He received his MSc in Animal Health from the Austral University of Chile in 1997 and his PhD from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) in 2004. He is a Full Professor (ad interim) of the Department of Preclinical Medicine with Pharmacology orientation and of the Department of Clinical Medicine with Toxicology and Pharmacotherapy orientation as well as the Executive Director of the Animal Health Hospital of the School of Veterinary Sciences of Esperanza (UNL).