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Paolo Porzio, DVM, MVetSc, DACVIM, Diplomate ACVIM


ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

1999 DIPLOMATE

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)
Specialty of Internal Medicine
Lakewood, CO 80215

1995 MASTER OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

University of Saskatchewan
College of Veterinary Medicine
Saskatoon, SK Canada S7N 5B4

1992 DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

University of Parma
College of Veterinary Medicine
Parma, Italy 43100

OTHER CREDENTIALS

1998 — Certificate of Qualification from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association

1994 — Certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates.

1992 — National Board Exam and Clinical Competency Test.

1992 — European Community Veterinary Board Exam.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 Internal Medicine Specialist

Porzio Veterinary Professional Corporation
Internal Medicine Specialty Practice
Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1Z1

2001 Internal Medicine Specialist

Tuckahoe Animal Hospital Referral Services
Tuckahoe, NY 10707

2000 Internal Medicine Specialist

Michigan Veterinary Specialists
Southfield, MI 48076

1999 Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department of Clinical Studies
University of Guelph
Ontario Veterinary College
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1

Formal Lectures:

93-385 Introduction to Medicine

i. Polyuria and Polydipsia

ii. Alterations in Body Weight

93-444 Medicine and Surgery of the Dog and Cat II

i. Thyroid Endocrinopathies

ii. Hyperadrenocorticism

iii. Chronic Renal Failure

iv. Glomerular Disease

v. Urolithiasis

vi. Disorders of Micturition

1998 Collaborative Research

Nephrology Division
St. Michael's Hospital
University of Toronto School of Medicine
Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1A6

1995-98 Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine

University of Saskatchewan
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4

1994 Rotating Internship Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

Michigan State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
East Lansing, Michigan 48824

1993 Post Graduate Clinical Training Program

The Animal Medical Center
New York, New York 10021

1992 Externship in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Veterinary Institute of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53218

1991 Externship in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery

The University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Athens, Georgia 30602

1990 Olafson Pathology Review Course

Cornell University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, New York 14853

1990 Externship in Veterinary Pathology and Necropsy

Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, New York 14853

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

P Porzio, JW Pharr, AL Allen: Excretory Urography by Intraosseous Injection in a Rabbit Model. Vet Rad Ultras, 42: 238-43, 2001.

P Porzio: Shock. In Small Animal Cardiology Secrets. Abbott JA (ed). Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, 2000.

P Porzio, M Halberthal, D Bohn, ML Halperin: Design of a Treatment for Acute Symptomatic Hyponatremia: ensuring the excretion of a predictable amount of electrolyte-free water. Crit Care Med, 28: 1-6, 2000.

P Porzio, JA Render, KE Baptiste: Exertional Rhabdomyolysis in an Adult Siberian Husky. J Vet Emerg Crit Care, 7: 43-48, 1997.

JA Abbott, P Porzio: Rupture of the Left Aortic Sinus into the Pulmonary Artery in a Dalmatian Dog. Vet Rad Ultras, 39: 544-550, 1998.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

P Porzio, JW Pharr, AL Allen: Excretory Urography by Intraosseous Injection in a Rabbit Model. American College of Veterinary Radiology, Veterinary Cancer Society. Chicago, 1997.

AWARDS

1997 Dr. Dennis Shute Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement.

University of Saskatchewan
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2002-Pres Member of the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association

2000-2002 Member of the New York State Veterinary Medical Association.

1999-Pres Member of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

1998-Pres Member of the College of Veterinarians of Ontario.

1997-1998 Advisor for the WCVM Student Chapter of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.

1995-1998 Member of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association.

1995-1998 Member of the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association.

1994-2001 Member of the Michigan Veterinary Medical Association.

1992-1998 Member of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society