Cardio in the Real World: High-Impact Decisions, Triage, and Treatment Pearls

Dr. Darcy Adin

DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Dr. Darcy Adin is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and Clinical Professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, where she also serves as Associate Dean of Clinical Services for Small Animal. Her clinical practice spans the full breadth of small animal cardiology — mitral valve disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, feline cardiomyopathies and thromboembolism, and cardiorenal syndrome — with a particular focus on congestive heart failure management and the interpretation of electrolyte and bloodwork changes in cardiac patients. She directs UF's Open-Heart Surgery Program, one of only a handful of programs offering cardiac surgical repair in dogs. Dr. Adin earned her DVM from Cornell University (1996) and completed her cardiology residency at the University of California, Davis (1999). She has authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications and serves on the ACVIM Certification Council as Cardiology representative.