Internal Medicine

Andrea Di Bella DVM DipECVIM-CA CertSAM MRCVS

RCVS and European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Andrea qualified in Turin University in 1994, where he owned his own small animal practice in Italy for several years. Andrea moved to the UK in 2004 for an internship in a private referral (VRCC) in Essex followed by a residency in internal medicine at the same institution. During his residency Andrea gained the RCVS Certificate in small animal medicine.

After completing his residency Andrea worked for referral practices in Kent and Glasgow and for IDEXX laboratories. Andrea gained the European Diploma in internal medicine in 2014.

Andrea's main areas of interest are haematology and hepatology, although he enjoys all aspects in medicine.

Publications

Proteinuria in dogs with lymphoma, Journal Small Animal Practice 2012

Relationship between urine osmolality and USG in feline patients, Comparative Clinical Pathology 2012

Feline Trombiculosis: a retrospective study of 72 cats, Veterinary Dermatology 2013

Primary penile adenocarcinoma with concurrent hypercalcemia of malignancy in a dog, Journal of Small Animal Practice 2014

Ascites resulting from a ruptured perinephric pseudocyst associated with a renal cyst, Vet Record Case Reports 2014

Assessment of coagulation utilizing thromboelastometry in dogs undergoing orthopaedic surgery, JVECC 2015

Predicting outcome in canine primary immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia: Results of a multicentre case registry, JVIM 2015

Clinical presentation, treatment and outcome in 31 dogs with presumed primary colorectal lymphoma (2001-2013), Veterinary and Comparative Oncology 2016

Book contributor: Veterinary Clinical Pathology: A case-base approach, K. Freeman and S. Klenner, CRC Press 2015