Paolo Silvestrini, DVM, PhD, DECVIM
Paolo graduated from the University of Perugia, Italy, in 2002. He spent the following three years working in private practice in Rome. In 2007, he gained the Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine certificate from the University of Pisa, Italy. He then completed an 18-month official rotating internship at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, in Spain, followed by a 3-year residency in Internal Medicine at the same University. During the first year of his residency, he obtained a Master’s Degree discussing a final project on small animal transfusion medicine. In September 2012 Paolo successfully passed the final exam for the ECVIM-CA board and became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Recognized European Veterinary Specialist. In 2015 he was awarded the RCVS Recognized Specialist status. In 2016 he completed a PhD research project about new clinico-pathological aspects of canine leishmaniasis. From 2013 to 2021, he has been employed as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Since October 2021, he is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Interventional Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.Paolo is particularly interested in infectious diseases (vector-borne diseases in particular) and minimally invasive procedures for respiratory and urinary systems.
Silvestrini, P., Piviani, M., Masian, D. S. Ischaemic myelopathy in a cat with chronic kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, and hyperaldosteronism Veterinary Record Case Reports 9: 1, 2021.
Casamian-Sorrosal, D., Silvestrini, P., Blake, R., Kortum, A., Watson, P. J., Martinez, Y., Alvarez, J. L., Keegan, S. Clinical features and long-term follow-up of 70 cases of canine idiopathic eosinophilic lung disease Veterinary Record 187: 8, 2020.
Busto, I. del, German, A. J., Treggiari, E., Romanelli, G., O’Connell, E. M., Batchelor, D. J., Silvestrini, P., Murtagh, K. Incidence of postoperative complications and outcome of 48 dogs undergoing surgical management of insulinoma Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 34: 1135-1143, 2020.
Silvestrini, P. Dealing with leishmaniosis in dogs and cats Veterinary Record 184: 254-255, 2019.
Latre, A. R., McPartland, A., Cain, D., Walker, D., Black, V., Steen, N. van den, Warman, S., Battersby, I., Murtagh, K., Silvestrini, P., Batchelor, D., Tappin, S. W. Canine sterile steroid-responsive lymphadenitis in 49 dogs Journal of Small Animal Practice 60: 280-290, 2019.
Finotello, R., Schiavo, L., Ressel, L., Frohmader, A., Silvestrini, P., Verin, R. Lipoxygenase-5 expression in canine urinary bladder: normal urothelium, cystitis and transitional cell carcinoma Journal of Comparative Pathology 170: 1-9, 2019.
Mesquita, L., Mortier, J., Ressel, L., Finotello, R., Silvestrini, P., Piviani, M. Neoplastic pleural effusion and intrathoracic metastasis of a scapular osteosarcoma in a dog: a multidisciplinary integrated diagnostic approach Veterinary Clinical Pathology 46: 337-343, 2017.
Silvestrini, P., Batchelor, D., Allenspach, K., Maunder, C., Seth, M., Mas, A., Hill, T., Serrano, G., Roura, X., Planellas, M., German, A. J., Pastor, J. Clinical leishmaniasis in dogs living in the UK Journal of Small Animal Practice 57: 453-458, 2016.
Silvestrini, P., Zoia, A., Planellas, M., Roura, X., Pastor, J., Ceron, J. J., Caldin, M. Iron status and C-reactive protein incanine leishmaniasis Journal of Small Animal Practice 55: 95-101, 2014.
Fernandez, M., Altet, L., Martinez-Diaz, V. L., Tabar, M. D., Silvestrini, P., Francino, O., Roura, X. Assessment of PCR status of vector-borne pathogens in dogs presenting arrhythmias Comparative Clinical Pathology 23: 1447-1452, 2014.
Silvestrini, P., Piviani, M., Alberola, J., Rodriguez-Cortes, A., Planellas, M., Roura, X., O’Brien, P. J., Pastor, J. Serum cardiac troponin I concentrations in dogs with leishmaniasis: correlation with age and clinicopathologic abnormalities Veterinary Clinical Pathology 41: 568-574, 2012.
Vrabelova, D., Silvestrini, P., Ciudad, J., Gimenez, J. C., Ballesteros, M., Puig, P., Ruiz de Gopegui, R. Analysis of 2735 canine uroliths in Spain and Portugal. A retrospective study: 2004-2006 Research in Veterinary Science 91: 208-11, 2011.
Torrente, C., Silvestrini, P., Ruiz de Gopegui, R. Severe life-threatening hypokalemia in a cat with suspected distal renal tubular acidosis Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (San Antonio, Tex.: 2001) 20: 250-7, 2010.
selected vector-borne diseases in the UK dogs with overt clinical leishmaniosis but negative or low positive serology canine and feline immune-mediated polyarthritis canine hypoparathyroidism
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2007 to 2010)
Residency, Small Animal Internal Medicine
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2006 to 2007)
Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery
Certificate in Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (CPS) – University of Liverpool (2016 to 2016)
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Hospital & Services:
Education:
PhD (Veterinary Medicine) Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2016 MSc (Veterinary Research) Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2009 DVM (Veterinary Medicine) University of Perugia, 2002
Board Certification:
Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Companion Animal)
Additional Certification:
RCVS-Recognized Specialist in Veterinary Small Animal Internal Medicine SPCAA-Specialist in Pathology and Clinics of Companion Animals
Contact:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104