Rafael Bitencourt received a DVM degree in Veterinary Medicine from the State University of Santa Cruz (UESC) in 2020, and completed a Veterinary Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) from 2020 to 2022. He is currently a member of the Veterinary Oncology Service at FCAV/UNESP, São Paulo, Jaboticabal, Brazil. Moreover, his research topics mainly include Clinical Oncology, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Biomarkers, Minimal Residual Disease (MRD), and Translational Cancer Research.