Luisa De Risio 

DVM (Hons), PhD, PGCert Vet Ed, FHEA, Dipl. ECVN, FRCVS, RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology 

Luisa De Risio is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology (ECVN), Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), RCVS and EBVS European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology and ECVN Secretary. She is one of the founding members of the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF), the Chair of the IVETF diagnosis working group and co-chair of the IVETF treatment working group. Luisa has coauthored a textbook on canine and feline epilepsy, contributed chapters to other veterinary books, published widely in peer-reviewed journals and lectured at numerous continuing education and scientific meetings. She has worked at the Animal Health Trust (2005–2019) as Head of Neurology/Neurosurgery and Head of Clinical Research and joined Linnaeus Veterinary limited, UK, in 2020 as Clinical Research & Excellence Director. Luisa has been awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Education by the Royal Veterinary College, she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Honorary Professor in Veterinary Neurology at Nottingham Trent University. 

Karen R. Muñana 

DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM (Neurology) 

Karen Muñana is a practicing board-certified veterinary neurologist. She is Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, USA. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Berkeley and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of California at Davis. She completed a neurology and neurosurgery residency training program and Master of Science degree at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on canine epilepsy and commonly involves clinical trials in which a new treatment or diagnostic tool is evaluated in epileptic pets. She is a member of the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF) and has served on two American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine consensus panels on seizure management. She has published chapters and articles in numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed scientific journals and has been an invited speaker at national and international veterinary meetings.