Giovanna
Bertolini, DVM, PhD,
is founder and Head of the Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Division at
the San Marco Veterinary Clinic in Padova, Italy, a role she has held since
2003. An expert in advanced imaging for small animals, she was among the first
to introduce multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) in veterinary
medicine. She earned her PhD in Veterinary and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
at the University of Padova in 2009, with special mention Doctor
Europaeus, and completed a research fellowship at the University Medical
Centre of Utrecht on cerebral MDCT perfusion imaging. Between 2010 and
2012, she pursued advanced training in interventional radiology in human
hospitals in Italy and Spain. From 2009 to 2013, she served as Contract
Professor for the “Master in Diagnostic Imaging of Dogs and Cats” at the
University of Camerino. Dr. Bertolini has authored numerous peer-reviewed
articles, book chapters, and scientific abstracts on MDCT in small animals. She
is also the editor and principal author of the reference book Body MDCT
in Small Animals (Springer, 2017). Her current research focuses
on vascular and hepatobiliary diseases, advanced imaging and radiomics, and
vascular interventional radiology.
Giovanna
Bertolini, DVM, PhD,
is founder and Head of the Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Division at
the San Marco Veterinary Clinic in Padova, Italy, a role she has held since
2003. An expert in advanced imaging for small animals, she was among the first
to introduce multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) in veterinary
medicine. She earned her PhD in Veterinary and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
at the University of Padova in 2009, with special mention Doctor
Europaeus, and completed a research fellowship at the University Medical
Centre of Utrecht on cerebral MDCT perfusion imaging. Between 2010 and
2012, she pursued advanced training in interventional radiology in human
hospitals in Italy and Spain. From 2009 to 2013, she served as Contract
Professor for the “Master in Diagnostic Imaging of Dogs and Cats” at the
University of Camerino. Dr. Bertolini has authored numerous peer-reviewed
articles, book chapters, and scientific abstracts on MDCT in small animals. She
is also the editor and principal author of the reference book Body MDCT
in Small Animals (Springer, 2017). Her current research focuses
on vascular and hepatobiliary diseases, advanced imaging and radiomics, and
vascular interventional radiology.