Who are we?

A graduate in Veterinary Medicine from the Universidad de Extremadura, she holds an International PhD in Health Sciences and received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. She also holds master’s degrees in Health Sciences Research, Small Animal Clinical Practice, and Vascular and Non-Vascular Intervention.

She began her training in endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery at the Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón in 2009. After leading minimally invasive departments at referral hospitals, she founded MIA Veterinaria in 2022, a mobile endoscopy, interventional and minimally invasive service.

She teaches on university and specialist training programmes, is the author and co-author of more than 40 scientific publications and is an active member of SLEV and VIRIES.

He graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2009 from ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto. He completed his final-year clinical externships at the University of Tennessee (USA) and at São Paulo State University (UNESP, Brazil).

After graduating, he completed Soft Tissue Surgery Modules I and II and courses in Locoregional Anaesthesia and Abdominal Ultrasound at Hospital de Referência Veterinária Montenegro. In 2010 he took an intensive abdominal ultrasound course with Improve Ibérica and spent a year working alongside the mobile ultrasound service led by Dr José Graça.

In 2012 he completed a residency in the Anaesthesia Service of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Córdoba. That same year he began his training in minimally invasive techniques with the endoscopy and laparoscopic surgery course at the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Cáceres, Spain).

He continued this training with the rigid and flexible endoscopy course at the Centre for Advanced Experimental Surgery (CCEA, Vila do Conde) in 2013 and the advanced rigid and flexible endoscopy techniques course in Málaga in 2017. In 2018 he completed Vetability’s basic and advanced laparoscopic surgery courses and joined MINIMAL as a member.

In 2022 he completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Small Animal Anaesthesia and Surgery at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

He currently serves as Vice-President of MINIMAL.

A graduate in Veterinary Medicine from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1994, she has led Hospital Gattos since 2011, a hospital dedicated exclusively to feline care.

Her training includes the General Practitioner Certificate in Feline Practice from ESVPS, AVEPA accreditation in Feline Medicine and a postgraduate qualification in Feline Medicine from IFEVET. She is a university specialist in Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery, with training at the Centro de Cirugía de Mínima Invasión Jesús Usón.

Author and co-author of books and articles on feline medicine, she teaches on postgraduate programmes and speaks at national and international conferences. Her areas of interest include feline internal medicine, endoscopy and diagnostic imaging.

She completed a Rotating Internship at the Hospital Clínic Veterinari of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) during 2013–2014.

Since the beginning of her professional career, she has shown a special interest in veterinary surgery and minimally invasive techniques, particularly endoscopy, laparoscopy, and thoracoscopy. In 2018, she began her professional practice exclusively dedicated to the field of surgery and minimal invasion.

She has completed specialized training in soft tissue surgery through Improve International’s Master’s in Soft Tissue Surgery, as well as specialized courses in laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, and minimally invasive urology.

She has expanded her knowledge through national and international externships, including one at the Surgical Oncology Service at the University of Florida.

In 2026, she obtained accreditation in the Specialty of Soft Tissue Surgery (GECIRA) from the Association of Spanish Veterinary Specialists in Small Animals (AVEPA).

She has presented at numerous national conferences, contributing to the training and dissemination of knowledge in the field of veterinary surgery. She is also a co-author of scientific articles related to this subject.