Ana graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands (ULPGC), Spain in 1998 and obtained accreditation of her academic degree (DVM) by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA, ECFVG,) in 2007.
Ana completed a PhD about platelet function in dogs with cancer at ULPGC between 1999-2003. She continued her studies with as a Master’s degree in Small Animal Medicine, internship in oncology and residency in hematology and oncology between 2003 and 2007 at The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, OH, USA. Ana is the first Spanish veterinarian to hold a diploma in oncology from both, the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM and ECVIM-CA) since 2008.
After working for a year as a clinical instructor at the Teaching University Hospital she moved to London, UK where she became senior lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of London. She combined teaching with the development of the RVC Oncology Service at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, for which she was responsible between 2009 and 2014. She also founded and directed the ACVIM Oncology residency program from 2009 to 2017. Since 2018 she works as Oncology consultant at IDEXX UK and in 2021 this work has expanded to IDEXX Spain. She combines consultancy with part-time clinical work at AUNA Veterinary Specialties (Valencia, Spain).
Ana was for 10 years member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Veterinary Oncology (ESVONC), holding differnt roles, including president from 2017 to 2021. She has been a member of the Examining Committee for the ECVIM-CA Diploma in Oncology and currently is the director of the ECVIM-CA Oncology Residency Program at AUNA Veterinary Specialties (Valencia, Spain).
Her main research interests are new anticancer therapies in pets, diagnosis and treatment of lymphoproliferative diseases, quality of life and clinical reasoning in veterinary oncology. She has numerous publications at international scientific journals https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3672-5460 and has presented her research at International Scientific Meetings. Ana has been an invited speaker in numerous Veterinary Meetings in Europe and enjoys transmitting her passion for oncology through teaching postgraduate courses and continuing education.