Laureato in Medicina Veterinaria nel 1996 presso l’Università Autonoma di Barcellona. Dal 2000 al 2004 ha completato il programma d’internship e residency dell’ ECVIM-CA per la specialità di Cardiologia a Milano. Autore di articoli e studi pubblicati e presentati in sede nazionale ed internazionale. Dal 2006 al 2010 ha lavorato come referente di medicina interna e cardiologia a Milano e Barcellona. Dal 2011 è responsabile del servizio di cardiologia dell’Istituto Veterinario di Novara. E’ stato membro del comitato di esame e attualmente è membro del comitato delle credenziali dell’ECVIM-CA (Cardiologia). Dal 2014 è direttore del programma di residency dell’ECVIM-CA (Cardiology) dell’Istituto Veterinario di Novara.
Luca Ferasin
DVM, PhD, CertVC, PGCert(HE), Dipl. ECVIM-CA (Cardiology), GPCert(B&PS), FRCVS
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Dr Luca Ferasin graduated with honours in 1992 from the University of Bologna (Italy). After 3 years research in endocrinology at the BBSRC Institute in Cambridge, he was awarded his PhD in 1996. Following 3 years as Assistant Professor at Padua University (Italy), Luca moved to Bristol University, where he taught cardio-respiratory medicine of the dog and cat for more than 6 years. In 2006-2008, he was Associate Professor in Cardiology at the University of Minnesota (USA). He returned to the UK in 2008 to set up an independent cardiology company (Specialist Veterinary Cardiology Consultancy/ SVCC Ltd) providing cardiology services in various referral institutions, as well as offering telemedicine service and post-graduate teaching. He obtained the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) certificate in cardiology in 2001, the certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education in 2002, the ECVIM diploma (cardiology) in 2004 and a Certificate in Business & Professional Studies in 2011. In 2019, Luca was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for his Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice. Luca has also vastly contributed to the veterinary literature with more than 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters, including the chapter on coughing in the two latest editions of Ettinger’s textbook of Internal Medicine. He also acted as chairman of the ECVIM examination committee and was member of the RCVS examination board and BSAVA congress committee. Luca is a regular speaker in Europe, USA and Asia. His main professional interests include feline cardiology, exercise physiology, interventional cardiology, as well as investigation and clinical management of syncope and coughing.
