Dr Maria Lyraki
DVM MSc DipECVIM-CA MRCVS EBVS and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Bio
Maria Lyraki is the first ever Greek Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM-CA). She graduated from University of Thessaly, Greece in 2015, she worked in general practice in the UK for 2 years, followed by a rotating internship at the University of Glasgow (2017) and a combined residency and a Master’s degree (MSc) at the University of Bristol (2018-2022).
After obtaining her diploma in 2022, Maria worked as a senior clinician in Internal Medicine at Langford Vets University of Bristol before moving back to Greece to set up a medicine referral department at Plakentia Referral Clinic in Alimos, Athens where she is currently the Head of Internal Medicine.Maria’s research interest is small animal infectious diseases and all aspects of feline medicine. She is a founder member of the global team working on the FCoV-23 outbreak in Cyprus.
She is currently also a PhD candidate at the University of Veterinary Sciences at Brno, Czech Republic. Her PhD research is looking into FCoV-23 FIP treatment response in comparison to traditional FIP using both GS-441524 and EIDD-1931.
