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Michele Borgarelli, DVM, PhD, DECVIM–Companion Animals (Cardiology)

Professor, Cardiology
  • Director, Comparative Cardiovascular Laboratory
Michele Borgarelli
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

PhD, Clinical Veterinary Sciences (Cardiology), 2004
University of Torino
Torino, Italy

DVM, 1989
University of Torino
Torino, Italy

  • European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine—Companion Animals (Cardiology), 1991
  • Pathophysiology and treatament of chronic degenerative mitral valve disease in dogs
  • Pulmonary hypertension in patients with left-sided heart disease
  • Advanced echocardiographic imaging
  • Pathophysiology and treatment of chronic heart failure

2017-present
Professor, Cardiology

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2012-2017
Associate Professor, Cardiology

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2007-2012
Associate Professor, Cardiology

College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

2001-2007
Assistant Professor, Cardiology and Internal Medicine

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Torino
Torino, Italy

1990-2000
Cardiology and Internal Medicine Consultant

Clinica Veterinaria Valsusa
Avigliana, TO, Italy

  • European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • European Society of Veterinary Cardiology
  • Italian Society of Veterinary Cardiology
  • Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence, 2019
  • Prize for best article in European Journal Companion Animal Practice, "Ultrasonographic evaluation of gastrointestinal tract part I and II," 1999