Kauai, Hawaii 2025

Dr. Amara Estrada is a tenured Full Professor of Cardiology and the Associate Chair for instruction in Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. She is board certified in veterinary cardiology by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and is actively involved in all four years of veterinary student education. She has been on faculty at the University of Florida for 20 years. She frequently speaks at continuing education meetings both on a national and international level.  She enjoys her collaborations with her colleagues within the veterinary cardiology & pediatric cardiology disciplines as well as her colleagues engaged in Interprofessional Education and One Health in the Health Sciences Center at the University of Florida. Her research interests are centered on inherited cardiomyopathies, gene replacement and gene editing therapies and interprofessional education. She graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and completed her comparative cardiology residency program at Cornell University. Dr. Estrada is currently serving on the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education and is part of the executive committee for that organization.