Invited Speakers
Professor David Argyle BVMS PhD DECVIM-CA (Oncology) MRCVS
Prof David Argyle completed a PhD in oncology and immunology at the University of Glasgow Veterinary School and then joined the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies as lecturer and then senior lecturer in clinical oncology and gene therapy. In 2002, he became head of veterinary oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. In 2005 he returned to the UK to be appointed to the William Dick Chair of veterinary clinical studies at the University of Edinburgh and the head of the veterinary oncology and companion animal stem cell programme. He is an RCVS and European recognized specialist in Veterinary Oncology, a Diplomat of the European College of Internal Medicine in Oncology and is the co-scientific editor of the Journal of Veterinary and Comparative Oncology. His current major research interests are cancer biology and cancer stem cells.
Dr. Kerstin Bergvall DVM, Dip ECVD
Dr. Bergvall received her veterinary degree from Uppsala in Sweden and became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology in 2004. She works part time as an assistant professor at the University of Agriculture, Uppsala, Sweden and also in a referral animal hospital in Stockholm. She is responsible for the Equine Dermatology Specialty Clinic at the University.
Dr. Sonya Bettenay BVSc (Hons), MANZCVSc FANZCVSc Dip ECVD
Dr. Bettenay is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and a Diplomate of the ECVD. She moved to referral dermatology after many years in practice, industry and teaching. She co-founded the Animal Skin and Allergy Clinic in Melbourne, Australia where she worked for a decade and has been on the faculty of Colorado State University Veterinary School and a dermatopathologist at the CSU State Lab.
She is currently in private referral practice for both dermatology and dermatopathology in Munich, Germany. Her current areas of special interest is in paw and pawpad diseases, dermatophytes and cattle dermatology.
Dr Petra Bizikova DVM Dip ACVD Dip ECVD
Dr. Bizikova completed an internship and a dermatology residency at the NC State University, North Carolina, US. She started PhD studies in Immunology at NC State University in 2008, after receiving a training grant from the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology. She is a Diplomate of both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology. Her main research goal is to investigate the nature of auto-antigens in the autoimmune skin disease pemphigus foliaceus in dogs. Petra’s special interests in research are on the pathogenesis of autoimmune skin diseases and atopic dermatitis in dogs.
Dr. Mona Boord, DVM Dip ACVD
Dr. Boord was graduated from the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine before completing her internship with the Animal Specialty Group of San Diego and her dermatology residency at the Animal Dermatology Clinic in San Diego, California. She has been co-owner of the Animal Dermatology Clinic in San Diego since 1993 and works as a staff dermatologist. Dr. Boord is a member of the Veterinary Surgical laser Society and her areas of special interest in clinical practice are surgical therapy for veterinary dermatology cases and infectious disease effect on the immune system.
Professor Patrick. J. Bourdeau DVM Dip ECVD-EVPC
Prof. Bourdeau was graduated from the Veterinary School of Alfort, France in 1978. He is currently Professor in charge of the Unit, Clinics and Laboratory of Parasitology, Dermatology, and Mycology at the National Vet School of Oniris, in Nantes, France. He is a Diplomate of the ECVD since 1992, co-organizer of the French Certificate of Dermatology (CES) and responsible for the National Diploma of Specialization in Dermatology. He initiated specific and specialized clinics in dermatology in Maison-Alfort vet school in 1989 and Nantes in 1991. He is a diplomate of the French Certificate of Human and Veterinary Parasitology and Agregation of Parasitology. He is also a diplomate in Mycology of Institute Pasteur Paris and PhD in Zoology. In 1998 he participated to the initiation of the European College of Veterinary Parasitology and is a member of the EVPC. His areas of interest in clinical practice and research are allergy, new concepts of therapeutics, exotic pets and horses, epidemiology and interfaces between dermatology and parasitology or mycology.
Dr Amanda Burrows BVMS MANZCVS FANZCVS
Mandy is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Veterinary Dermatology. She is a consultant in veterinary dermatology and a lecturer in dermatology at Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital, Western Australia. She teaches post graduate veterinary students in the dermatology unit of the Masters in Veterinary Medicine at both Murdoch University and Massey University, New Zealand. She is currently the Chief Examiner of the Board of Examiners of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and is on the Advisory Committee for the Registration of Veterinary Specialists. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Veterinary Dermatology, the Australian Advisory board for Infectious Diseases in Companion Animals and is currently the Oceanic representative.
Dr Didier Noël Carlotti Dip ECVD DESV
Dr Carlotti is a Diplomate and a Past-President (2000-2001) of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology. He has been a full member of the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology since 1985 and was the President of the French Small Animal Dermatology Study Group from 1985 to 1991 and Secretary General from 1993 to 1999. He was President of AFVAC from 1999 to 2009; a Founder Member and a Past-President (1988-1990) of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology and he is currently the President. He has published 107 papers, 14 book chapters and one book and given more than 370 international lectures in the field of veterinary dermatology.
Dr Rosario Cerundolo, DVM Cert. VD Dip ECVD MRCVS
Dr Rosario Cerundolo completed a residency in dermatology at the Royal Veterinary College in London and became a Diplomate of the European School of Veterinary Dermatology in 1998 and a RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology in 2000. From 2002 to 2006 he worked as an Associate Professor in Veterinary Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Currently he is working at Dick White Referrals in Six Mile Bottom in Suffolk. He has been the former President of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology and he has been the Chair of the Scientific Organising Committee of the last two Annual Congress of the ESVD-ECVD.
Dr. Lynette K. Cole, DVM, MS, Dip ACVD
Dr. Cole received her veterinary degree from the University of Tennessee in 1989. She completed her Residency in Veterinary Dermatology at The Ohio State University in 1997 and obtained her Master of Science degree from The Ohio State University in 1999. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology. She is currently an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Otology at The Ohio State University. Her main professional interest is ear disease.
Dr. Douglas J. DeBoer DVM
Dr. DeBoer was graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California-Davis in 1981 and completed his internship at Michigan State University before returning to UC-Davis for his dermatology residency completed in 1984. Dr. DeBoer is currently professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his special area of interest is in atopic dermatitis and recurrent infections. Dr. DeBoer has authored many papers and articles on a variety of dermatological diseases and has been the recipient of the prestigious ACVD Award of Excellence and is the Sponsorship chair for WCVD7
Dr. Valerie Fadok DVM PhD Dip ACVD
Dr Valerie Fadok completed her residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of Florida and a PhD at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She is a Diplomate of the American College Veterinary Dermatology. She was a postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Research Professor and Associate Research Professor at the Dept Paediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Centre and an Associate Professor, Dept Small Animal Practice, Texas A & M University. She is currently a clinical associate at the Gulf Coast Veterinary Dermatology and Allergy, Houston, Texas. Her areas of special interest in clinical practice and research include immunology, inflammation, apoptosis, atopic dermatitis and pyoderma
Professor Richard L. Gallo MD PhD
Dr. Gallo is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Dermatology at the University of California-San Diego. His research focuses on the role of the innate immune system in skin health and disease, focusing on antimicrobial peptides and aspects of the basic functions of the skin immune system. Key contributions by his laboratory have included the first discovery of the existence of antimicrobial peptides in mammalian skin and the firs demonstration that these are essential for immune defence of mammals. A common them throughout his work has been application of a wide range of modern biochemical and molecular techniques in experimental systems designed to uncover basic aspect of human immunity. Dr. Gallo has been President of the Society of VA Dermatologists and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Professors of Dermatology and the Society for Investigative Dermatology Journal.
Dr. Robert Harman DVM MPVM
Dr. Harman received his DVM from the University of California at Davis in 1982 and also concurrently completed a Masters in Preventative Veterinary Medicine through the Department of Epidemiology, UC Davis. Dr. Harman practiced in production animal medicine in California from 1982-1985. He then founded HTI Bio-Services, a contract veterinary research company. From 1985-1999, he was the senior clinical investigator and CEO of HTI Bio-Services and authored more than 500 study reports in support of the FDA and USDA registration of pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices. In 2003 he founded Vet-Stem, a veterinary regenerative medicine company in California. Dr. Harman has been the author on six peer-reviewed stem cell publications in veterinary and human medicine and has spoken at over 100 domestic and international conferences on the science and clinical translation of regenerative medicine.
Professor Richard Halliwell, MS, PhD, VetMB, MRCVS, Dip ACVD
Professor Richard Halliwell received both his veterinary degree and his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He spent 16 years teaching in the USA, first at the University of Pennsylvania and then the University of Florida, where he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medical Sciences. In 1988 he returned to the UK as William Dick Professor of Veterinary Clinical Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and served 6 years as Dean of the Faculty. Now a Professor Emeritus, he has served as President of both the American and the European Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology (1984-1986 and 1994-1996 respectively) and (2000-2008). At the Fifth World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in Vienna in August 2004, he was awarded a Lifetime Career Achievement Award by the European College of Veterinary Dermatology.
Dr Andrew Hillier BVSc MACVSc Dip ACVD
Dr Andy Hillier completed a residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of Florida and is an ACVD board-certified dermatologist. He has been on faculty at The Ohio State University since 1996 and is currently the Dermatology Service Chief and Professor at this institution. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and lectured worldwide. His primary areas of research are staphylococcal pyoderma, atopic dermatitis and otitis externa. He has made a significant contribution to the American College of Veterinary Dermatology and has been invaluable in the organization of the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in both Vienna and Hong Kong.
Dr. Peter Ihrke VMD Dip ACVD
Dr. Ihrke was graduated from and completed a residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology and is currently a Professor of Dermatology at the University of California School of Veterinary medicine and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Ihrke has authored or co-authored over 200 book chapters, papers and proceedings and authored, co-authored or co-edited 4 books. He is currently the President- Elect of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association and has served as President and other positions on the executive Boards of the ACVD, the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology, the Academy of Veterinary Allergy, the 4th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology and the American Board of Veterinary Specialities. He has been awarded the Faulty School-wide Distinguished Teaching Award at UC Davis, the AAHA Veterinarian of the Year Award, Honorary Life member in the ESVD, 3 School-wide student teaching awards, the ACVD Award of Excellence, named an Honorary Foundation Diplomate in the Asian College of Veterinary Dermatology and received the WSAVA Hill’s Excellence in Veterinary Healthcare Award. His interests include all skin diseases in all species with emphasis on infectious diseases and immunologic skin disease.
Dr. Kenneth W. Kwochka DVM Dip ACVD
Dr. Kwochka received his DVM training from the University of Missouri and completed his intership in medicine and surgery at South Shore Veterinary Associates in Massachusetts before completing his dermatology residency at the University of Florida. He has been Professor of veterinary dermatology at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as in private practice at the Animal Dermatology Clinic in Marina del Rey California and Southeast Veterinary Dermatology and Ear Clinic in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Dr. Kwochka has also been in industry as VP of Research and Development of DVM Pharmaceuticals. He is currently the Veterinary Director of Commercial Services of TEVA Animal Health in St. Joseph Missouri. His special area of interest is otology.
Professor David Lloyd BVetMed, PhD, FRCVS, Dip ECVD
Dr. Lloyd is Professor of Veterinary Dermatology at the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), England. His interests are focused on the biology f the skin surface, cutaneous infection and immunity and antimicrobial resistance with special interests in Staphylococci and yeasts of the genus Malassezia. The work covers small animals, horses and farm animals. He is a founding member and past president of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology, the European College of Veterinary Dermatology and the Veterinary Wound healing Association. He is also a founding member of the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation and the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology. He was founding editor and Editor-in Chief of the journal, Veterinary Dermatology. He is a member of the executive committee. Professor Lloyd graduated from the Royal Veterinary College (University of London) and received his PhD from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 peer reviewed research papers in dermatology and microbiology.
Dr. Cheryl London DVM PhD Dip ACVIM (Oncology)
Dr. London received her veterinary degree from Tufts Veteinrary School in 1990. She completed her medical Oncology residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in 1994 and received her PhD from Harvard University in 1999. She has been a clinical instructor at Tufts Veterinary School from 1995-1998 and was the medical oncologist at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital from 1998-1999. Dr. London was as Assistant Professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary medicine from 1999-2005 and has been in her current position of Associated Professor and Director of the Clinical Trials Office at The Ohio State University since 2005 and 2007 respectively. Her special academic interests are targeted therapy of cancer, small molecule inhibitors and clinical trials.
Dr Richard Malik DVSc DipVetAn MVetClinStud PhD FACVSc FASM
Dr Richard Malik completed a PhD in neuropharmacology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research and a Postdoctoral fellowship at the Neurobiology Research Centre at the University of Sydney, before returning to his alma mater as a Medicine Resident in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. He remained there for 16 years in a variety of positions, most notable as the Valentine Charlton Senior Lecturer in Feline Medicine (1995 to 2002). Since 2002 Richard has worked as a Senior Consultant in the Centre of Veterinary Education. He is a Fellow in Feline Medicine and a registered specialist in Small Animal Medicine in NSW. Richard has strong and varied research interests, most notably infectious disease including cryptococcosis and mycobacterial infections; genetic diseases, diseases of cats in general and most recently diseases of koalas. Richard has a strong commitment to veterinary continuing education, and to collegiate interactions with small animal colleagues in Asia. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Charles Sturt University
Dr Rosanna Marsella DVM Dip ACVD
Dr Marsella completed her residency in veterinary dermatology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology and is currently a Full Professor in Dermatology and Service Chief at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. She is a co-editor for the journal Veterinary Dermatology and a member of the international Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis and has published extensively in the area of canine atopic dermatitis.
Dr Anna Meredith MA VetMB CertLAS DZooMed MRCVS
Dr Anna Meredith is a recognised specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine and was the Head Veterinary Surgeon at the Edinburgh Zoo, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland from 1992 to 2009. She is currently the Head of the Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service Senior Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, a position she has held since 1992. Her areas of special interest in clinical practice and research include exotic animal and wildlife medicine and emerging infectious diseases in wildlife.
Professor Ralf S. Mueller Dr. Med Vet MACVSc
Dr. Mueller graduated in Munich/Germany, completed his doctoral thesis in 1987, and worked in several large and small animal practices before completing a residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of California/Davis in 1992. In 1992 he moved to Australia to work with his partner and wife Dr. Sonya Bettenay in a private referral practice and concurrently at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital/University of Sydney. In 1999, Dr. Mueller became Assistant Professor in Veterinary Dermatology at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/Colorado State University. In 2004, he accepted a position as chief of the veterinary dermatology service at the University of Munich/Germany. He has published over 100 studies, articles, book chapters and books and given several hundred seminars, lectures and talks in Australasia, Europe and North America
Dr. Koji Nishifuji DVM PhD Dip AICVD
Dr Nishifuji gained a PhD from the United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University and became a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine. From 2007 to 2009 he was a Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and is currently an Associate Professor at the same institution. He is a de facto specialist of the Asian College of Veterinary Dermatology and the current Vice President of the Asian Society of Veterinary Dermatology; an Executive Board Member of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Dermatology; an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Veterinary Dermatology and an Associate Editor of the Japanese Journal of Veterinary Dermatology. His areas of special interest in research include stratum corneum lipids and cutaneous barrier function in dogs; desmosomal adhesion and related-skin diseases in mammals and tissue regeneration of canine epidermis.
Dr. Tim Nuttall BSc BVSc MRCVS
Dr Tim Nuttall completed a residency and a PhD in the immunopathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis at the University of Edinburgh.. He is currently the Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Dermatology and Head of Veterinary Education at the University of Liverpool. Tim has established and directs a busy dermatology clinic as well as an active research programme studying atopic dermatitis and microbial infections. Tim is the author of over 50 clinical and scientific publications, has presented over 80 lectures throughout the world, and is a co-author of the second edition of A Colour Handbook of Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat. Tim has served on a number of national and international scientific committees, including the International Committee on Atopic Diseases in Animals, has been a co-editor of Veterinary Dermatology and was recently appointed to the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Dr Thierry Olivry DrVet PhD Dip ACVD Dip ECVD
Dr. Olivry is presently Professor of Immunodermatology, Dermatology Section Chief and Assistant Head at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh, North Carolina. He holds also an appointment as Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He is board-certified by both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology and holds a PhD in the field of comparative pathology.
His current areas of interest in research include canine atopic dermatitis, autoimmune blistering skin diseases and the relationship between skin structure and disease mechanisms.
Dr David Robson BVSc MACVSc FACVSc
Dr David Robson is a veterinary dermatologist and a registered specialist in veterinary dermatology and currently works at the referral dermatology practice at the Animal Skin and Allergy Clinic, Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia. His clinical and research interests include the antimicrobial sensitivity of Malassezia organisms and the diagnosis and management of otitis externa.
Dr. Wayne Rosenkrantz DVM Dip ACVD
Dr. Rosenkrantz is a 1982 graduate of the University of California –Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He completed a private practice internship and completed his dermatology residency at the Animal Dermatology Clinic in Southern California. Dr. Rosenkrantz along with his other partners have built one of the largest private practice dermatology referral practices in the world which currently has 17 board certified dermatologists. He currently is co-owner of multiple practices in Southern California, Georgia, Indiana, and Kentucky and has numerous other satellite locations throughout California, Washington and Hawaii. Dr. Rosenkrantz has trained more than a dozen other dermatologist through his practices. He has served on the ACVD and Australian Board of Veterinary Examiners. He is the Past Chairman of the ACVD Research Funding Committee and has served on past and present World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology Organizing Committees. He is a past president of the Executive Board of the ACVD and recipient of the DVM ACVD Award of Excellence for his contributions to science and education. Dr. Rosenkrantz actively lectures throughout the US and abroad. He has published many articles and book chapters on small animal and equine dermatology. He has been involved in several clinical trials and drug studies. He has a special interest in veterinary dermatology therapeutics, feline and equine dermatology, dermatohistopathology, canine alopecia and chronic allergic skin and ear disease.
Dr Manolis Saridomichelakis DVM DrMedVet
Dr Saridomichelakis was a lecturer of Companion Animal Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly from 2002 to 2006; an Assistant Professor of Companion Animal Medicine from 2006 to 2011 and is currently an Associate Professor of Companion Animal Medicine at this institution. His areas of special interest in clinical practice and research include canine leishmaniosis and atopic dermatitis.
Dr. Marianne M. Sloet DVM PhD Dip ECEIM
Dr. Sloet received her veterinary degree in 2982 and PhD in 1990. She has held the positions of Assistant Professor at Utrecht University since 1982 and her current position as Associate Professor since 1995. Her areas of interest include equine dermatology, equine sport physiology, forensic medicine and emerging equine diseases.
Professor J Scott Weese DVM DVSc Dip ACVIM
Dr. Weese is a veterinary internist and microbiologist, and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is an Associate Professor at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph and a Zoonotic Disease/Public health Microbiologist at the University of Guelph’s Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. He is also Chief of Infection Control at the Ontario Veterinary College Teaching Hospital and holds a Canada Research Chair in zoonotic diseases. Dr. Weese has published over 140 paper in peer reviewed journals, edited two books and speaks extensively on infectious disease topics. His research interests are focused on zoonotic and antimicrobial resistant pathogens, particularly methicillin-resistant staphylococci and Clostridium difficile, infection control, emerging diseases and zoonotic disease risks with immunocompromised individuals.
Dr. Stephen D. White DVM, Diplomate ACVD
Dr. White graduated from the University of California- Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 1979 and completed his dermatology residency in 1982. He has held faculty positions at Tufts University and Colorado State University Veterinary Schools, and has twice been a sabbatical professor at the National Veterinary School in Nantes, France. He is currently a Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC-Davis. His areas of interest include equine dermatology, exotic animal dermatology, cutaneous adverse food reactions and non-steroidal alternative medications for pruritus and autoimmune skin disease and Dr. White is also Secretary of the Executive Organizing Committee of WCVD7.
Professor Dr. Hywel Williams BSc MSc PhD FRCP
Prof Williams directs the Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology at the University of Nottingham which includes the Cochrane Skin Group and the UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network Hywel has a particular interest in childhood eczema and works as a clinical dermatologist at Nottingham, where he and his team run an award-winning eczema clinic. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and is an advocate of evidence-based medicine and for working with healthcare users and within multidisciplinary teams to conduct high quality applied research that informs clinical practice. Hywel is Chair of the National Speciality Interest Group for Dermatology and is an NIHR Senior Investigator; he founded the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit and played a key role in initiating the Centre of Evidence-Based Veterinary practice at Nottingham University. Outside of dermatology, Hywel chairs the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Commissioning Board, which funds around £88 million on comparative effectiveness research each year.
Dr. Tony Yu DVM MS Dip ACVD
Dr. Yu received his veterinary degree from Ontario Veterinary College in 1990 and his dermatology specialty training at Auburn University College of Veterinary medicine. After finishing the combined Masters and Dermatology residency, he began the first private dermatology referral practice in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Yu worked with both small animals and horses in private practice. Dr. Yu returned to the Ontario Veterinary College as an Associate Professor in Veterinary Dermatology part time in July of 2004 and full time in 2006. Dr. Yu has presented and lectured throughout the world and has authored and guest edited publications in various journals and texts.
Dr. Deb Zoran DVM MS PhD Dip ACVIM (Small Animal Int Med)
Dr. Zoran is an Associate Professor and Chief of Small Animal Internal Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Small Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M University. She is a 1984 graduate of Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation, she entered private clinical practice in the Phoenix, Arizona area until returning in 1987 to Iowa State University for her small animal internal medicine residency. She completed a Master's degree and became a Diplomate of the ACVIM - Small Animal Internal Medicine during her time there. In 1992, she moved to Texas A&M University and completed a PhD in Nutrition in the laboratory of Dr. Joanne Lupton. Since 1996, Dr. Zoran has been a member of the faculty in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Texas A&M University where she is actively involved with clinical, teaching, and research activities in small animal nutrition, gastroenterology and feline medicine. She has won teaching awards from the TVMA, Western Veterinary Conference, and the Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University, and also was awarded the clinical service award for the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Texas A&M University twice. She is also currently serving as the Vice President of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
Prof David Argyle completed a PhD in oncology and immunology at the University of Glasgow Veterinary School and then joined the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies as lecturer and then senior lecturer in clinical oncology and gene therapy. In 2002, he became head of veterinary oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. In 2005 he returned to the UK to be appointed to the William Dick Chair of veterinary clinical studies at the University of Edinburgh and the head of the veterinary oncology and companion animal stem cell programme. He is an RCVS and European recognized specialist in Veterinary Oncology, a Diplomat of the European College of Internal Medicine in Oncology and is the co-scientific editor of the Journal of Veterinary and Comparative Oncology. His current major research interests are cancer biology and cancer stem cells.
Dr. Kerstin Bergvall DVM, Dip ECVD
Dr. Bergvall received her veterinary degree from Uppsala in Sweden and became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology in 2004. She works part time as an assistant professor at the University of Agriculture, Uppsala, Sweden and also in a referral animal hospital in Stockholm. She is responsible for the Equine Dermatology Specialty Clinic at the University.
Dr. Sonya Bettenay BVSc (Hons), MANZCVSc FANZCVSc Dip ECVD
Dr. Bettenay is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and a Diplomate of the ECVD. She moved to referral dermatology after many years in practice, industry and teaching. She co-founded the Animal Skin and Allergy Clinic in Melbourne, Australia where she worked for a decade and has been on the faculty of Colorado State University Veterinary School and a dermatopathologist at the CSU State Lab.
She is currently in private referral practice for both dermatology and dermatopathology in Munich, Germany. Her current areas of special interest is in paw and pawpad diseases, dermatophytes and cattle dermatology.
Dr Petra Bizikova DVM Dip ACVD Dip ECVD
Dr. Bizikova completed an internship and a dermatology residency at the NC State University, North Carolina, US. She started PhD studies in Immunology at NC State University in 2008, after receiving a training grant from the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology. She is a Diplomate of both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology. Her main research goal is to investigate the nature of auto-antigens in the autoimmune skin disease pemphigus foliaceus in dogs. Petra’s special interests in research are on the pathogenesis of autoimmune skin diseases and atopic dermatitis in dogs.
Dr. Mona Boord, DVM Dip ACVD
Dr. Boord was graduated from the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine before completing her internship with the Animal Specialty Group of San Diego and her dermatology residency at the Animal Dermatology Clinic in San Diego, California. She has been co-owner of the Animal Dermatology Clinic in San Diego since 1993 and works as a staff dermatologist. Dr. Boord is a member of the Veterinary Surgical laser Society and her areas of special interest in clinical practice are surgical therapy for veterinary dermatology cases and infectious disease effect on the immune system.
Professor Patrick. J. Bourdeau DVM Dip ECVD-EVPC
Prof. Bourdeau was graduated from the Veterinary School of Alfort, France in 1978. He is currently Professor in charge of the Unit, Clinics and Laboratory of Parasitology, Dermatology, and Mycology at the National Vet School of Oniris, in Nantes, France. He is a Diplomate of the ECVD since 1992, co-organizer of the French Certificate of Dermatology (CES) and responsible for the National Diploma of Specialization in Dermatology. He initiated specific and specialized clinics in dermatology in Maison-Alfort vet school in 1989 and Nantes in 1991. He is a diplomate of the French Certificate of Human and Veterinary Parasitology and Agregation of Parasitology. He is also a diplomate in Mycology of Institute Pasteur Paris and PhD in Zoology. In 1998 he participated to the initiation of the European College of Veterinary Parasitology and is a member of the EVPC. His areas of interest in clinical practice and research are allergy, new concepts of therapeutics, exotic pets and horses, epidemiology and interfaces between dermatology and parasitology or mycology.
Dr Amanda Burrows BVMS MANZCVS FANZCVS
Mandy is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Veterinary Dermatology. She is a consultant in veterinary dermatology and a lecturer in dermatology at Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital, Western Australia. She teaches post graduate veterinary students in the dermatology unit of the Masters in Veterinary Medicine at both Murdoch University and Massey University, New Zealand. She is currently the Chief Examiner of the Board of Examiners of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and is on the Advisory Committee for the Registration of Veterinary Specialists. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Veterinary Dermatology, the Australian Advisory board for Infectious Diseases in Companion Animals and is currently the Oceanic representative.
Dr Didier Noël Carlotti Dip ECVD DESV
Dr Carlotti is a Diplomate and a Past-President (2000-2001) of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology. He has been a full member of the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology since 1985 and was the President of the French Small Animal Dermatology Study Group from 1985 to 1991 and Secretary General from 1993 to 1999. He was President of AFVAC from 1999 to 2009; a Founder Member and a Past-President (1988-1990) of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology and he is currently the President. He has published 107 papers, 14 book chapters and one book and given more than 370 international lectures in the field of veterinary dermatology.
Dr Rosario Cerundolo, DVM Cert. VD Dip ECVD MRCVS
Dr Rosario Cerundolo completed a residency in dermatology at the Royal Veterinary College in London and became a Diplomate of the European School of Veterinary Dermatology in 1998 and a RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology in 2000. From 2002 to 2006 he worked as an Associate Professor in Veterinary Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Currently he is working at Dick White Referrals in Six Mile Bottom in Suffolk. He has been the former President of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology and he has been the Chair of the Scientific Organising Committee of the last two Annual Congress of the ESVD-ECVD.
Dr. Lynette K. Cole, DVM, MS, Dip ACVD
Dr. Cole received her veterinary degree from the University of Tennessee in 1989. She completed her Residency in Veterinary Dermatology at The Ohio State University in 1997 and obtained her Master of Science degree from The Ohio State University in 1999. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology. She is currently an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Otology at The Ohio State University. Her main professional interest is ear disease.
Dr. Douglas J. DeBoer DVM
Dr. DeBoer was graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California-Davis in 1981 and completed his internship at Michigan State University before returning to UC-Davis for his dermatology residency completed in 1984. Dr. DeBoer is currently professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his special area of interest is in atopic dermatitis and recurrent infections. Dr. DeBoer has authored many papers and articles on a variety of dermatological diseases and has been the recipient of the prestigious ACVD Award of Excellence and is the Sponsorship chair for WCVD7
Dr. Valerie Fadok DVM PhD Dip ACVD
Dr Valerie Fadok completed her residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of Florida and a PhD at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She is a Diplomate of the American College Veterinary Dermatology. She was a postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Research Professor and Associate Research Professor at the Dept Paediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Centre and an Associate Professor, Dept Small Animal Practice, Texas A & M University. She is currently a clinical associate at the Gulf Coast Veterinary Dermatology and Allergy, Houston, Texas. Her areas of special interest in clinical practice and research include immunology, inflammation, apoptosis, atopic dermatitis and pyoderma
Professor Richard L. Gallo MD PhD
Dr. Gallo is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Dermatology at the University of California-San Diego. His research focuses on the role of the innate immune system in skin health and disease, focusing on antimicrobial peptides and aspects of the basic functions of the skin immune system. Key contributions by his laboratory have included the first discovery of the existence of antimicrobial peptides in mammalian skin and the firs demonstration that these are essential for immune defence of mammals. A common them throughout his work has been application of a wide range of modern biochemical and molecular techniques in experimental systems designed to uncover basic aspect of human immunity. Dr. Gallo has been President of the Society of VA Dermatologists and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Professors of Dermatology and the Society for Investigative Dermatology Journal.
Dr. Robert Harman DVM MPVM
Dr. Harman received his DVM from the University of California at Davis in 1982 and also concurrently completed a Masters in Preventative Veterinary Medicine through the Department of Epidemiology, UC Davis. Dr. Harman practiced in production animal medicine in California from 1982-1985. He then founded HTI Bio-Services, a contract veterinary research company. From 1985-1999, he was the senior clinical investigator and CEO of HTI Bio-Services and authored more than 500 study reports in support of the FDA and USDA registration of pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices. In 2003 he founded Vet-Stem, a veterinary regenerative medicine company in California. Dr. Harman has been the author on six peer-reviewed stem cell publications in veterinary and human medicine and has spoken at over 100 domestic and international conferences on the science and clinical translation of regenerative medicine.
Professor Richard Halliwell, MS, PhD, VetMB, MRCVS, Dip ACVD
Professor Richard Halliwell received both his veterinary degree and his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He spent 16 years teaching in the USA, first at the University of Pennsylvania and then the University of Florida, where he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medical Sciences. In 1988 he returned to the UK as William Dick Professor of Veterinary Clinical Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and served 6 years as Dean of the Faculty. Now a Professor Emeritus, he has served as President of both the American and the European Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology (1984-1986 and 1994-1996 respectively) and (2000-2008). At the Fifth World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in Vienna in August 2004, he was awarded a Lifetime Career Achievement Award by the European College of Veterinary Dermatology.
Dr Andrew Hillier BVSc MACVSc Dip ACVD
Dr Andy Hillier completed a residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of Florida and is an ACVD board-certified dermatologist. He has been on faculty at The Ohio State University since 1996 and is currently the Dermatology Service Chief and Professor at this institution. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and lectured worldwide. His primary areas of research are staphylococcal pyoderma, atopic dermatitis and otitis externa. He has made a significant contribution to the American College of Veterinary Dermatology and has been invaluable in the organization of the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in both Vienna and Hong Kong.
Dr. Peter Ihrke VMD Dip ACVD
Dr. Ihrke was graduated from and completed a residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology and is currently a Professor of Dermatology at the University of California School of Veterinary medicine and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Ihrke has authored or co-authored over 200 book chapters, papers and proceedings and authored, co-authored or co-edited 4 books. He is currently the President- Elect of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association and has served as President and other positions on the executive Boards of the ACVD, the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology, the Academy of Veterinary Allergy, the 4th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology and the American Board of Veterinary Specialities. He has been awarded the Faulty School-wide Distinguished Teaching Award at UC Davis, the AAHA Veterinarian of the Year Award, Honorary Life member in the ESVD, 3 School-wide student teaching awards, the ACVD Award of Excellence, named an Honorary Foundation Diplomate in the Asian College of Veterinary Dermatology and received the WSAVA Hill’s Excellence in Veterinary Healthcare Award. His interests include all skin diseases in all species with emphasis on infectious diseases and immunologic skin disease.
Dr. Kenneth W. Kwochka DVM Dip ACVD
Dr. Kwochka received his DVM training from the University of Missouri and completed his intership in medicine and surgery at South Shore Veterinary Associates in Massachusetts before completing his dermatology residency at the University of Florida. He has been Professor of veterinary dermatology at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as in private practice at the Animal Dermatology Clinic in Marina del Rey California and Southeast Veterinary Dermatology and Ear Clinic in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Dr. Kwochka has also been in industry as VP of Research and Development of DVM Pharmaceuticals. He is currently the Veterinary Director of Commercial Services of TEVA Animal Health in St. Joseph Missouri. His special area of interest is otology.
Professor David Lloyd BVetMed, PhD, FRCVS, Dip ECVD
Dr. Lloyd is Professor of Veterinary Dermatology at the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), England. His interests are focused on the biology f the skin surface, cutaneous infection and immunity and antimicrobial resistance with special interests in Staphylococci and yeasts of the genus Malassezia. The work covers small animals, horses and farm animals. He is a founding member and past president of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology, the European College of Veterinary Dermatology and the Veterinary Wound healing Association. He is also a founding member of the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation and the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology. He was founding editor and Editor-in Chief of the journal, Veterinary Dermatology. He is a member of the executive committee. Professor Lloyd graduated from the Royal Veterinary College (University of London) and received his PhD from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 peer reviewed research papers in dermatology and microbiology.
Dr. Cheryl London DVM PhD Dip ACVIM (Oncology)
Dr. London received her veterinary degree from Tufts Veteinrary School in 1990. She completed her medical Oncology residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in 1994 and received her PhD from Harvard University in 1999. She has been a clinical instructor at Tufts Veterinary School from 1995-1998 and was the medical oncologist at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital from 1998-1999. Dr. London was as Assistant Professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary medicine from 1999-2005 and has been in her current position of Associated Professor and Director of the Clinical Trials Office at The Ohio State University since 2005 and 2007 respectively. Her special academic interests are targeted therapy of cancer, small molecule inhibitors and clinical trials.
Dr Richard Malik DVSc DipVetAn MVetClinStud PhD FACVSc FASM
Dr Richard Malik completed a PhD in neuropharmacology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research and a Postdoctoral fellowship at the Neurobiology Research Centre at the University of Sydney, before returning to his alma mater as a Medicine Resident in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. He remained there for 16 years in a variety of positions, most notable as the Valentine Charlton Senior Lecturer in Feline Medicine (1995 to 2002). Since 2002 Richard has worked as a Senior Consultant in the Centre of Veterinary Education. He is a Fellow in Feline Medicine and a registered specialist in Small Animal Medicine in NSW. Richard has strong and varied research interests, most notably infectious disease including cryptococcosis and mycobacterial infections; genetic diseases, diseases of cats in general and most recently diseases of koalas. Richard has a strong commitment to veterinary continuing education, and to collegiate interactions with small animal colleagues in Asia. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Charles Sturt University
Dr Rosanna Marsella DVM Dip ACVD
Dr Marsella completed her residency in veterinary dermatology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology and is currently a Full Professor in Dermatology and Service Chief at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. She is a co-editor for the journal Veterinary Dermatology and a member of the international Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis and has published extensively in the area of canine atopic dermatitis.
Dr Anna Meredith MA VetMB CertLAS DZooMed MRCVS
Dr Anna Meredith is a recognised specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine and was the Head Veterinary Surgeon at the Edinburgh Zoo, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland from 1992 to 2009. She is currently the Head of the Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service Senior Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, a position she has held since 1992. Her areas of special interest in clinical practice and research include exotic animal and wildlife medicine and emerging infectious diseases in wildlife.
Professor Ralf S. Mueller Dr. Med Vet MACVSc
Dr. Mueller graduated in Munich/Germany, completed his doctoral thesis in 1987, and worked in several large and small animal practices before completing a residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of California/Davis in 1992. In 1992 he moved to Australia to work with his partner and wife Dr. Sonya Bettenay in a private referral practice and concurrently at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital/University of Sydney. In 1999, Dr. Mueller became Assistant Professor in Veterinary Dermatology at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/Colorado State University. In 2004, he accepted a position as chief of the veterinary dermatology service at the University of Munich/Germany. He has published over 100 studies, articles, book chapters and books and given several hundred seminars, lectures and talks in Australasia, Europe and North America
Dr. Koji Nishifuji DVM PhD Dip AICVD
Dr Nishifuji gained a PhD from the United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University and became a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine. From 2007 to 2009 he was a Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and is currently an Associate Professor at the same institution. He is a de facto specialist of the Asian College of Veterinary Dermatology and the current Vice President of the Asian Society of Veterinary Dermatology; an Executive Board Member of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Dermatology; an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Veterinary Dermatology and an Associate Editor of the Japanese Journal of Veterinary Dermatology. His areas of special interest in research include stratum corneum lipids and cutaneous barrier function in dogs; desmosomal adhesion and related-skin diseases in mammals and tissue regeneration of canine epidermis.
Dr. Tim Nuttall BSc BVSc MRCVS
Dr Tim Nuttall completed a residency and a PhD in the immunopathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis at the University of Edinburgh.. He is currently the Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Dermatology and Head of Veterinary Education at the University of Liverpool. Tim has established and directs a busy dermatology clinic as well as an active research programme studying atopic dermatitis and microbial infections. Tim is the author of over 50 clinical and scientific publications, has presented over 80 lectures throughout the world, and is a co-author of the second edition of A Colour Handbook of Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat. Tim has served on a number of national and international scientific committees, including the International Committee on Atopic Diseases in Animals, has been a co-editor of Veterinary Dermatology and was recently appointed to the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Dr Thierry Olivry DrVet PhD Dip ACVD Dip ECVD
Dr. Olivry is presently Professor of Immunodermatology, Dermatology Section Chief and Assistant Head at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh, North Carolina. He holds also an appointment as Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He is board-certified by both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology and holds a PhD in the field of comparative pathology.
His current areas of interest in research include canine atopic dermatitis, autoimmune blistering skin diseases and the relationship between skin structure and disease mechanisms.
Dr David Robson BVSc MACVSc FACVSc
Dr David Robson is a veterinary dermatologist and a registered specialist in veterinary dermatology and currently works at the referral dermatology practice at the Animal Skin and Allergy Clinic, Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia. His clinical and research interests include the antimicrobial sensitivity of Malassezia organisms and the diagnosis and management of otitis externa.
Dr. Wayne Rosenkrantz DVM Dip ACVD
Dr. Rosenkrantz is a 1982 graduate of the University of California –Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He completed a private practice internship and completed his dermatology residency at the Animal Dermatology Clinic in Southern California. Dr. Rosenkrantz along with his other partners have built one of the largest private practice dermatology referral practices in the world which currently has 17 board certified dermatologists. He currently is co-owner of multiple practices in Southern California, Georgia, Indiana, and Kentucky and has numerous other satellite locations throughout California, Washington and Hawaii. Dr. Rosenkrantz has trained more than a dozen other dermatologist through his practices. He has served on the ACVD and Australian Board of Veterinary Examiners. He is the Past Chairman of the ACVD Research Funding Committee and has served on past and present World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology Organizing Committees. He is a past president of the Executive Board of the ACVD and recipient of the DVM ACVD Award of Excellence for his contributions to science and education. Dr. Rosenkrantz actively lectures throughout the US and abroad. He has published many articles and book chapters on small animal and equine dermatology. He has been involved in several clinical trials and drug studies. He has a special interest in veterinary dermatology therapeutics, feline and equine dermatology, dermatohistopathology, canine alopecia and chronic allergic skin and ear disease.
Dr Manolis Saridomichelakis DVM DrMedVet
Dr Saridomichelakis was a lecturer of Companion Animal Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly from 2002 to 2006; an Assistant Professor of Companion Animal Medicine from 2006 to 2011 and is currently an Associate Professor of Companion Animal Medicine at this institution. His areas of special interest in clinical practice and research include canine leishmaniosis and atopic dermatitis.
Dr. Marianne M. Sloet DVM PhD Dip ECEIM
Dr. Sloet received her veterinary degree in 2982 and PhD in 1990. She has held the positions of Assistant Professor at Utrecht University since 1982 and her current position as Associate Professor since 1995. Her areas of interest include equine dermatology, equine sport physiology, forensic medicine and emerging equine diseases.
Professor J Scott Weese DVM DVSc Dip ACVIM
Dr. Weese is a veterinary internist and microbiologist, and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He is an Associate Professor at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph and a Zoonotic Disease/Public health Microbiologist at the University of Guelph’s Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. He is also Chief of Infection Control at the Ontario Veterinary College Teaching Hospital and holds a Canada Research Chair in zoonotic diseases. Dr. Weese has published over 140 paper in peer reviewed journals, edited two books and speaks extensively on infectious disease topics. His research interests are focused on zoonotic and antimicrobial resistant pathogens, particularly methicillin-resistant staphylococci and Clostridium difficile, infection control, emerging diseases and zoonotic disease risks with immunocompromised individuals.
Dr. Stephen D. White DVM, Diplomate ACVD
Dr. White graduated from the University of California- Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 1979 and completed his dermatology residency in 1982. He has held faculty positions at Tufts University and Colorado State University Veterinary Schools, and has twice been a sabbatical professor at the National Veterinary School in Nantes, France. He is currently a Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC-Davis. His areas of interest include equine dermatology, exotic animal dermatology, cutaneous adverse food reactions and non-steroidal alternative medications for pruritus and autoimmune skin disease and Dr. White is also Secretary of the Executive Organizing Committee of WCVD7.
Professor Dr. Hywel Williams BSc MSc PhD FRCP
Prof Williams directs the Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology at the University of Nottingham which includes the Cochrane Skin Group and the UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network Hywel has a particular interest in childhood eczema and works as a clinical dermatologist at Nottingham, where he and his team run an award-winning eczema clinic. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and is an advocate of evidence-based medicine and for working with healthcare users and within multidisciplinary teams to conduct high quality applied research that informs clinical practice. Hywel is Chair of the National Speciality Interest Group for Dermatology and is an NIHR Senior Investigator; he founded the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit and played a key role in initiating the Centre of Evidence-Based Veterinary practice at Nottingham University. Outside of dermatology, Hywel chairs the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Commissioning Board, which funds around £88 million on comparative effectiveness research each year.
Dr. Tony Yu DVM MS Dip ACVD
Dr. Yu received his veterinary degree from Ontario Veterinary College in 1990 and his dermatology specialty training at Auburn University College of Veterinary medicine. After finishing the combined Masters and Dermatology residency, he began the first private dermatology referral practice in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Yu worked with both small animals and horses in private practice. Dr. Yu returned to the Ontario Veterinary College as an Associate Professor in Veterinary Dermatology part time in July of 2004 and full time in 2006. Dr. Yu has presented and lectured throughout the world and has authored and guest edited publications in various journals and texts.
Dr. Deb Zoran DVM MS PhD Dip ACVIM (Small Animal Int Med)
Dr. Zoran is an Associate Professor and Chief of Small Animal Internal Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Small Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M University. She is a 1984 graduate of Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation, she entered private clinical practice in the Phoenix, Arizona area until returning in 1987 to Iowa State University for her small animal internal medicine residency. She completed a Master's degree and became a Diplomate of the ACVIM - Small Animal Internal Medicine during her time there. In 1992, she moved to Texas A&M University and completed a PhD in Nutrition in the laboratory of Dr. Joanne Lupton. Since 1996, Dr. Zoran has been a member of the faculty in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Texas A&M University where she is actively involved with clinical, teaching, and research activities in small animal nutrition, gastroenterology and feline medicine. She has won teaching awards from the TVMA, Western Veterinary Conference, and the Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University, and also was awarded the clinical service award for the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Texas A&M University twice. She is also currently serving as the Vice President of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.