Dr. Marta Medardo received her veterinary degree from University of Milan, Italy in 2010 (110/110, top grades cum laude) and started as small animal practitioner. She returned to the University of Milan, Italy for a Post Graduate Trainee (2015) at the Unit of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology and in 2017 had a visiting at the Microbiology Diagnostic Laboratory in the Institute of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool. Marta was Head of Microbiology in the Laboratory Unit of Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa, Samarate (VA, Italy) and from 2018 she is Head of Microbiology Unit in the veterinary laboratory MYLAV s.r.l.u., Passirana di Rho (MI, Italy). Her main professional interests are veterinary infectious diseases diagnostics and veterinary bacteriology and mycology.
In 2020 she started her European College of Veterinary Microbiology (ECVM) Residency supervised by Prof. Decaro (DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVM) and in September 2024 she completed her residency with distinction becoming the first ECVM Diplomate by examination in Italy.