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Sina Marsilio

Sina Marsilio

Assistant Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology


Licenses
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (SAIM), Veterinary Internal Medicine
Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (DECVIM-CA), Veterinary Internal Medicine
Veterinary License - Germany
Special License - Texas Board of Veterinary Examiners
University License - Veterinary Medical Board, California
European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Education
2004, med. vet., University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Foundation), Hannover, Germany
2007, Dr. med. vet., University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Foundation), Hannover, Germany
2019, PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, The role of microbial indole catabolites of tryptophan in host-microbiome cross-talk in cats with chronic enteropathies, David Williams (Principal Investigator), EveryCat
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2022 Sykes JE, Marsilio S, Marks SL: Chapter 126: Hepatobiliary Infections, Sykes JE, (ed), Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 5th Edition, . .
2022 Sykes JE, Balsa I, Culp WTN, Arzi B, Marsilio S, Marks SL: Chapter 125: Gastrointestinal and Intra-abdominal infections, Sykes JE, (ed), Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 5th Edition, . .
2021 Steiner JM, Marsilio S: Lymphangiectasia , Tilley LP, Smith FWK, Sleeper MM, Brainard BM, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine & Feline, 7th Edition, . .
2021 Steiner JM, Marsilio S: Protein-Losing Enteropathy, Tilley LP, Smith FWK, Sleeper MM, Brainard BM, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine & Feline, 7th Edition, . .
2019 Marsilio S: Chapter 56 Enterocolitis, Granulomatous, Mott J, Morrison J, (ed), Blackwell’s Five Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Gastrointestinal Diseases (1 ed), . 370-377.
Research Focus
My research focuses on novel diagnostics and treatment modalities for canine and feline chonic enteropathies, including microbiome research, metabolomics, and biomarker identification.
Specialty Focus
My clinical interests include small animal gastroenterology, hepatology, and pancreatology.
Ten Recent Publications

2022
Sung CH, Marsilio S, Chow B, Zornow KA, Slovak JE, Pilla R, Lidbury JA, Steiner JM, Park SY, Hong MP, Hill SL, Suchodolski JS
Dysbiosis index to evaluate the fecal microbiota in healthy cats and cats with chronic enteropathies.

2021
Marsilio S
Feline chronic enteropathy.

2021
Marsilio S, Chow B, Hill SL, Ackermann MR, Estep JS, Sarawichitr B, Pilla R, Lidbury JA, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS
Untargeted metabolomic analysis in cats with naturally occurring inflammatory bowel disease and alimentary small cell lymphoma

2021
Chow B, Hill SL, Richter KP, Marsilio S, Ackermann MR, Lidbury JA, Suchodolski JS, Cocker S, Steiner JM
Comprehensive comparison of upper and lower endoscopic small intestinal biopsy in cats with chronic enteropathy

2021
Marsilio S
Differentiating Inflammatory Bowel Disease from Alimentary Lymphoma in Cats: Does It Matter?

2021
Marsilio S, Dröes FC, Dangott L, Chow B, Hill S, Ackermann M, Estep JS, Lidbury JA, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM
Characterization of the intestinal mucosal proteome in cats with inflammatory bowel disease and alimentary small cell lymphoma.

2020
Marsilio S, Newman SJ, Estep JS, Giaretta PR, Lidbury JA, Warry E, Flory A, Morley PS, Smoot K, Seeley EH, Powell MJ, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM
Differentiation of lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteropathy and small cell lymphoma in cats using histology-guided mass spectrometry.

2020
Cook AK, Lidbury JA, Creevy KE, Heseltine JC, Marsilio S, Catchpole B, Whittlestone KD
Multiple-Choice Questions in Small Animal Medicine: An Analysis of Cognitive Level and Structural Reliability, and the Impact of these Characteristics on Student Performance.

2019
Marsilio S, Pilla R, Sarawichitr B, Chow B, Hill SL, Ackermann MR, Estep JS, Lidbury JA, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS
Characterization of the fecal microbiome in cats with inflammatory bowel disease or alimentary small cell lymphoma.

2019
Marsilio S, Ackermann MR, Lidbury JA, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM
Results of histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and molecular clonality testing of small intestinal biopsy specimens from clinically healthy client-owned cats.