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Ohio State University Embryo Transfer Program - Presented by Dr. Marco da Silva and Dr. Carlos R. F. Pinto

Dr. da Silva received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from São Paulo State University, UNESP, Brazil, in 1999. He then completed MS (2002) and PhD (2005) programs in reproductive physiology at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He worked as a research scientist in reproductive physiology at Colorado State for a year before joining the faculty at Cornell University as an assistant professor in 2006. Dr. da Silva is board-certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenology. He is a member of the Society for Theriogenology and the American Association of Equine Practitioners.

Dr. da Silva has published in numerous academic journals including Animal Reproductive Science, Theriogenology, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, and the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. He has authored several book chapters and has spoken at national and international conferences. His research and professional interests include reproductive physiology of domestic animals, especially estrous cycle control and superovulation in mares; sperm physiology and interaction with the oviduct and zona pellucida; factors affecting reproductive efficiency of horses; preservation of semen, embryos and oocytes; equine embryo transfer; and assisted-reproductive technologies, such as oocyte transfer, gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and low-dose insemination.


Dr. Pinto received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from São Paulo University in São Paulo, Brazil. He then owned and worked in a mixed private practice in Brazil for 9 years until June of 1995. Dr. Pinto then went on to complete 3a-y ear residency in Theriogenology at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine. He then entered into a combined position as a Clinical Fellow in Theriogenology and doctoral student until he completed his PhD in 2002. Dr. Pinto joined the faculty of North Carolina State’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002 as an Assistant Professoro f Theriogenology in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists and is a member of the AVMA, American Association of Equine Practitioners, American Society of Gene Therapy, the International Embryo Transfer Society, and the Society for Theriogenology.

Dr. Pinto has been pubhliesd in numerous academic journals incl uding Animal Reproductive Science, Theriogenology, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, and theJ ournal of Equine Veterinary Science. He has spoken ant umerous national and internationla conferences and symposia. While Dr. Pinto’s primary interests are equine and canine theriogenology/reproduction, he has broad clinical training across al l species and haws orked extensively with cani ne reproduction. His clinicarl esearch interests include reproductive ultrasonography of male and female, endocrinology and hormonal therapies for estrus synchronization, semen analyses and freezing, and embryo transfer technologies.