Degrees and professional activities:
2010 – Doctor in Veterinary Medicine with 110/110 cum laude - Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Bari
2011-13 – Specialization in Infectious Diseases, Prophylaxis and Veterinary Policy - Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Bari
2011-12 – Rotating Internship - Istituto Veterinario di Novara
2012-13 – Specialist Internship (Cardiology) - Istituto Veterinario di Novara
2014-17 – Doctor of Philosophy with the thesis "New insights into myxomatous mitral valve disease: evaluation of new echocardiographic parameters and prognostic factors in dogs” - Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna
2018-19 – Master in Biostatistics for Clinical Research and Scientific Reporting with the thesis “Lorenz plot analysis in dogs: classification of distinct plot classes and analysis of their diagnostic efficiency in dogs with different cardiac rhythms” - Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Science and Public Health, University of Padova
2016-21 – Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM-CA), subspecialty of Cardiology, after completing a Residency program shared between the Universities of Bologna and Zurich
2021 – National Scientific Habilitation for Associate Professor, sector 07/H4 - Clinical Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacology
2022 – National accreditation for echocardiographic screening for hereditary canine heart diseases (Progetto Cardiopatie FSA - ENCI) and international and national accreditation for echocardiographic screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats (PawPeds, Osservatorio Veterinario Italiano Cardiopatie)
2025 – Appointed as Associate Editor (Cardiology) of the Journal of Small Animal Practice
2014-ongoing – Clinical, teaching and research activity mainly focused on cardiology, currently as Senior Assistant Professor - Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna
