Current Position

Soft tissue and Orthopaedics surgery consultant at Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists

Education and Experience

Diogo graduated from the University of Évora (Portugal) in 2012. After a few years of working in first opinion and referral practice, Diogo completed a three-year approved residency in small animal surgery at Fitzpatrick Referrals in 2021, becoming a recognised specialist in small animal surgery in 2023.

He is a consultant in orthopaedics and soft tissue surgery in a busy referral hospital in the South of England (Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists).

Research

Alvarez R, Motta C, Miraldo D (2024). In vitro assessment of compression patterns using different methods to achieve inter fragmentary compression during tibial plateau levelling osteotomy; Veterinary Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Online: doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1778132

Kalmukov I, Schneider N, Miraldo D, Solano M (2023). Subcutaneous vascular access port implantation in the axillary or femoral/external iliac vein at the time of full limb amputation in dogs; Veterinary Surgery; 51(07): 1161-1166 doi: 10.1111/vsu.13848.

Galliano A, Miraldo D, Findji L (2022). Subcutaneous vascular access port implantation in the axillary or femoral/external iliac vein at the time of full limb amputation in dogs; Veterinary Surgery; 51(07): 1161-1166 doi: 10.1111/vsu.13848.

Fitzpatrick N, Miraldo D, Meswania J (2021). Custom-built constrained uniaxial and rotating hinge total knee replacement in cats: Clinical application, design principles, surgical technique, and clinical outcome; Veterinary Surgery; 50(06): 1283-1295 DOI: 10.1111/vsu.13606 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1701007

Miraldo D, Salmelin B, Yeadon R (2020). Feline distal tibial physeal fracture repair using a modified cross pin technique with four pins; Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol; 33(03): 220-226 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1701007

Miraldo D, Solano M, Kalff (2020). Multiple idiopathic fibrotic myopathies, including the tensor facia lata muscle, in a cat; Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) 2020; 61(09): 582-587. DOI: 10.1111/jsap.12953.

Miraldo D (2012). External fixation for the treatment of fractures of the appendicular skeleton in small animals. Évora, Portugal: University of Évora. Integrated Master Thesis, available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/10740