Dr. Samarani graduated with honours from the University of Milan (Italy) in 2012. After a 6-months externship in Neurology and Neurosurgery in a private practice in Rome (Clinica Veterinaria Roma Sud), she moved to Paris (France) thanks to the Leonardo project scholarship, where she completed a 6-months externship in surgery followed by a one-year rotating internship at the same institution (Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis). In January 2015, she moved to the UK for a Neurology Internship at the Animal Health Trust and in October 2015 she started her three-year Residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the veterinary teaching hospital of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). She obtained the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 2021. From June 2019 to October 2023 she worked as an assistant professor in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of Guelph (Canada). Since February 2024 she is working in a busy private practice (Canada West Veterinary Specialists & Critical Care Hospital) in Vancouver (Canada). Her interests are focused in feline neurology, central nervous system neoplasia and neurosurgery.