DVM, MRCVS, DACVECC

Graduated from the University of Évora in 2015, worked in several clinics and hospitals from North to South of Portugal, before moving to the United Kingdom, where she worked as a first opinion emergency doctor near London. In 2018 she began her specialty training with a rotating internship at the University of Edinburgh, and in 2019 Marisa emigrated to the USA, where she completed an Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) specialty internship at the University of Georgia, followed by a 3-year residency in the same field at Tufts University in Massachusetts. In 2023 she returned to England to be part of the founding team of the ECC service at a new referral hospital, and in 2024 she became a diplomate of the American College of Emergency and Critical Care. She is currently one of the consultants in the Critical Care department at The Ralph referral hospital.
Her main areas of interest are respiratory diseases (with a special focus on mechanical ventilation), as well as the management of trauma and post-operative patients in the ICU.
She is passionate about contributing to educational opportunities for both veterinary students and professionals, inspiring teams to thrive in the practice of small animal emergency medicine and critical care.