Dr. Silvia do Valle graduated over 30 years ago, having extensive experience in equine and small animal medicine, surgery and rehabilitation. She researched about equine surgery and physiology at Cornell University for the Master of Sciences degree. She is finishing her second Masters degree by researching Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine at Chi University. She has published and presented countless papers for both veterinarians and the public, all over the world. Dr do Valle's main interests are natural therapies and sports medicine, as it is very important to treat the whole animal together. Nutrition, herbology, manual and physical therapies, acupuncture, and other natural techniques are the basis of her practice. In her spare time, she rides her Lusitano in dressage and shows her dogs as an AKC Breeder of Merit