Dr. Sara Ghilardi graduated with honors in 2020 from the University of Milan after two years of internship in the Cardiology Unit of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Lodi. In 2021, following a six-month rotating traineeship, she started working in the Anesthesia Department of the Gran Sasso Veterinary Clinic, Milan, under the supervision of dr. Claudio Bussadori and dr. Davide Gamba. Her main job is the management of anesthesia in patients affected by congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases that undergo interventional, hybrid, and open-heart surgeries. From 2021, she has been enrolled in a PhD program at the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, under the supervision of prof. Paola Brambilla, head of the Cardiology Unit. That has given her the opportunity to improve her specialistic approach to the cardiovascular diseases of dogs and cats, focusing mainly on the diagnostic aspects and the therapeutic management of acquired and congenital heart diseases. At the same time, she dealt with the teaching experience, lecturing to the students of Veterinary Medicine courses the clinical approach to cardiovascular diseases in dogs and cats through theoretical and practical lessons. In 2023, as a part of her PhD program, she did a three-month visiting period at the Cardiology Service of the Colorado State University, USA, under the supervision of prof. Christopher Orton. Her main professional interests include cardiovascular physiology and pathology of dogs and cats, and hemodynamic and anesthesiologic management of canine and feline cardiac diseases. She is an author of scientific publications published in peer reviewed journals.