ESVE Oral Abstract Presenters Bio

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Martine Didier
Graduated from the University of Milan in 2009, in 2014 she completed a PhD in Clinical Pathology at the same institution with a thesis on the diagnostic accuracy of cytology for the diagnosis of intestinal lymphoma in dogs. In 2022, she obtained the GPCert title in Endoscopy and in 2023 she enrolled in a European residency program in Internal Medicine at the University of Bologna, under the supervision of Dr. Francesca Del Baldo. She currently works at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Bologna and the Gran Sasso Veterinary Clinic in Milan. She is a member of the Italian Cultural Society of Pet Veterinarians (SCIVAC), the Italian Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine (SIMIV), the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinologists (ESVE), and the European Society of Comparative Gastroenterology (ESCG). Her main area of interest is internal medicine, particularly the gastroenterology of small animals. Co-author of several publications in national and international journals.

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Francesca Del Baldo
NameF.(Francesca) Del Baldo, DVM, MRCVS, PhD, Dipl. ECVIM-CA (internal medicine)Current positionJunior assistant professor (fixed-term), Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, ItalyMain Focus: clinical endocrinology and internal medicineEducation and postgraduate training2022: She became Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine2018-2021: Position as Resident ECVIM-CA- Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy2020: Defense PhD thesis2016-2019: PhD Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy2016: Rotating Internship Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy2014: Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) with 110/110 cum laude State University of Bologna, ItalyMembershipsBoard member of the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology (ESVE) and of the Italian Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

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Diego Miceli
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina. Honorary diploma.Philosophia;Doctor (PhD), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (UBA), Thesis qualification: outstanding.Specialist of Endocrinology, Argentinian Society of (human) Endocrinology and Metabolism (SAEM), Argentina.Master of Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, University of Favaloro, Argentina.
Researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET).

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Grace Kaemper
Grace graduated from Massey University before entering mixed practice in New Zealand for several years. She undertook a rotating internship at the Royal Veterinary College, where she became involved in research with feline hypersomatotropism. In 2024 she began a neurology internship at The University of Glasgow but retains a keen interest in internal medicine.

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Lisa Stammeleer
Graduated in 2015 with honors. Completed a rotating internship followed by an Internal Medicine residency (ECVIM) from 2015 to 2019. Obtained the title of Diplomate ECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine) in 2021. Currently combining research (PhD candidate within the Small Animal Internal Medicine research group of Ghent University) and clinical work as an Internal Medicine Specialist with main focus on Endocrinology. Research is focused on outcome after radioiodine therapy in hyperthyroid cats. Active member of the Small Animal Department council at the same University.

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Joanna Lin
Current position:
Resident EVCIM-CA (Internal Medicine) since July 2023 at the Clinic for Small Animals, Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Germany
Previous:
Since 2021 - Doctoral student and graduate assistant, Clinic for Small Animals, Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Germany
2020-2021 - Small Animal Rotating Intership at the Clinic for Small Animals, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Germany

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Sean Hulsebosch

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Christina Schwens

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Diego Miceli
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina. Honorary diploma.Philosophia;Doctor (PhD), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (UBA), Thesis qualification: outstanding.Specialist of Endocrinology, Argentinian Society of (human) Endocrinology and Metabolism (SAEM), Argentina.Master of Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, University of Favaloro, Argentina.
Researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET).

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Giacomo Rossi
Giacomo Rossi graduated with honors in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Milan in February 2019. In september 2019, he started a rotating internship in small animal internal medicine at the Anicura Veterinary Hospital Tibaldi in Milan. In April 2023, he obtained his second level professional master's degree in Internal Medicine of Dog and Cat at the University of Parma. Currently, he works at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Bologna, where he is also tutor of the international second level professional master Canine and Feline Endocrinology (supervisor Prof. Federico Fracassi). He is member of the Italian Cultural Society of Pet Veterinarians (SCIVAC) and of the Italian Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine (SIMIV). His main field of interest is internal medicine and in particular the endocrinology of small animals.

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Solène M. Meunier
Veterinary degree from 2009 to 2014 followed by 1-year rotating internship and 1-year internal medicine at the University of Toulouse. 1-year assistant position in internal medicine at the Clinic for Small Animal Medicine at the University of Alfort. Start ACVIM Residency in August 2019. Board exam passed in 2021. Senior clinician at the Clinic for Small Animal Medicine at the University of Zurich since then.

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Ana Torrano Guillamón
I studied Veterinary Medicine at the University of Murcia (Spain) from 2012 to 2017. After graduating, I worked in a veterinary clinic until starting a general rotating internship at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Cordobafrom 2018 to 2019. Upon completion, I began an internship in the cardiology department at Anicura Valencia Sur Veterinary Hospital from 2019 to 2020. From 2020 to 2022, I worked in the internal medicine department at Anicura Valencia Sur Veterinary Hospital, commencing my ECVIM residency in internal medicine in 2022.

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Adrien J Da Silva
Adrien graduated from the Veterinary School of Alfort (Maisons-Alfort, France) and underwent a rotating internship in the same techaing hospital. He then did a medicine internship in in a private referral hospital (CHV Languedocia) in Montpellier (France). He is urrently a 3rd year ECVIM-CA resident at UCD Veterinary Hospital in Dublin.

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Marit van den Berg
After finishing a small animal rotating internship and residency in internal medicine at Ghent University, Marit van den Berg became a diplomate of ECVIM-CA in 2021. She started her PhD on canine pheochromocytomas at Utrecht University in May 2021. In this way, she combines her clinical career with research, with a special emphasis on endocrinology.

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Kirsten van Bokhorst
Kirsten van Bokhorst graduated as Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Utrecht University, the Netherlands in 2013. After graduation, she worked at first opinion veterinary clinics in the Netherlands and completed a European Master of Science in small animal internal Medicine (ESAVS). In 2019, she started her ECVIM-CA internal medicine residency at Utrecht University, which was organized as a secondment from IVC Evidensia NL. She passed her certifying examination in March 2022 to become a European specialist in internal medicine (Diplomate ECVIM-CA). Currently, she is Head of Discipline for the medicine department of IVC Evidensia NL and works as a specialist at Evidensia Dierenziekenhuis in Barendrecht-NL, one of the largest private animal hospitals in the Netherlands. Furthermore, she continues her academic path as a part-time PhD candidate at Utrecht University, studying tumors in the canine and feline pituitary-adrenal axis.