Dr. Porporato graduated from the University of Turin in 2011; Dr. Porporato did an internship at the University of Kansas and Missouri (USA) in the field of Internal Medicine and Intensive Care for Small Animals. In 2013, he started a rotating internship followed by a specialist internship in Internal Medicine at the Istituto Veterinario di Novara before completing a residency program. During his years of residency, he also worked at the Tierarztliche Klinik Birkenfeld Veterinary Hospital (Germany) as a supervisor at the department of Internal Medicine. In March 2019, Dr. Porporato graduated from the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, (certified ECVIM-CA). Dr. Porporato lectures at national and international courses and congresses of veterinary Internal Medicine.