Dr Altin Cala

DVM MRCVS

ECVIM-CA Cardiology Resident

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Altin graduated with distinction from the university of Tirana in 1997. In the same year he was awarded a scholarship to undergo an internship at the Veterinary School in Bari.

 

Following three years of additional studies, Altin obtained the accreditation of his veterinary degree by the University of Milan in 2003 and subsequently worked as a general practitioner.

 

In 2020, Altin joined SVCC to undergo an internship in Cardiology, followed by the ECVIM-CA Residency in Cardiology, which he started in January 2022.

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Altin has been actively involved with the Italian group of feline HCM screening. He has been a speaker and instructor in numerous echocardiographic courses throughout Europe in collaboration with prestigious speakers such June Boon and Luigi Venco . In addition, Altin has been a regular visitor at a busy interventional cardiology unit in a human hospital in Northern Italy under the supervision of Dr Matteo Ciuffreda. Altin’s main interests include feline cardiology, congenital heart disease and interventional cardiology.