SCH Oral Abstract Presenters Bio

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Robert Kyle Phillips
Robert Kyle Phillips is a researcher at the Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Texas A&M University. His work focuses mainly on novel, non-invasive biomarkers of liver disease in dogs, including amino acids in serum and isoprostanes in urine. Upon finishing his PhD in biomedical sciences, Kyle hopes to continue his research efforts while also teaching at the university level.

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Natalia Lopez-gomez
Graduated in 2018 from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She completed a rotational internship at Hospital Veterinario Puchol in the same year, where she began her interest in internal medicine. Subsequently, she worked in first opinion hospitals and undertook placements in hospitals in England and Ireland between 2019 and 2022. In 2022, she completed a two-year specialized internship in internal medicine at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Finally, in 2023, she began another specialized internship at AUNA Especialidades Veterinarias with the aim of pursuing a European residency in this specialty.

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Floris Dröes
Floris Droes graduated with honors for his DVM from Utrecht University (The Netherlands) in 2012. Afterwards he worked in several small animal private practices throughout The Netherlands, and at the emergency service of Utrecht Universitys companion animal hospital (NL).In 2017, he finished a rotating internship at Dick White Referrals (UK), while concurrently attaining a post-graduate certificate in small animal medicine and surgery with distinction from the University of Nottingham (UK). Summer 2019, Floris joined the Gastrointestinal Laboratory (Texas A&M University, USA) to pursue a PhD in biomedical sciences. His PhD research focuses on hemostasis in canine liver diseases. He has special interest in all small animal gastroenterology and ECC (emergency and critical care). For the future, he would like to pursue further training in small animal medicine and ECC during a residency program.

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Verena Habermaass
Gaduated in 2021 at the faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pisa and in the same University, she started a PhD mainly focused on canine liver disease. Her main interests, clinical and research activities are in gastroenterology and internal medicine of small animals.

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Andrea Johnston

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Charlotte Lubbers
Victoria qualified from the University of Liege, Belgium in 2015 and worked for a year in France, before moving in UK and spending several years within first opinion practice. She enrolled on the BSAVA certificate in ECC in order to gain more knowledge in different field and completed this in March 2020. Victoria then started a second post graduate certificate in diagnostic imaging which she completed in June 2021, to then spend a year working in ICU for a referral hospital. In August 2021 Victoria joined Southern COunties Veterinary Specialists in Ringwood as an Internal Medicine Intern and since started her Residency in Internal Medicine there in July 2022.

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Mathilde Petibon
Graduate in 2020 from the Ecole Nationale Veterinairede Toulouse (31100, Toulouse, France).
2020-2021 : Rotating internship at the Ecole Nationale Veterinairede Toulouse (31100, Toulouse, France).
2021 - 2023 : Specialized internship in internal medecine at the referral center Olliolis (83190, Ollioules, France).
Since september 2023 : Internal medecine residency at the Ecole Nationale Veterinaired'Alfort (94700, Maisons-Alfort, France).

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Karen Fong
Karen graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh in 2021. She discovered her interest in internal medicine after spending some time in general practice. She then returned to Edinburgh to complete a rotating internship and has recently joined the internal medicine team as an intern.

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Beatriz Mendoza

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Marina Hernandez Perello
Marina graduated in 2018 from the Univesitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Just after graduating in veterinary medicine, she undertook a three months externship in Texas A&M Small Animal Veterinary Hospital, USA.Marina moved to the North East of England in January 2019, where she worked for 2 years in general practice.In 2020, she performed a rotating internship at Wear Referrals followed by a specialised internal medicine internship. In 2022, Marina started her residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at Wear Referrals.