Dr. Roberto Santilli graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Milan in 1990. He became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals (Specialty of Cardiology) in 1999. He completed a Master in Electrophysiology and electrical stimulation at the University of Medicine of Insubria, and then a PhD at the University of Turin – College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2010.

Dr. Santilli is the head of the cardiology departments of the Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa in Samarate, Varese (Italy) and of the Ospedale Veterinario I Portoni Rossi, Bologna (Italy). He joined Cornell University in 2014 where he is actively involved in the activities of the cardiac electrophysiologic laboratory. His main research activities include the diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias in dogs and cats.