ESVC Oral Abstract Presenters Bio

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Larissa Gardner
Larissa graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary, in 2018, following which she spent 2 years working in small animal general practice in the UK. From 2020 she completed a rotating internship followed by a cardiology internship at the Queens Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge, where she is currently an ECVIM-CA cardiology resident.

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Alessandra Maffei
Graduated in Veterinary Medicine at University of Pisa, Italy in April 2017 with a thesis in cardiology. Since 2018 shes working with the Cardiology Unit at Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa, AniCura, Italy and in 2021 she started a three-years ECVIM-CA Residency Program - Specialty Cardiology under supervision of Prof. R.A. Santilli, PhD, DECVIM-CA (Cardiology) and Dr. M. Perego, DECVIM-CA (Cardiology). She participated in national and international congresses with clinical cases and brief communications. Her clinical activity is mainly aimed at diagnostic aspects (echocardiography, electrocardiogram and Holter monitoring) and therapeutic management of acquired and congenital heart diseases.

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Alessandra Maffei
Graduated in Veterinary Medicine at University of Pisa, Italy in April 2017 with a thesis in cardiology. Since 2018 shes working with the Cardiology Unit at Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa, AniCura, Italy and in 2021 she started a three-years ECVIM-CA Residency Program - Specialty Cardiology under supervision of Prof. R.A. Santilli, PhD, DECVIM-CA (Cardiology) and Dr. M. Perego, DECVIM-CA (Cardiology). She participated in national and international congresses with clinical cases and brief communications. Her clinical activity is mainly aimed at diagnostic aspects (echocardiography, electrocardiogram and Holter monitoring) and therapeutic management of acquired and congenital heart diseases.

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Mara Bagardi

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Yasuyuki Nii
Yasuyuki Nii DVM, PhDEmail: nii.yasuyuki@jasmine-vet.co.jpSUMMARY・12 years of experience in small animal clinical practice, and 6 of those years as a cardiology clinician.WORK EXPERIENCE・Mominoki Animal Hospital (Japan) April 2012- April 2018・JASMINE Veterinary Cardiovascular Medical Center (Japan) May 2018-presentEDUCATION・Azabu University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine (Japan) April 2006- March 2012・Azabu University, Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Course of Veterinary Science (Japan) April 2020- March 2024

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Brogan Atkinson
Brogan graduated from University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science in 2013. She spent five years in practice (obtaining Bachelor of Veterinary Science Honours 2017) before becoming a resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Pretoria (obtaining a Master of Veterinary Medicine and ECVIM Diploma in Small Animal Internal Medicine). Gaining EBVS Specialist status in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2022. After working in private practice in South Africa for a year, Brogan moved to the Royal Veterinary College, London as resident in Veterinary Cardiology in 2022.

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Asako Shinoda
Asako Shinoda DVM1-14-8-302 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture 22-0033Email:shinoda.asako@jasmine-vet.vo.jpSUMMARY・18 years of experience in small animal clinical practice ,10 of those years studying cardiologyWORK EXPERIENCE・KAIHIN Animal Hospital April 2006- March 2008・GYOTOKU Animal Hospital April 2008-July 2010・YOKOO Animal Hospital October 2010-October 2015・JASMINE Veterinary Cardiovascular Medical Center November 2015-presentEDUCATION・Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicne(2006)

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Noriko Isayama
CURRENT JOB2014 - present Department of cardiology, Uenonomori Animal Hospital Associate Director, Cardiologist2020 - present Tokyo Animal CardioThoracic Surgery (TACTS) Cardiac Surgeon, Director / Member of the BoardEDUCATION/POST GRADUATE TRAININGCollege/University/Residency2014-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Womens Medical University
2010-2014 PhD in Medical. Major: Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Womens Medical University
2009-2010 Resident in Veterinary Internal Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido,Japan
2008-2009 Research worker. Veterinary Interinal Medicine (Cardiology) Nihon University2002-2008 DVM, Nihon UniversityLICENSE/BOARD CERTIFICATION
2008 Veterinary License in Japan #476422014 Board certified member of Japanese Society of Veterinary Cardiology #13004Presentation in International Veterinary MeetingsNoriko Isayama, Takeshi Mizuno, Sayaka Suzuki, Kenta Sasaki, Erika Maeda, Yusuke UchimuraFour Techniques for the Standardization of Canine Mitral Valve Repair. ACVIM Forum 2023（Philadelphia, USA）2023. Chosen for Long format Research Report oral presenteationPeer Reviewed ArticleNoriko Isayama, Goki Matsumura, Yusuke Uchimura, Erika Maeda, Kenta Sasaki Utility and safety of nafamostat mesilate for anticoagulation in dogs.Veterinary Medicine and Science, Published on 21 Nov 2022Noriko Isayama, Yusuke Uchimura, Kenta Sasaki, Erika Maeda, Toshihisa Takahashi, Megumi Watanabe. Reference Values of M-mode Echocardiographic Parameter in Adult Toy Breed Dogs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Published on 23 Jun 2022Goki Matsumura, Noriko Isayama, Hideki Sato. Evaluation method for cell-free in situ tissue-engineered vasculature monitoring: Proof of growth and development in a canine IVC model. PLoS One, Published on April 18, 2022Takeshi Mizuno, Kenta Sasaki, Sayaka Suzuki, Itsuma Nagao, Noriko Isayama. Case Report: Tricuspid Annuloplasty for Right-Sided Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to Pulmonary Hypertension in a Dog. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Published on 22 Feb 2022Noriko Isayama, Yusuke Uchimura, Erika Maeda. Dobutamine infusion without pericardiocentesis as a treatment for cardiac tamponade due to left atrial rupture in a dog. Veterinary Record Case Reports, Published on 22 Nov 2021Mizuki Ogawa, Yasutomo Hori, Nobuyuki Kanno, Naoki Iwasa, Takeshi Toyofuku, Noriko Isayama, Akane Yoshikawa, Ryota Akabane, Atsushi Sakatani, Hirosumi Miyakawa, Huai-Hsun Hsu, Yuichi Miyagawa, Naoyuki Takemura. Comparison of N-terminal pro-atrial natriuretic peptide and three cardiac biomarkers for discriminatory ability of clinical stage in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, Published on 05 Feb 2021Yasutomo Hori, Masayuki Iguchi, Atsushi Hirakawa, Zenta Kamiya, Shigeki Yamano, Toshiki Ibaragi, NorikoIsayama, Yohei Yamashita, Naoki Iwasa, Haruki Inaba, Yasuhiro Heishima, Masashi Yuki. Evaluation of atrial natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponin I concentrations for assessment of disease severity in dogs with naturally occurring mitral valve disease. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Published on 01 Feb 2020Yasutomo Hori, Yasuhiro Heishima, Yohei Yamashita, Masayuki Iguchi, Kensuke Nakamura, Noriko Isayama,Hideyuki Onodera, Akihito Kitade, Nobuyuki Kanno, Atsushi Hirakawa, Michio Katagi, Toshiki Ibaragi, Shigeki Yamano, Yoshitaka Aramaki, Tamotsu Sawada. Epidemiological study of indirect blood pressure measured using oscillometry in clinically healthy cats at initial evaluation. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, Published on 12 Feb 2019

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Alessandra Franchini
Alessandra Franchini graduated in veterinary medicine from the University of Parma, Italy, in 2016. She moved to Virginia (USA) in 2018 for her Ph.D. in biomedical and veterinary science at the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. She successfully defended her PhD in May 2022. She started a cardiology residency program combined with a masters in July 2022 at the same institution

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Carlotta Ferri
ECVIM-CA Cardiology resident at ADVETIA Veterinary Hospital in France

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Jose Novo Matos
Jose Novo Matos DVM PhD MSc (Cardiac Pathology) DECVIM (Cardiology) AFHEA MRCVS
EBVS European and RCVS Specialist in Small Animal CardiologyJose graduated from the University of Lisbon in 2005. After a few years working in the Small Animal School Hospital of the University of Lisbon, he moved to Switzerland where he completed a Cardiology residency at the University of Zurich. He became an ECVIM-CA Diplomate in 2014 and was awarded RCVS specialist status in Cardiology in 2015. He then worked as a Oberarzt in Small Animal Cardiology at the University of Zurich before moving to the Royal Veterinary College where he completed a PhD on feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Jose has also recently completed a Master in Cardiovascular Pathology at the University of Padua. He is now working at the University of Cambridge where he is a Teaching Professor of Small Animal Cardiology and the Head of Cardiology. Joses main clinical and research interests are in the field of feline cardiomyopathies and cardiac imaging.

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Stefano Oricco
Stefano Oricco graduated from the University of Turin in 2008. Since 2009, he has been working at the Centro Veterinario Imperiese (Italy) with particular interest in cardiology and intensive therapy. In 2019, he obtained certification in echocardiography of dogs and cats (CeCEV). In 2021, he began a cardiology residency program for the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA) at the University of Parma. He is the author of the book "Point-of-care ultrasound in the dog and cat," published by Edra. He is also the author of the chapter "Cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology" in: Bussadori C. "Textbook of cardiovascular medicine in dogs and cats" and several articles on peer reviewed journals.

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Ewelina Korzybska
Second year cardiology resident at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary studies- University of Edinburgh. Qualified from Warsaw University of Life Sciences in 2018. Special interests include feline cardiomyopathies and congenital cardiac abnormalities.

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Annie Showers
Dr. Showers completed her DVM training at The Ohio State University. This was followed by completion of a rotating intership at University of Wisconsin and a specialty internship in cardiology/research at Tufts University.

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Christopher Kennedy
Christopher is an ECVIM Cardiology resident undertaking his residency at the University of Illinois, USA. He is also undertaking a PhD at the University of Liege, Belgium, under the supervision of Dr Anne-Christine Merveille DECVIM-Ca (Cardiology) and Dr Kris Gommeren DECVECC DECVIM-Ca (SAIM). Prior to returning to North America, Christopher worked as a critical care doctor and cardiology trainee at the University of Liege, with a focus on critical care cardiology.

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Marco Mazzarella
Graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bologna in 2016. After a period in small animal first opinion practice, he completed a rotating internship, followed by a cardiology specific internship at Southfields Veterinary Specialists. In 2021 he underwent a Master of Science by Research at The University of Edinburgh, which he succefully completed in 2022. Soon after he started a PhD at the University of Bristol, working on endothelial glycocalyx damage and global endothelial dysfunction in dogs with mitral valve disease. He is currently completing the second year of his PhD. His research interests include all aspects of veterinary cardiology, with a particular focus on endothelial dysfunction and its role in cardiovascular disease.

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Valentina Patata
Valentina Patata graduated in Veterinary Medicine with honors in 2013 at the University of Perugia. In 2016, at the same University, she obtained the PhD in Cardiology, focusing her studies on echocardiography in dogs and cats. During her studies she attended the Veterinary Cardiology Department of Colorado State University and Cornell University. In 2016 she completed a veterinary cardiology internship at the Istituto Veterinario of Novara and in 2017 began the ECVIM-CA residency program in Cardiology under the supervision of Dr. Oriol Domenech and obtains the diploma in 2023. Since 2017 she has been an accredited examiner of Italian Veterinary Observatory for Cardiac Disease. In 2023 she became the head of the Cardiology Department of the Clinica Veterinaria Privata San Marco, in Padua.

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Melissa Papa
Dr. Melissa Papa graduated cum laude in Veterinary Medicine in 2016 (University of Milan, Italy). After a rotational internship, she performed a cardiology internship with Dr. Bussadori at Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso, in Milan (Italy). From February 2018 she is coordinator of Progetto Cardiopatie, for cardiologic breed screening in Italy.From July 2018, she works on Cardiology and Ultrasound Department of Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso, Milan. Speaker on national and international congresses for cardiology sessions; author and coauthor of papers published on scientific journals. On March 2021 she started Residency Program on ECVIM-CA (Cardiology) under supervision of Dr. Claudio Bussadori.

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Kursten Pierce
Kursten Pierce is currently an Assistant Professor in Cardiology at North Carolina State University. Following her cardiology residency at Tufts University she completed a two-year fellowship in interventional cardiology at Colorado State University. Her interests include teaching, the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease, exotics cardiology, cardiac biomarkers, and minimally-invasive fluoroscopically guided interventions.

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Kostis Galanakis
Kostis Galanakis gualified from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, UK in 2014 after having previously undertaken a BSc in Animal Science at Newcastle University, UK. He subsequently worked in small animal general practice in Greece where he developed his own practice. In 2022 he achieved post graduate certification in small animal medicine by the International School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies. During this time he developed a keen interest in veterinary cardiology. In 2023 he moved back to the UK to pursue specialisation in small animal cardiology. He is currently a rotating intern at DWR Veterinary Specialists, UK. He is interested in interventional cardiac procedures.

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Dave Dickson
Dave Dickson is a director of HeartVets, the UK's largest independent cardiology consultancy. He is an RCVS Diplomate and Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology. As well as running a busy clinical, online diagnositic and interventional service, Dave has active research interests focusing on in-practice management of cardiac patients, echocardiography and athlete's heart. He has three children and so spends a lot of time cycling or running to achieve some peace and quiet.

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Soontaree Petchdee
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 in Kasetsart Veterinary Teaching Hospital Kamphaengsaen

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Anne-Christine Merveille

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Anne-Christine Merveille
Graduated in veterinary medicine from the University of Liege in 2018. Rotating internship, specialised internship in cardiology and residency in cardiology at the University of Liege between 2018 and 2023. I am currently a candidate specialist in cardiology and assistant in cardiology at the same university. I am also completing a thesis on pulmonary thromboembolism in dogs.

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Seijirow Goya
Seijirow has a Ph.D. in veterinary medicine from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. He became a permanent lecture in Nihon University after working for 4 years as an assistant professor there.He has recently been researching new treatments for pulmonary hypertension and evaluation methods using computed tomography. His work focuses on the assessing hypoxemia in dogs with cardiopulmonary disease using arterial blood gas analysis and four-dimensional computed tomography computed tomography.WORK HISTORYPh.D. Student, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (April 2014 - March 2018)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (April 2018 - March 2020)
Assistant professor, Nihon University (April 2020 - March 2024)
Senior lecturer, Nihon University (April 2024 - present)MY WORK
First author
・Electrocardiography‐gated non‐helical 320‐row area detector CT angiography for transcatheter occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus in a small breed dog, J. Small Anim. Pract., 2023.・Adjunct ambrisentan therapy had clinical benefits in 5 dogs with sildenafil-refractory pulmonary hypertension, Can. Vet. J.,2022.・Effects of high-dose alacepril on left atrial pressure and central aortic pressure in awake dogs with mitral valve regurgitation, Vet. J., 2019.and more 5 papers.Co-author
・Hemodynamic effect of pimobendan following intramuscular and intravenous administration in healthy dogs: A pilot study, Front. Vet. Sci., 2022.・Color M-Mode Echocardiography for Non-Invasive Assessment of the Intraventricular Pressure in Dogs Before and After Ductus Arteriosus Occlusion: A Retrospective Study, Front. Vet. Sci., 2022. ・Non-invasive Assessment of Pulmonary Artery Wave Reflection in Dogs With Suspected Pulmonary Hypertension, Front. Vet. Sci., 2021.and more 16 papers.In his off time, Seijirow likes walking with his beloved dog. His dog had patent ductus arteriosus with severe pulmonary hypertension, but he completely cured it.

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Sergio Lombardo
I graduated from the University of Messina, Italy, in 2013. After spending 2 years in general practice, I completed a 1-year rotating internship, followed by another internship in small animal cardiology at The Clinica Malpensa referral centre near Milan. Following my internships, I worked at a multi-disciplinary referral centre (Portoni Rossi, Bologna) for 3 years as a cardiology clinician, before moving to the United Kingdom to undergo a specialist cardiology internship program at Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists. In September 2022, I started a cardiology internship with Specialist Veterinary Cardiology Consultancy at the Ralph Referral Centre and became an ECVIM-CA Resident in Cardiology in February 2023.

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Lisa Murphy
Lisa Murphy was born in Galway, Ireland, and completed veterinary school with the University College Dublin, Ireland in 2012. Following a rotating internship in California, USA, she completed a residency in emergency and critical care with Oradell Animal Hospital in New Jersey, USA and became board certified in veterinary emergency and critical care in 2017. She started her cardiology residency with the Univerisity of Madison, Wisconsin in 2023. She is interested in management of acute cardiac disease and arrhythmias.