Dr. Helio Autran de Morais graduated from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and completed a PhD and a dual residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Ohio State University in the USA. He is Board Certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialties of Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He is certified in Veterinary Hospital Management by the Purdue University Krannert School of Management and the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). He was the Team Leader for the first Membership Selection Committee of the Asian College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Specialty of Cardiology. Dr. de Morais is currently a Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Oregon State University in the USA. Dr. de Morais has special interest in infectious diseases, geriatric medicine, and cardiopulmonary medicine. He has published extensively, with more than 200 publications, including more than 70 book chapters in: • Bonagura: Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy (XII, XII, XIV e XV) • Ettinger & Feldman: Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine • Tilley & Smith: Five Minutes Veterinary Consult • Côté: Clinical Veterinary Advisor • Mazzaferro: Clinical Companion to Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Emergency and Critical Care • DiBartola: Fluid Therapy in Small Animal Practice • Tranquilli et al: Lumb & Jones’ Veterinary Anesthesia • Willard et al: Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods • Fenner: Quick Reference Veterinary Medicine • Sherding: The Cat: Diseases and Clinical Management. Dr. de Morais was the guest editor for the Veterinary Clinics of North America on "Advances in Fluids, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders" for the May 2008, March 2017 and the upcoming November 2025 issues. From 2006 to 2021, he was the Associate Editor for Cardiology and Internal Medicine for the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. de Morais speaks frequently at the Annual Forum of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and has lectured extensively in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has delivered the “Key-note Address” at the World Veterinary Congress in Tunis and the “State-of-the-Art Address” at the World Congress of the WSAVA in Granada.