EBVS^® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine (DipECVIM-CA [Internal Medicine])

RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

2008 - Integrated Master's in Veterinary Medicine (IMVM), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

2018 - European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine (DipECVIM-CA [Internal Medicine]), The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

2019 - Master of Science by Research (MScR) with Distinction (Clinical Veterinary Sciences), The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

2021 - Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), in recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education.

Marisa graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2008 (Integrated Master’s in Veterinary Medicine) at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, joining the University’s Teaching Hospital in the same year, providing generalist medical care to dogs and cats for over four years. In 2018, after five years of clinical specialist training in the south of England and here, at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Marisa obtained a diploma from the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals. In 2019, still at the University of Edinburgh’s Vet School, Marisa completed a MScR in Clinical Veterinary Sciences, studying faecal microbiota modifications by lactulose in healthy dogs. In the same year, after a temporary clinical and teaching post (Teaching Fellow in Small Animal Medicine) at the University of Bristol’s Vet School, England, Marisa re-joined the University of Edinburgh, as a Clinical Academic Track Veterinary (ECAT-V) Clinical Lecturer, starting a Wellcome Trust PhD Training Fellowship for Clinicians in 2020 at the University's Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, within the Stuart Forbes Research Group. Marisa’s PhD explored the influence of biliary epithelial cell senescence on hepatocyte biology, utilising murine models and human samples, and is currently at thesis writing stage. Paralleled with clinical provision at the University’s Hospital for Small Animals Internal Medicine service, Marisa wishes to continue developing her career by studying liver injury and repair within the context of clinical disease, for which her canine and feline medical background offers a platform to leverage translational liver research with a One Health approach.

Stuart Forbes Research Group

https://www.ed.ac.uk/regenerative-medicine/research/stuart-forbes

Undergraduate teaching:

- Year 5, Final Year Rotations

Postgraduate teaching:

- Small Animal Junior Clinical Training Scholars (Interns)

- Small Animal Internal Medicine Specialty Interns

- Small Animal Internal Medicine Senior Clinical Training Scholars (Residents)

Marisa's PhD is focused on the influence of cholangiocyte senescence and its senescence-associated secretory phenotype on hepatocyte biology and differentiation. Marisa is also interested in all aspects of canine and feline internal medicine, although particularly enjoys liver diseases, immune-mediated diseases, vector-borne diseases and interventional radiology and endoscopy.

Small Animal Internal Medicine