Miguel Benito Benito

Miguel graduated from the University of Complutense in Madrid in 2015. Shortly after that he completed a year rotating internship and then a year surgical internship in the same institution. After this he worked for a few months as a part-time neurology clinician at the Hospital Veterinario Complutense in the same university.  In 2018, to pursue his goal to become an ECVN Specialist, Miguel moved to the UK to start another internship position in neurology and orthopaedics at Hamilton Specialist Referral.  In 2019, following this internship, he started a residency in veterinary neurology, studying between Ars veterinarian in Barcelona, Spain and Hamilton Specialist Referrals, he finished this in December 2022.

Miguel joined Anderson Moores as a neurology clinician in March 2023, with the hope to pass his boarding exam shortly to become a specialist. Miguel always likes a challenge, with his main interests being complex neurosurgical cases, inflammatory and infectious diseases and feline neurology. Outside of work Miguel likes to cook and keep himself fit.

Publications

Cerebrospinal fluid and blood lactate concentrations as prognostic biomarkers in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin. Portero, M., E. Martínez de Merlo, C. Pérez, M. Benito, M. A. Daza, and C. Fragio. The Veterinary Journal 254 (2019).

Role of Leishmania infantum in Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Origin in Dogs from a Canine Leishmaniosis Endemic Area. Portero, Miriam, Guadalupe Miró, Rocío Checa, Elena Martínez de Merlo, Cristina Fragío, Miguel Benito, Ángel Sainz, and Carmen Pérez. Microorganisms 9, no. 3: 571 (2021).

Clinical signs, diagnostic imaging and histopathology in a dog with granulomatous meningoencephalitis manifested as a polyneuropathy.  Miguel Benito, Miriam Portero Fuentes, Gabriel Manso‐Diaz, Belén Sánchez Madonado, and Carmen Pérez Diaz. Veterinary Record Case Reports e324 (2022).

Acute onset of pelvic limb weakness in a 3-year-old female intact Belgian Malinois. Miguel Benito, Daniel Sanchez Masian, and Michael O’Cathasaigh Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 261.5 (2023): 752-754.

Demographics, clinical findings and diagnoses of cranial thoracic myelopathies (T1–T6 vertebrae) in cats. Miguel Benito, Bruno A. Lopes, Roberto José-López, Edward J. Ives, Rodrigo Gutierrez-Quintana, Paul Freeman, and Daniel Sánchez-Masián.” Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 25, no. 10 (2023)

Atypical magnetic resonance imaging findings of a vertebral melanotic melanoma in a dog. Prodger, Alice, Tomas Elvira Rodriguez, Claudia Mallol, Taiana Costa, and Miguel Benito Veterinary Record Case Reports (2024): e800.