Special Session 1

Measurement systems in veterinary medicine are continuously evolving. The need to give objective value to the findings of the clinical visit has pushed forward this evolutionary process. To date, for example, there are continuous development of software applicable to diagnostic imaging, and not only, that allow to obtain precise measurements and data useful for estimating pathological or therapeutic processes.

Angela Palumbo Piccionello
Education and Profession: Graduated in Veterinary Medicine, PhD in orthopedics of domestic animal, Associate Professor in Veterinary Surgery (SSD VET 09). Head of the Surgical Clinic and Anesthesia Unit of the University Veterinary Hospital of Camerino. She deals with orthopedics and traumatology of pets and in particular in minimally invasive surgery and regenerative therapies. Teaching assignments: Clinical Surgery and Obstetric Traineeship; Clinical Surgery and Anesthesiology. Other Academic Assignments: Head of the Surgery and Anesthesia Unit of the Veterinary Hospital of Camerino University. Member of Doctorate Committee. Intern Eaeve commission Coordinator. Research: Responsible for numerous researches funded by private and public companies regarding orthopedics in dogs and cats. She is author of More than 60 national and international publications. She is a member of the following specialist societies: ECVS, AIVPA (between 2010 and 2017 she is also a member of the scientific committee), SITOV ( for 6 year she was President), ESVOT, AO-VET, AOVI, SIOVET.

Adolfo Maria Tambella
He carries out research, didactic and clinical-surgical activities at Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Camerino (Head of Regenerative Medicine Unit), dealing with soft-tissue surgery; reconstructive surgery; regenerative medicine; laser, radiofrequency and plasma surgery; radiology; emergency surgery; biostatistics and meta-analysis. Scientific member and vice-president of OPBA. He held professional training and research at University of Bologna, University of Munich (6-month scholarship), Via Emilia Clinic (Sordio, LO), University of Vienna. 2nd-level Master in Clinical method and biostatistics applied to clinical trials. Supervisor of >50 graduation thesis, 5 master's degrees and 3 PhD thesis. Teaching assignments: Surgery Pathology and Semeiotics (Veterinary Medicine course), Surgical techniques (School of Specialization in Animal Health). Author of numerous scientific publications; speaker at national and international conferences. Member of several scientific associations. Reviewer for numerous scientific journals and research projects. Academic Editor of PlosOne; Topic Advisory Board of Animals.