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Cecilia obtained her veterinary degree in 2000 and her PhD in animal nutrition in 2005 by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher in feline nutrition at the University of California Davis, where she also completed a residency in small animal clinical nutrition at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. She is board certified in veterinary nutrition by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Nutrition) and by the European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN) since 2010 and is currently the past president of ECVCN. After working as the chief of service of the veterinary teaching hospital nutrition service in Barcelona (UAB) for 6 years, Cecilia is now a consultant in clinical nutrition for Expert Pet Nutrition (www.expertpetnutrition.com) and Veterinary Information Network (VIN). She is the co-chair of the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee and has written several articles and book chapters on the topic of companion animal nutrition.

Rachel is an RCVS recognised specialist in cardiology. She graduated from Cambridge in 1999 and after working for 4 years in general practice moved to Liverpool University as a resident in Cardiology. During the last decade Rachel has lectured internationally, been involved in numerous research studies and published widely. Rachel has always been passionate about the treatment and management of heart failure in both dogs and cats. Rachel has previously been the secretary for the European society of Veterinary Cardiology and is the current supplements editor for Journal of Small Animal Practice. Rachel and her team visit practices throughout the northwest seeing cardiology referral cases.