She attended the Veterinary School Medicine in Parma from 2000 to 2005.
In 2005, she completed a 6-months pre-graduate practical internship at the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, where she studied parts of her degree thesis, awarded in October of that year, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Parma.
Since the early university years she has been interested in emergency medicine and intensive care.
In 2006 she started a Post-Graduated Rotational Internship, lasting one year, in Medicine and Surgery of small animals in Lyon, (Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire Lyon), where she spends a lot of time in the Intensive care unit, (SIAMU)
directed by Dr. Isabelle Goy-Thollot.
In September 2007 she got the Internship graduation in Lyon.
Starting from November 2007, until January 2009, she is part of the of the S. Giorgio Veterinary Clinic, 24h Emergency Department team, directed by Dr. Viganò Fabio.
In the following years she carried out several externships in different ICU in USA:
2009 the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in Davis, California, at the ICU, Department of Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, with Dr. Kate Hopper.
2009 the Royal Veterinary College of London in the ICU with Dr. Daniel Chan.
2010 the Animal Emergency Center in Glendale, Wisconsin, USA, directed by Dr. Rebecca Kirby, with Dr. Elke Rudloff and Dr. Andrew Linklater.
2011 the Animal Medical Center in New York, in the intensive care unit, with Dr. Jennifer Prittie.
From 2009 to present she has been following the EVECCS Meetings in Europe and IVECCS in the USA.
Since 2008 she has been a speaker at SIMUTIV (Italian Society of ECC) and SCIVAC (Small Animal Companion Veterinary Society).
In 2010 she published an article in JVECC, as the second author, entitled: “Administration of 5% human serum albumin in critically ill small animal patients with hypoalbuminemia: 418 dogs and 170 cats (1994 ^ 2008) ".
In 2012-2013 she worked with Dr. Viganò in writing three chapters in the "First Aid Manual in dogs and cats" 1st ed. May 2013.
In 2016, after having attended one year of courses, she obtained the 2nd level Master in Urology and Nephrology Medecine of small animals at the University of Pisa, discussing a thesis on peritoneal dialysis.
From 2016 to October 2018, she started attending the Veterinary Department of Nephrology and Urology and Intensive Care at the University of Bologna.
From 2016 to present, she is a lecturer at the 2nd Level Master Course in Internal Medicine of small animals at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Parma.
In 2014 he joined the SIMUTIV Board of Directors (Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Society), first as Vice President and now from October 2017 to October 2024 as President and now as Past-President.
In June 2018 she is the Chair of local Congresss organizing committee, involved for the organization of EVECC, entitled "Straight to the heart" at the Lido of Venice.
From October 2018 to nowadays she started a PhD without scholarship at the University of Bologna in Veterinary Nephrology-Urology with particular interest in the intensive therapy of the nephropathic patient and dialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
In the same year she collaborated in the drafting of the article "Prospective evaluation of rapid point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of acute leptospirosis in dogs" published in same year in The Veterinary Journal.
In May 2022, she became certified as a CPR, BLS, and ALS Recover® Resuscitator.
In June 2022, she received her PhD in Nephrology and Urology from the University of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna.
From October 2022 to the present, she began the Dialysis Academy with Dr. Cowgill, successfully completing it in June 2024.
In May 2023, she passed the exam and became a CPR and RECOVER® Resuscitation Instructor.
Since July 2023, she has been part of the Emergency Room and Intensive Care Team at the University of Veterinary Medicine of Bologna and continues to work as a freelance consultant with a particular focus on Emergency Medicine,
Intensive
Care, and Nephro-Urology in various facilities in northern Italy.
She loves classical ballet, rock music and cinema.
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