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Paulo Vilar Saavedra

Paulo Vilar Saavedra

Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Oncology Service Chief

Department: Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Business Phone: (352) 392-2235
Business Email: pvilarsaavedra@ufl.edu

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About Paulo Vilar Saavedra

Dr. Vilar Saavedra received his D.V.M. from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). He continued his postgraduate education with an M.S degree from The Ohio State University, and later, a Ph.D. degree from the USC. Dr. Vilar completed his Medical Oncology Residency at Michigan State University (MSU) & Virginia Tech. Dr Vilar and is board-certified by the American College of Internal Medicine (Oncology Specialty), and he has been acting as professor (MSU 2014 -2021) since then.

His clinical interests include Comparative Oncology – Clinical Trials, Paraneoplastic Hemostatic Disorders, Target Therapy – Immunotherapy, and Individualized Therapy.

In his free time, he enjoys outdoors and team sports (soccer – basketball).

Accomplishments

  1. Fellowship – USA

    “Barrie de La Maza” Foundation

  2. Fellowship Graduate Studies

    “La Caixa” Foundation

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. VEM5872C – Veterinary Medical & Radiation Oncology Clerkship

    College of Veterinary Medicine

  2. VEM5308 – Vet Med Oncology

    College of Veterinary Medicine

  3. VME7980 – Research for Doctoral Dissertation

    College of Veterinary Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Oncology
    ACVIM

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-8381-180X

Areas of Interest

  • Clinical Trials Design & Analysis
  • Cancer Thrombosis
  • Comparative Oncology
  • Hematology and Oncology

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. Advancing Canine Health: Liquid Biopsy for Early Relapse Detection and Improved Treatment of Mast Cell Tumors

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    AMER KENNEL CLUB CANINE HLTH FOU

  2. Phase II open-label non-randomized multicenter clinical trial of trametinib for dogs with histiocytic sarcoma

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    MICHIGAN STATE UNIV via MORRIS ANIMAL FOU

  3. A GD3 nano-scaled liposomal cancer vaccine for canine hemangiosarcoma

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    AMER KENNEL CLUB CANINE HLTH FOU

Education

  1. PhD

    University of Santiago de Compostela

  2. MSc

    The Ohio State University

  3. DVM

    University of Santiago de Compostela

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 392-2235
Emails:
Business:
pvilarsaavedra@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100126
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610