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

Professor, Cardiology
  • Director, Comparative Cardiovascular Laboratory

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