speaks fluent Spanish, and is a frequent lecturer in Spain, as well as North and South America, for interactive advanced courses in Spanish.
Jana Gams, DVM, CCRP
Jana Gams is DVM (University of Ljubljana, 2017), CCRP (University of Tennessee, 2019), and CEO of Dogs4motion Canine Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine center in Slovenia. She is an active trainer and competitor who has taken part in both agility and FCI obedience competitions with her own dogs at an international level. She combines her passion for these sports with her professional field of work in veterinary rehabilitation/sports medicine, where she works with sporting dogs on a daily basis, including participants of World Agility Championships and other big international events.
