María Fernández Villar

She graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2010. Her passion for animals has been with her since childhood, having always been clear about her vocation.

In 2011 she moved to Girona to complete an internship at the Canis Veterinary Hospital, with cardiology and diagnostic imaging as her areas of special interest. During that period she expanded her training with stays at the Molins Veterinary Hospital and the Maresme Veterinary Hospital, both in Barcelona. In 2012 she obtained a postgraduate diploma in veterinary cardiology from the UCM.

From September 2012 to 2017 she worked at a veterinary hospital in Cantabria, in charge of the cardiology and neurology service. During those years she trained further in canine and feline neurology, with stays at the Veterinary Clinical Hospital UAX and at AniCura Vetsia Veterinary Hospital, both in Madrid.

Since then she has continued to expand her training in internal medicine and diagnostic imaging through several courses and stays at reference centers:

• Course in abdominal ultrasound and advanced echocardiography at the San Pedro veterinary clinic in León.
• Personalized course in cardiology and ECG taught by Oriol Domenech at the Veterinary Institute of Novara (Italy).
• Stays in the cardiorespiratory department at the University of Edinburgh (BVM&S), in Scotland.
• Course in abdominal ultrasound at AniCura Vetsia Veterinary Hospital, in Madrid.
• Stay in the abdominal ultrasound and cardiology department of the Gattos Feline Clinical Center, in Madrid.
• Stay in the cardiology and neurology department at the Diagnosfera Veterinary Reference Center, in Madrid.
• Advanced Abdominal Ultrasound course in Seville.
• Course in Advanced Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Diseases in dogs and cats at the Diagnostic Imaging Institute of Toledo.
• Master's degree in Internal Medicine and Emergencies taught by AEVA.
• Course in canine and feline Cytology.
• Feline Internal Medicine courses I and II taught by Novotech.
• Advanced Echocardiography course in feline patients.

Her Asturian roots and her family take up 100% of her time outside work, sharing her life with two little dogs, Deva and Trifón, and 3 cats, Prim, Cata and Olegario.