After qualifying from the University Cardenal Herrera CEU, Valencia, Spain in June 2002, Elsa spent two years in general practice. From November 2004 to April 2006 she completed a General Internship at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona before starting a neurology internship at the Animal Health Trust from May to December 2006.

Following the internship she obtained a three-year ECVN approved residency in Neurology/Neurosurgery at the AHT. She successfully passed the examination for the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 2011 and became a Senior Clinician in Neurology/Neurosurgery at the AHT.

Since December 2012 she is a board member of the ECVN Education Committee. She has been recognised as a specialist in Veterinary Neurology by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons since March 2013.