Katrin Hartmann, DrMedVet, DrHabil, DECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine), is a professor of internal medicine and head of the clinic of small animal medicine at LMU of Munich in Germany, where she also earned her veterinary degree and completed her doctoral thesis and habilitation thesis. Dr. Hartmann has authored many articles and book chapters and has lectured at numerous international meetings and congresses. She is a member of the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases. Her research interest is in infectious diseases in cats and dogs, with a special focus on virus infections in cats.