ESVNU Oral Abstract Presenters Bio

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Francesco Rossi
He graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2011 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Milan. From 2011 to 2014, he worked as a freelance veterinarian, specializing in internal medicine and emergency care, in various clinics and practices in Milan and its province. In 2012, he completed a visiting period at the University of Liverpool, Small Animal Teaching Hospital. In 2014, he began a one-year rotating internship at the Veterinary Institute of Novara, which concluded in March 2015. From the same year, he started working in the Internal Medicine department, and from January 2018 to December 2022, he completed a Residency program in Internal Medicine at the Veterinary Institute of Novara, under the supervision of Dr. Eric Zini (Dipl. ECVIM-CA, Internal Medicine). From August to December 2018, he was an intern supervisor at the Tierarztliche Klinik Birkenfeld Veterinary Hospital in Birkenfeld (Germany) and worked in the Internal Medicine department at the Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center in Godstone, UK, from January to June 2018 and 2019. From July 2019 to October 2020, he conducted specialized internal medicine consultations at the ANUBI veterinary hospital for companion animals. From November 2020 to December 2021, he worked in the Internal Medicine Operating Unit at the Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa. Since January 2022, he has been working full-time at the Istituto Veterinario di Novara. He is lecturer at national courses.

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Cheuk Yan Man
Cheuk Yan Man is a second-year PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College, currently undertaking a research project on β thymosins in feline chronic kidney disease.

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Paul Remmel
I studied at the vet school of Lyon from 2014 to 2019 before performing a rotating internship at the national vet school of alfort in 2019-2020. Afterward, I performed tow years of specilised internship in internal medicine and gastroenterology until 2022. I started my residency in internal medicine at the national vet school of alfort in 2022.

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Alexandra Corsaletti
- Graduated from Liege veterinary faculty in 2018
- Intern in veterinary medicine in Liege Veterinary Faculty in 2018-2019
- Specialized internship in Toulouse Veterinary School in 2019-2020
- Currently in residency program in Fregis Veterinary Hospital, Paris France (First year)

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Anne Sofie Gravgaard
ECVIM Resident in internal medicine at the University Hospital in Copenhagen.

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Ditte Erika Leth Vasby
Ditte Vasby graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Copenhagen in 2011. After completing her education she worked in small animal private practice as a general practitioner. In 2018 she was employed as a senior veterinarian in general medicine and dermatology at the University Hospital for Companion Animals at the University of Copenhagen. In the summer of 2021, she began her PhD studies on subclinical bacteriuria (SBU) in dogs aiming for a comprehensive understanding of this condition. In order to elucidate the factors that differentiate dogs with SBU from those with cystitis the studies include both the long-term patient-oriented clinical aspect, the local innate immune response and the microbiological perspective.

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Ignacio Lopez
Doctor in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Cordoba in 2002. Full Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Cordoba. Head of the Small Animal Internal Medicine Service of the Clinical Veterinary Hospital of the University of Cordoba until 2022, where he has been carrying out his clinical activity since 2003. He has made stays in several prestigious veterinary hospitals in the United Kingdom, Germany, United States and South America. Author of more than 100 scientific publications in international journals in the field of internal medicine. Speaker in more than 130 national and international congresses and postgraduate activities. He has received numerous awards for his research work in the field of mineral metabolism and nephrology. Interest in the field of internal medicine: nephrourology, hematology and oncology.

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Noam Sugar
Mazuz ML, Shkap V, Wollkomirsky R, Leibovich B, Savitsky I, Fleiderovitz L, Noam S, Elena B, Molad T, Golenser J. Neospora caninum: Chronic and congenital infection in consecutive pregnancies of mice. Vet Parasitol. 2016 Mar 30;219:66-70. Shipov A, Shahar R, Sugar N, Segev G. The Influence of Chronic Kidney Disease on the Structural and Mechanical Properties of Canine Bone. J Vet Intern Med. 2018 Jan;32(1):280-287.Sugar N, Paitan Y, Merhavi N, Aroch I, Kelmer E. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiea Infectious Endocarditis andPutative Secondary Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemiaand Thrombocytopenia in a Dog, and a Literature Review. IJVM. 2018. 73(4)Sugar N, Green I, Oron L. Clotiapine Toxicosis in a Puppy. IJVM. 2021. 76(2)

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Pauline Bernard
After an internship rotation and a specialized intership in Internal Medicine in National Veterinary School of Alfort, I am actually in a residency program ECVIM-Ca Internal Medicine in National Veterinary School of Toulouse.

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Emilia Gordin
Emilia Gordin received her degree in veterinary medicine in 2007 from the University of Helsinki and finalized a Finnish national specialization degree in small animal medicine in 2013. As a part of her PhD studies, she spent the years 2017-2018 at Tufts University, USA. Since returning to Finland in 2018, Emilia has been working as a clinical teacher in small animal internal medicine at the University of Helsinki/ Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Her main interest is small animal nephrology and urology.

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Kotchapol Jaturunratsamee
My research interests focus on cardiac research incorporating basic biology, biochemistry, cardiac electrophysiology, and translational and clinical research. Our research projects collaborate with other universities and organizations with a wide range of expertise including electrophysiology, pharmacology, physiology, imaging (echocardiography, CT, MRI), clinical trials, interventional cardiology, and regenerative medicine. My research outputs are internationally recognized with work done into the mechanisms of the cardiac feedback in arrhythmogenesis, and the mechanism of disease, including coronary heart disease, valve degeneration, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure. A team of clinicians works at Kasetsart Veterinary Teaching Hospital Kamphaengsaen.

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Francesca Fidanzio
Francesca graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Parma in 2018.
In 2023 she obtained the PhD in Clinical Sciences at the University of Parma, defending a thesis entitled "Cardiovascular-renal axis disorders: renal biomarkers in dogs affected by myxomatous mitral valve disease". During her PhD, she spent a three-month visiting period at the Small Animal Internal Medicine Service of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (USA).
In January 2024 she started an ECVIM-CA Residency Program (Internal Medicine) under the supervision of Prof. Andrea Corsini.
She is currently a research fellow at the University of Parma and she carries out clinical activity at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
She is author and co-author of publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Her main research fields are nephrology and endocrinology.

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Patricia Lunet Marques
Patricia Lunet Marques graduated with a Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine in 2022 and embarked in PhD programme under the orientation of Professor Rodolfo Oliveira Leal (PhD Dip ECVIM-CA) and co-orientation of Professor Sara Galac (PhD) regarding the role of hypotalhamic-pituitary-adrenal axis disfunction in feline chronic kidney disease.

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Diane Pichard
Veterinary studies in Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort
Liverpool teaching hospital Erasmus program
Internship in Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort
Specialised internship in internal medicine in Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort
ECVIM Ca resident in Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort

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Sofie Marynissen
Sofie Marynissen graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Ghent in 2011. She completed a rotating internship and then a residency in internal medicine, both at the University of Ghent. In 2016, she became a recognized specialist (diplomate) of the European College of Internal Medicine (ECVIM).
Since then, she has been working as an assistant in the Small Animal clinic (internal medicine service) at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University. Since February 2019, she combines this with a PhD focussing on health screening and early detection of renal problems in older dogs.