COURSE LEADER

Romain Pariaut
Romain Pariaut
DVM, DACVIM (Cardio), DECVIM-CA (Cardiology)
Associate Professor, Section Chief of the Cardiology Service and co-Director of the Electrophysiology Lab
Cornell University
 
Dr. Romain Pariaut received his veterinary degree from the Veterinary School in Lyon, which was followed by a rotating internship in 2000 and an emergency and critical care internship in 2001. He was an instructor in emergency and critical care when he got the opportunity to pursue a 3-year residency in cardiology at Cornell University. He obtained board certification from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) in 2005 and the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2006.

He was an assistant and then associate professor of Cardiology at Louisiana State University until joining Cornell University in 2015. His primary focus is arrhythmia diagnosis and treatment, and interventional cardiology.

SPEAKERS

N. Sydney Moise
N. Sydney Moise
DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM and Cardiology)
C.V. Starr Professor of Cardiology
Cornell University
 
Dr. Sydney Moïse is involved in teaching, clinical practice, and research. Her research has centered on arrhythmias in dogs. Currently, her research is directed toward the normal and abnormal patterning of cardiac rhythms during long-term Holter analysis.

She also has orchestrated collaborative studies to understand the mechanisms of degeneration of the mitral valve in dogs. She was awarded the AVMA research award for arrhythmia studies in German shepherds and the Bourgelat Award for international contribution to the clinical practice of veterinary medicine.

Roberto Santilli
Roberto Santilli
Dr. Med. Vet. PhD, Kipl.E.C.V.I.M.-C.A. (Cardiology)
Adjunct Professor of Cardiology
Cornell University
 
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.