Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP-campus of Botucatu (1989), residency in Large Animal Surgery-UNESP-Botucatu (1990/92), master and doctorate programme in Veterinary Surgery from University of São Paulo (1995 and 1998), postdoctoral programme at the Colorado State University (2003) and Full Professor at FMVZ-USP (2004). Served as vice-Director (2003-07) and Director (2007-11) of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and as Vice-Chief (2012-16) and Chief (2016-18; 2019-2020) of the Department of Surgery. Served as a member of the National Committee for Residency in Veterinary Medicine-CNRMV / CFMV (until 2014) and of the Technical Chamber of Animal and Environmental Health of CNRMS / MEC. Currently is a Head Prof. of the Department of Surgery at FMVZ / USP, responsible for the Service of Large Animal Surgery at HOVET-FMVZ / USP, coordinator of the Residency Program in the area of Clinic and Surgery of Large Animals, professor of the Postgraduate Program in Surgical Clinic Veterinary of the Department of Surgery and President of the Committee on Culture and Extension of FMVZ / USP. He has experience in the area of Veterinary Medicine, with an emphasis on Large Animal Surgery, working mainly on the following research topics: equine surgery, endoscopy and videosurgery. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Osteoarthritis usually affects athletic horses. The disease outcomes include pain, poor performance and consequently economic losses. Several types of treatments have been used, and they are divided into conservative and surgical. Even though no therapeutic protocol proves to be completely effective for Osteoarthritis resolution, intra-articular pharmacological intervention is one of the …
The use of laparoscopy in equine gastroenterology became auxiliary in the clinical and surgical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of different diseases that involve the abdomen of horses. Disorders as inflammatory bowel disease, diarrhea and displacement of large colon are commonly observed in the equine clinic. Laparoscopy is a minimally invasive technique, thus the surgical proced…
Arthroscopy is an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool for joint diseases in horses. It´s a minimally invasive procedure that inflicts less damage to the joint capsule and surrounding tissues, leading to faster return to competition. Pressured fluid is often used to distend the capsule for better visualization of the joint structures. To the maintenance of the pressure an ongoing flo…
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Osteoarthritis is a common joint disease that can lead to sports disability, mainly characterized by an inflammatory process that results in progressive chondral deterioration, as well bone alterations and adjacent soft tissues disorders. This disease is a frequent cause of lameness in athletic horses, and results in a severe loss of chondral integrity, causing significant pain, bone remo…
The postoperative period presents a series of potential complications, such as myopathies, which are responsible for a significant portion of the morbidity and or mortality rate in horses. In cases of post-anesthetic myopathies, which may have as aggravating the presence of lesions prior to the anesthetic act and the decubitus position, there is an increase in the serum concentrations of …
The occurrence and consequences of osteoarthritis in equine sports medicine are well-known and undeniable. The joint damage, resulting from inflammatory and degenerative processes, is responsible for several economic losses, morbidity and performance failure for athletic horses. There is a growing concern about the recognition of these degenerative processes in initial stages, when it is …
Physiotherapy and Kinesiotherapy techniques have been employed in the human medicine for a long time as auxiliary treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of several orthopedic conditions. Despite the lack of scientific researches in the veterinary medicine, the mentioned techniques have been applied on animals with good practical effects which are based on the existing outcomes from huma…
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