Organizational Committee
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Gaetano Oliva
President
LeishVet Founding Member
Gaetano Oliva
Department of Veterinary Medicine
University of Naples Federico II
Naples, Italy
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Graduate in Veterinary Medicine on 31/07/1984, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Naples, Italy
- Full Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine
- Director of Regional Center (Campania Region, Italy) of Veterinary Pharmacovigilance
- Member of WSAVA One Health Committee
- Founder Member of Leishvet group (www.Leishvet.org)
- President of the National Committee for the Scientific Qualification of University Professors in Veterinary Pharmacology and Internal Medicine
- Director of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Food Animal Production, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Current research interest: 1. Evaluation and testing of new drugs against Leishmania parasite; 2. Clinical and Immunological aspects of Leishmaniasis in the dog; 3. Zoonotic findings of Leishmaniasis
Publications: more than 150, published on national and international refereed journals.
Patrick Bourdeau
Vice-President
LeishVet Founding Member
Patrick Bourdeau
Recent position | Full Professor
Head of Unit and Clinics of Parasitology / Dermatology / Mycology
Department of Clinical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine – ONIRIS : University of Nantes
Atlanpole – La Chantrerie BP 40706 – 44307 NANTES Cedex 03 – France
Current position | Recently retired (Dec. 2020) – Private consulting activity
Prof. Dr Patrick Bourdeau graduated in Maisons-Alfort / France. He was assistant then associate professor in the Parasitology Service in Maisons-Alfort before to move to Veterinary school of Nantes in 1990. He passed the Agregation in Veterinary Parasitology. His is also Certified in Human and Veterinary Parasitology, Medical Mycology from Pasteur Institute; Paris and Doctor in Zoology/Ecotoxicology (PhD). He became one of the first Diplomates of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology in 1993 and initiated the concept of the European College of Veterinary Parasitology in 1998 (finalized 2003). He was temporarily a board member in these two colleges.
Until December 2020 he was Professor of Dermatology and Parasitology in Veterinary School of Nantes (now a part of Oniris) and, since 2000, head of the corresponding Unit for the Dermatology, Parasitology, Mycology including the clinics and included in the department of Clinical Sciences. He developed also a laboratory of diagnosis on these domains and particularly Veterinary Mycology. He developed the first course in Dermatology and clinics dedicated to Veterinary Dermatology in Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort in 1989, where he maintained this activity until 1998, and simultaneously developed this domain in the Veterinary School of Nantes since 1991. He participated then was the coordinator of the French certificate of dermatology and managed the National diploma of specialization.
Dr. Bourdeau participated to multiple international congresses in the fields of Veterinary Dermatology, Parasitology and Mycology and was invited as lecturer in World and International congresses and workshops in these domains as well. He is one of the founding members of the Leishvet Group.
Dr Bourdeau is author or co-author of over 200 publications (research, review, education) or book chapters and over than 400 short communications or lectures to international congresses or workshops. His interest is particularly developed in (Ecto)parasites (fleas, ticks, mites and new pathogens) and relationship with allergy or skin interface, internal parasites of companion animals and horses, and vectorial or zoonotic parasitic or fungal infections. He developed his interested in Canine Leishmaniosis (epidemiology, clinics, diagnosis and therapy) since 1983.
Dr Bourdeau also developed other domains related to the qualification in applied zoology. The first one was the development of training and clinics for Zoo, Laboratory and exotic animals and the second was, for a long period in parallel to his primary occupation, research in marine biology.
Luis Cardoso
Secretary
LeishVet Founding Member
Luis Cardoso
Department of Veterinary Sciences
School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)
5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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Laura Ordeix
Treasurer
LeishVet Executive Member
Laura Ordeix
Responsible of the dermatology service at the Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and associate professor of veterinary medicine at the same university
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She holds a Degree in Veterinary Medicine (1996), a master’s in clinical investigation applied to health sciences (2014) and a Doctorate in Veterinary entitled “The spectrum of cutaneous manifestations in canine leishmaniosis: insights into diagnosis and immune responses” (2018) all from UAB. Moreover, she is a diplomate of the European College for Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD, 2002).
Dr. Ordeix has been member of several scientific committees of national and international meetings. Currently, she is a member of the Credentials Committee of the ECVD and an Associated Editor of Clínica de Pequeños Animales of Asociación de Veterinarios Españoles Especialistas en Pequeños Animales (AVEPA).
Gad Baneth
LeishVet Founding Member
Gad Baneth
School of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100
Israel
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Prof. Baneth graduated from the Hebrew University School of Veterinary Medicine in Israel in 1990. He did a Small Animal internship and residency at the HebrewUniversity until 1994 followed by a fellowship in Infectious Diseases Research at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North CarolinaStateUniversity during 1994 and 1995. He received a PhD in veterinary parasitology from the HebrewUniversity in 2000. Prof. Baneth is a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ECVCP), as Associate Member of the European College of Veterinary Parasitology (EVPC) and served as head of the Small Animal Internal MedicineDepartment at the Hebrew University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Prof. Baneth’s research interests focus on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of veterinary and zoonotic vector-borne infectious diseases. He is a member of the: editorial board of the Journal Veterinary Parasitology, chairman of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Board of Directors – Israeli Society for Parasitology, Protozoology and Tropical Diseases (ISPPTD), and vice president of the LeishVet group for standardization of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of canine leishmanioasis.
Prof. Baneth heads a laboratory for the research of vector-borne diseases which also provides diagnostic services for parasitic and vector-brone pathogens. Prof,. Baneth’s research is funded by several international and national funding agencies including the European Community, US-NIAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Israel Science Foundation, Israeli Ministries of Health and Environmental Protection. He has extensive research collaborations with the HebrewUniversityMedicalSchool, ChariteUniversity in Berlin, Germany, European and AmericanVeterinarySchools, The Pasteur Institute of Tunis and Al Quds University in the Palestinian Authority. He is also involved in research on parasitic zoonoses in the developing world including Ethiopia and Uzbekistan.
Guadalupe Miró
Past-President
LeishVet Founding Member
Guadalupe Miró
DVM, PhD, Dipl. EVPC
Full Professor Animal Health Dept.
Veterinary School
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Avda/ Puerta de Hierro s/n
28040 Madrid, Spain
Email: gmiro@ucm.es
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Guadalupe Miró qualified from the Madrid Veterinary School where she completed her PhD thesis. She has held a permanent position as Full Professor in Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases at the Animal Health Department (Universidad Complutense of Madrid).
Diplomate of the European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC).
Director of the researching group and diagnosis laboratory of pet parasites (PetParasiteLab) at the UCM.
Currently in charge of the Consultant of Infectious diseases at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Madrid Veterinary School with a special focus on infectious diseases of small animals.
Her areas of research specialisation are vector borne diseases of pets, mainly canine & animal leishmaniosis and shelter medicine involving the epidemiology and control of zoonotic diseases.
She is a member of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP), the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID), the Spanish Society of Parasitology (SOCEPA). She is also founding member of ESCCAP (Spain representative) and LeishVet group (President) and member of the main Spanish Associations of Veterinary Practitioners’ (AMVAC and AVEPA).
Her scientific output consists of numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and is author/coathor of several books in the field.
Maria Grazia Pennisi
LeishVet Founding Member
Maria Grazia Pennisi
DVM, specialist in Applied Microbiology
Full professor Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie
Università degli Studi di Messina
Via Palatucci, 13
98168-Messina, Italia
ORCID number: 0000-0002-3169-4194
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1979: graduation in Veterinary Medicine at University of Messina, Italy
1980: grantholder at Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno (Portici, Naples-Italy)
1981-1982: grantholder at the National Research Council (Rome-Italy)
1982: post-graduation degree in Applied Microbiology at University of Messina, Italy
1983-1991: researcher – Clinical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Messina, Italy
1991-2000: associate professor – Clinical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Messina, Italy
2000-at present: full professor – Clinical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Messina, Italy
Dr Pennisi heads a research laboratory for veterinary serological and microscopical investigations and has a particular research interest in clinical aspects of feline transmissible diseases and companion animal’s vector- borne diseases, including epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. She was consultant of feline medicine at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Messina up to 2020.
Dr. Pennisi research is funded by several private companies and she has extensive national and international research collaborations. She is author of some 130 papers published in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, and many oral communications and posters, and lectures as inviteded speaker in national and international congresses.
Founding member of the international association LeishVet.
Board member of the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD).
Member of the scientific board of “Rassegna di Medicina Felina” and “Bollettino AIVPA”
Member of the scientific board of the “Companion Animal Vector-Borne Diseases World Forum”
Member of the International Society of Feline Medicine
Member of the Interntional Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases
Laia Solano-Gallego
LeishVet Founding Member
Dr. Laia Solano-Gallego
DVM, PhD, Dip. ECVCP
Full professor
Departament animal medicine and surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
ORCID number: 0000-0001-8479-4896
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Dr. Laia Solano-Gallego received her DVM degree from the UAB in 1996. Her PhD concerned the immunology and diagnosis of canine leishmaniosis from the same University from 1997-2001. She did a post-doctoral clinical research in vector borne diseases of dogs and cats at the School of Veterinary Medicine of the North Carolina State University (USA) during 2002-2003. She did a small animal rotating internship at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Purdue University (USA) during 2003-2004. Dr. Solano-Gallego worked at the private hospital and laboratory of San Marco (Padova, Italy) where she performed clinicodiagnostic activity and clinical research in clinical pathology and internal medicine with predominant interest in vector borne diseases of dogs and cats during 2004-2007. She is Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ECVCP) since 2006. She was a Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of University of London during 2007-2011. Currently, she is a full professor at UAB.
Dr. Laia Solano-Gallego’s research interests focus on the pathogenesis, immunology, diagnosis, clinical aspects, treatment and prevention of veterinary and zoonotic vector-borne infectious diseases including leishmaniosis.
Dr. Laia Solano-Gallego heads a laboratory for the research of vector-borne diseases. Dr. Laia Solano-Gallego’s research is funded by several international and national funding agencies including the European Community, BBSRC (UK), Spanish government and several private pharmaceutical companies. She has extensive research collaborations with the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), the Hebrew University Veterinary School, Università di Messina (Italy), Hellenic Pasteur Institute (Greece) and other national, European and American Veterinary Schools and Universities.
She is author of 136 manuscripts published in peer reviewed international journals, three books, 21 book chapters, many oral communications and poster and lectures as invited speaker in national and international congresses.
