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
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