CURRICULUM VITAE OF ANTONELLA PUGGIONI DrMedVet, CertDVI, DipECVDI PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS European Veterinary Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging (DipECVDI) WORK EXPERIENCE 2006 to present College lecturer in veterinary diagnostic imaging and clinical radiologist at the School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine and University veterinary hospital, UCD, Dublin 2002 to 2006 Resident in veterinary diagnostic imaging at the School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine and University veterinary hospital UCD,Dublin 2000 to 2003 Veterinary practitioner in four different clinics for small animals in Sassari, Italy. Two months internship at the Clinica Equina Bagnarola, Bologna, Italy EDUCATION 1999 Professional state examination, Sassari, Italy 1993-1999 Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (110/110 with honours) Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sassari, Italy. Dissertation thesis The seminoma in the horse. Supervisor Mr. Eraldo Sanna Passino 1993 High school diploma (52/60) in classical studies at the Liceo Classico D.A. Azuni, Sassari, Italy COURSES/CONFERENCES ATTENDED AS INVITED SPEAKER September 2014: Corso Pratico SCIVAC. Radiologia dell addome. Cremona, Italy September 2013: one day CPD as only speaker. Abdominal and thoracic radiology in the dog and cat. Cagliari, Italy May-June 2013: SCIVAC annual congress, Rimini, Italy. Three lectures April 2013: March 2011: AVEPA annual congress, Granada, Spain. Four lectures (in Spanish) online CPD course for UCD. One hour lecture on small animal abdominal ultrasound.
March 2011: March 2009: January 2009: Nov 2008: March 2008: Vicas radiography/radiology course in city west hotel, Dublin. Oneday course. Only speaker. BCF-UCD Small animal basic ultrasound of the abdomen (lectures and practicals), UCD, Dublin BCF-UCD Equine basic: ultrasound of the equine tendons (lectures and practicals), UCD, Dublin BCF-UCD Small animal basic: ultrasound of the abdomen (lectures and practicals) UCD, Dublin SCIVAC course on Basic radiology of the skeleton Cremona, Italy (2 days, lectures and practicals) PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS 2013 An optimized protocol for multislice computed tomography of the canine brain Zarelli M,Shwartz T., Puggioni A., Pinilla M., Doherty J.V., McAllister H.. Accepted for publication by Veterinary radiology and ultrasound in November 2013 Caudal approach and Mini TightRope system (mtr) application for the treatment of craniodorsal hip luxation in a cat: a case report. R. Tamburro, F.Carli, F. Cinti, A. Puggioni, A. Venturini. Veterinarni Medicina, 58, 2013 (9) 2012 Comparison of ultrasound-guided vs. blind techniques for intrasynovial injections of the shoulder area in horses : Scapulohumeral joint, bicipital and infraspinatus bursae W. Schneeweiss, A. Puggioni and F. David; EVJ 2012 Radiography and radiology of the equine skull. Normal anatomy and common pathologies. Puggioni A.; EAVDI yearbook 2012 2009 Thrombosis of the Pulmonary Artery in a Yearling Thoroughbred Colt J. Bryan, A. Puggioni, H. McAllister, J. Callanan, L. Katz and V. Duggan; JVIM; Volume 23 Issue 1, Pages 215-219 2008 Pravastatin prevents aortic root dilation in Marfan Syndrome Abstract 4279. J. Byrne; J. McGuinness; E. Tobin; V. Andreoni; A. Puggioni; E. Kay; A. D Hill; D. Bouchier Hayes; H. Dietz; M. Redmond. Circulation. 2008;118:S_857,American Heart Association, Inc. Canine urinary incontinence. Part I: aetiology and diagnosis R. Shiel, A. Puggioni, B. Keeley; Irish veterinary Journal; Vol 61, N. 11
Canine urinary Incontinence. Part II: treatment R.Shiel, A. Puggioni, B. Keeley; Irish veterinary Journal; Vol. 61, N.12 Radiographic findings in 17 grey and common seals EVDI annual congress. Svolvaer, Norway (Presentation) Right cranial lung lobe torsion after a diaphragmatic rupture repair in a Jack Russel terrier. Terzo E., Pink J., Puggioni A., Shiel R., Andreoni V., McAllister H. Irish veterinary Journal, Vol 61, N.3 170-174 2008 2007 Shiel R., Acke E., Puggioni A. Cassidy J., Mooney C. Tertiary hypothyroidism in a dog. Irish Veterinary Journal Vol 60. N.2, 88-93, 2007. Imaging of the endocrine glands, UVH conference, Dublin. Puggioni A.(Presentation) 2006 The influence of sternal versus lateral recumbency on the L5-L6 midlaminar distance Puggioni A., Arnett R. et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2006; 47: 449-452 2005 Correlation between dog position and mid- laminar distance at L5- L6. Puggioni, Arnett, Clegg, Glyde, McAllister. EAVDI Congress, Naples, Italy. (Oral presentation) Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the equine head. An unusual case of squamous cell carcinoma. SannaPassino, Puggioni, Careddu, Manunta, Columbano, Muzzetto. EAVDI Congress, Naples, Italy- (Poster) 2004 Iatrogenic urethrocutaneous-fistula in a male Collie dog. Puggioni, Gibbs, Glyde, Doyle, Tobin.(EAVDI Congress, Ghent, Belgium (Poster) 2003 A case of abdominal distension after exercise in a racing Greyhound. Puggioni, Brennan, McCarthy, McAllister. EAVDI BID meeting, Cambridge (Oral presentation) GRANTS AND AWARDS
2011 Awarded by the Italian government the "Visiting professor" grant to act as clinician (ultrasonographer) and lecturer for two weeks at the Faculty of Veterinary medicine Sassari. 2005 EAVDI travel award to attend the EVDI congress in Naples Nov. 2000 Jun. 2001 Scholarship from the Irish Department of Education and Science to assist and participate in the activities of the Large Animal Surgery Clinic at the School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, UCD, under the supervision of Prof. Chris Bellenger, 1997-1999 Internship, Radiology Department, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sassari, Italy, 1997 Externship, Horse Studies Department of the Military Veterinary Center, Grosseto, Italy, 1996 Erasmus 6 months scholarship at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. COURSES AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED 2013 CT-user meeting, Ghent, Belgium EVDI annual congress Cascais, Portugal 2012 EVDI annual/ivra congress, Bursa Turkey, August 2010 CT for the canine and feline patients. Cambridge 2009 EAVDI BID autumn meeting, October, Glasgow, Scotland 2008 SIVE Annual congress January, Venice, Italy EAVDI BID meeting, April, Birmingham, England, UK EVDI annual Congress August, Svolvaer, Norway (speaker) EAVDI BID autumn meeting, November, Dublin, Ireland (speaker and organiser) 2007 3 rd MRI User meeting May, Bern UVH conference, (speaker) EAVDI BID Meeting, Cambridge AVEPA-SEVC Barcelona, October 2006 EAVDI BID Meeting, Cambridge, England, UK Short Course in Nuclear Medicine, Ghent, Belgium 2005 EAVDI BID pre-bsava meeting, Birmingham, England, UK Medical imaging in exotics and birds, Ghent, Belgium Advanced radiology and ultrasound course, Cambridge, England, UK EAVDI Annual Congress, Naples, Italy
Internal medicine meeting, Dublin Enhancing student learning in tutorial, UCD Centre for teaching and learning Seminar Presentations, UCD Centre for Teaching and Learning FFR physics course, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin (30 weeks) 2004 EAVDI BID meeting pre-bsava, Birmingham, England, UK Large animal radiology/radiography course- RCV, London, England, UK EAVDI annual congress, Ghent, Belgium EAVDI BID meeting, Cambridge, England, UK 2003 Vicas autumn meeting on thoracic radiology, Maynooth, Ireland EAVDI BID meeting pre-bsava, Birmingham, England, UK BSAVA Congress, Birmingham, England, UK Vicas Orthopaedic Skills Course I, Dublin EAVDI BID meeting, Cambridge, England, UK Excel and PowerPoint courses, UCD Computing Services COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in the use of Kodak Directview PACS System Proficient in the use of Microsoft Windows and MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) Proficient in the use of Osirix Proficient in the use of Apple software LANGUAGES Italian: mother tongue English: proficient (written and oral) Spanish: proficient (written and oral) French: basic/intermediate (written and oral)