Spotlight On…Pablo Menéndez Alegria – Diagnostic Imager

Pablo qualified from the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 2002 and thereafter completed postgraduate studies in Internal Medicine in Madrid. Pablo did a 3-month period of practising in Barcelona (Molins Veterinary Hospital), and 4 months in Lisbon (Hospital Veterinario Central), before taking on a full time position at the Molins Veterinary Hospital in Barcelona. Here he gained invaluable experience and enhanced his skills in diagnostic imaging and internal medicine. Pablo is a skilled imager with over 15 years of experience in ultrasonography, interventional ultrasound, CT and MRI, and as a clinician with an Internal Medicine interest, he is also skilled in endoscopy. Pablo is fascinated by all aspects of imaging but has a particular interest in portosystemic shunts, and brain MRI.

Pablo sees many interesting cases here at ChesterGates, not only from the out of hours and 1^st opinion services, but also from internal medicine and neurology. One challenging case in particular was a 10-month-old male British Bulldog with pulmonic stenosis, diagnosed by our Cardiologist Matia Basili. Prior to cardiac intervention in which a “balloon valvuloplasty” procedure was performed, a vascular CT was required to rule out a coronary anomaly which can be potentially fatal during this planned procedure. Unfortunately, the CT scan confirmed a R2A coronary anomaly, preventing an interventional approach for this patient. Nevertheless, the CT scan allowed better clinical planning to this case, improving the post-surgical outcome. Eventually, the patient successfully underwent the non-invasive cardiac surgery, and was discharged after 24 hours in hospital with us.