Dr. Melissa Papa graduated cum laude in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Milan in 2016.
Following the completion of a rotating internship, she undertook a one-year specialized internship in cardiology under the supervision of Dr. Claudio Bussadori at Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso (Milan).
Since February 2018, she has been coordinator of the “Progetto Cardiopatie” with Dr. Bussadori, a project focused on cardiologic screening in purebred-dogs in Italy.
Since 2019, she works in the Cardiology and Ultrasound Department at Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso, where she is actively involved in clinical practice and advanced diagnostic imaging, and collaborates in interventional cardiology.
She has been a speaker at national and international congresses in cardiology sessions
Author and co-author of papers published in scientific journals.
From 2021 to 2024, she completed the ECVIM-CA (Cardiology) Residency Program under
the supervision of Dr. Claudio Bussadori.
In 2025, she obtained the title of European Diplomate in Cardiology from the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM-CA, Cardiology)