Dr. Chiara spent her university study time convinced she would become an equine person: it did not really go that way, as, after a cytology course, she thought that cells were awesome and from cells to oncology the step was short. A training path was just not possible in Italy at that time, so she embarked on a change of life, also geographically speaking: she completed an oncology internship at the Tierspital University of Zurich (Switzerland) and an ACVIM residency in Oncology at the Animal Oncology and Imaging Center in Zug (Switzerland), which included externships at Washington State University (USA).
From 2011 to 2016, Dr. Chiara was Lecturer in Oncology at the Royal Veterinary College (London, UK) and was appointed ad interim Head of the Oncology Service from 2015 to 2016 but, more importantly, she became the proud owner of Arturo, a gentleman dog rescued from a London kennel, who has been with her ever since.
Switzerland, America, England: after almost 10 years abroad, the call of her homeland and of her beloved Alps was strong, so in 2016 she moved back to Italy, where she became Head of the Oncology Service at the AniCura Istituto Veterinario Novara and Scientific Director of UNISVET, one of the biggest Italian continuing education societies.
She currently holds the Internship and Residency Program Manager position for Mars Veterinary Health Europe, and she is the Secretary of the European Society of Veterinary Oncology (ESVONC).
