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PETE MANTIS

Dick White Referrals

ABOUT

• European Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
• RCVS-Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
• Honorary Associate Professor, University of Nottingham

Panagiotis (Pete) Mantis graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1994. He completed a Diagnostic Imaging Residency at the Royal Veterinary College and then worked in first opinion practices and referral hospitals in London. He spent a year at the Swedish Agricultural University in Uppsala and in 2000 he moved to the Royal Veterinary College. He became Senior Lecturer in Radiology and remained at RVC until joining DWR in 2017. In 2019, he was appointed Head of Diagnostic Imaging. Pete is a European and RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is a regular author, speaker and CPD tutor on small animal radiology, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Publications

LUCA FERASIN

DVM PhD CertVC PGCert(HE) DipECVIM-CA (Cardiology) GPCert(B&PS) FRCVS
European & RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology
Specialist Veterinary Cardiology Consultancy (SVCC Ltd), Hampshire, UK

ABOUT

Luca graduated with honours in 1992 from the University of Bologna (Italy). After 3 years research in endocrinology at the BBSRC Institute in Cambridge, he was awarded his PhD in 1996. Following 3 years as Assistant Professor at Padua University (Italy), Luca moved to Bristol University, where he taught cardio-respiratory medicine of the dog and cat for more than 6 years. In 2005-2007, he was Associate Professor in Cardiology at the University of Minnesota (USA). He returned to the UK in 2008 to set up an independent cardiology company (Specialist Veterinary Cardiology Consultancy/ SVCC Ltd) providing cardiology services in various referral institutions, as well as offering telemedicine service and post-graduate teaching. He obtained the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) certificate in cardiology in 2001, the certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education in 2002, the ECVIM diploma (cardiology) in 2004 and a Certificate in Business & Professional Studies in 2011. In 2019, Luca was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for his Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice. Luca has also vastly contributed to the veterinary literature with more than 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters, including the chapter on coughing in the two latest editions of Ettinger’s textbook of Internal Medicine. He also acted as chairman of the ECVIM examination committee and was member of the RCVS examination board and BSAVA congress committee. Luca is a regular speaker in Europe, USA and Asia. His main professional interests include feline cardiology, exercise physiology, interventional cardiology, as well as investigation and clinical management of syncope and coughing.

ESTHER KLOK

Paraveterinair and Fear Free certified Elite.

ABOUT

Passion for her job as a vet-tech brought her so much more than her super job at vet clinic Winsum already for 28 years. Becoming vet-tech of the year in the Netherlands was a trigger to see if there were more possibility’s for a vet-tech. Now she also has besides her full-time job in the clinic, her own company; Improve On the Move. It allows her to do national and international all the things she loves.

Speaking, teaching, training and write articles for magazines. She loved to organise 4 conferences for vets and vet techs and 3 wet-labs. Also it allowed her to write a few articles in Today's veterinary technician. Lecturing on conferences and training sessions in the Netherlands, Dubai, South-Africa, Finland and Peru, and Belgium. And of course on-line webinars started in 2020 for her. Making connection on that way to vets and techs in Russia, Czech republic, Slovakia and for IVSA worldwide was a great opportunity.

One of the topics she loves the most to speak about is; Fear Free. It changed her daily life as a full time vet-tech and as an animal owner. Less stress, fear and anxiety is something that made her life so much better and that is something she wants to share, and inspire people to join the world of the Fear Free way of living together with animals. Because of her daily job as a vet-tech she stays up-dated about what’s new in our vet-clinics.

JACK LAWSON

ABOUT

EDUCATION

2017-2020 Royal Veterinary College - Master of Veterinary Medicine, Diploma in Small Animal Internal Medicine
2013-2017 Royal Veterinary College - PhD Studentship “Transforming growth factor ß1 and its relationship with phosphate homeostasis in feline CKD”
2004-2009 Royal Veterinary College - Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021- Queen Mother Hospital for Animals – Lecturer in small animal medicine
2020-2021 Queen Mother Hospital for Animals – Staff clinician in small animal medicine
2017-2020 Queen Mother Hospital for Animals – Residency in small animal internal medicine
2013 -2019 Cromwell Veterinary Group – Assistant veterinary surgeon
2011 -2012 Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital - Rotating internship
2009 - 2011 Mercer and Hughes Veterinary Surgeons – Assistant veterinary surgeon

SELECTED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Karttunen, J.M., Stewart, S.E., Karet Frankl, F.E., Williams, T.L. (2021) Isolation of urinary extracellular vesicles from healthy cats and cats with chronic kidney disease [Abstract], 2021 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program. J Vet Intern Med, 35: 2943–3079

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Purcell, R., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2017) Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF-23) Regulates HK-2 Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Response to TGF-β1 [Abstract] J Am Soc Nephrol 28, 2017: 1016.

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Purcell, R., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2016) The Cat as a Model of Renal Interstitial Fibrosis: Characterisation of Primary Cultures of Feline Tubular Epithelial Cells [Abstract]. J Am Soc Nephrol 27: 671A.

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2016) Investigation of a cell culture model for the study of fibrosis in the feline kidney [Abstract], Research Communications of the 25th ECVIM-CA Congress. J Vet Intern Med, 30: 348–439.

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2015) Urinary Active TGF- β1 in Feline Chronic Kidney Disease [Abstract], 2015 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program. J Vet Intern Med, 29: 1122–1256.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Antrobus, P.R., Karttunen, J.M., Stewart, S.E., Karet Frankl, F.E., Williams, T.L. (2023) Urinary extracellular vesicles as a source of protein-based biomarkers in feline chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 64(1), 3–11.

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2021) Investigation of the transforming growth factor-beta 1 signalling pathway as a possible link between hyperphosphataemia and renal fibrosis in feline chronic kidney disease, The Veterinary Journal, 267: 105582

Lawson, J.S., Jepson, R.E. (2021) Feline comorbidities: The intermingled relationship between chronic kidney disease and hypertension, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 23(9), 812-822

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2019) Characterisation of Crandell-Rees Feline Kidney (CRFK) cells as mesenchymal in phenotype. Research in Veterinary Science, 127, 99-102

Lawson, J.S., Liu, H.H., Syme, H.M., Purcell, R., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2018) The cat as a naturally occurring model of renal interstitial fibrosis: Characterisation of primary feline proximal tubular epithelial cells and comparative pro-fibrotic effects of TGF-β1. PLoS ONE, 13(8), e0202577

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2018) Characterisation of feline renal cortical fibroblast cultures and their transcriptional response to transforming growth factor β1, BMC Veterinary Research, 14(1), 76

Lawson, J.S., Syme, H.M., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Elliott, J. (2016) Urinary active transforming growth factor beta in feline chronic kidney disease, The Veterinary Journal, 214, 1-6

Lawson, J.S., Elliott, J., Wheeler-Jones, C.P.D., Syme, H., Jepson, R. (2015) Renal fibrosis in feline chronic kidney disease: Known mediators and mechanisms of injury, The Veterinary Journal, 203, 18-26

NIKOLA KATIĆ

European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

ABOUT

EDUCATION:

Residency ECVS: Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria; Supervision Prof. Dr. Gilles Dupré, DECVS Doctorate: Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria;
Undergraduate studies: Veterinary Faculty, Belgrade Serbia and Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria

CURRENT POSITION:

Owner and Head Surgeon of Fachtierärzte Althangrund - Veterinary Specialists referral center in Vienna, Austria

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

Head of Surgery at VetChirurgie
Head of Surgery at the AniCura Tierklinik Hollabrunn, Austria
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, Clinic for Small Animal Surgery, University Teaching Hospital for Small Animals, Department for Small Animals and Horses, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria

SPECIALTY:

Consummate small animal surgeon (soft tissue, orthopaedics, neurosurgery) with special emphasis on minimal invasive surgery (laparoscopy, thoracosopy) as well as advanced orthopaedic procedures (arthroscopy, TPLO, fracture management)

RESEARCH FIELD:

Minimally Invasive Surgery
Use of Antibiotics in Surgery

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Autor and Co-Autor of various publications in the field of small animal surgery. Reviewer in several relevant veterinary journals.
Speaker and instructor at different international conferences and courses (basic and advanced). Husband and father of two boys.

ALPER DEMİRUTKU

İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Veteriner Fakültesi

ÖZGEÇMİŞ

1977 yılında İstanbul’da doğdu. İlk, orta ve lise öğrenimini İstanbul’da tamamladıktan sonra 1996 yılında girdiği İstanbul Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi’nden 2001 yılında mezun oldu. Aynı yıl İ.Ü. Veteriner Fakültesi Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı’nda doktora eğitimine başladı. 2002 yılında Kedi ve Köpeklerde Otoloji branşında çalışmalarına başladı. Aynı yıl Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı’nda Araştırma Görevlisi kadrosuna atandı. 2006 yılında 1 ay süreyle Almanya Münih’te Ludwig Maximilian Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Cerrahi Kliniği ve Ameliyathanesinde çalıştı. 2007 yılında “Kedi ve Köpeklerde Dış Kulak Hastalıkları Üzerine Klinik İncelemeler” konulu doktora tezini tamamlayarak DVM, PhD ünvanını aldı. 2015 yılında akademik yayın ve sözlü sınav aşamalarını geçerek İstanbul Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Klinik Bilimler Doçenti ünvanını almaya hak kazandı ve çalışmalarına Kedi ve Köpeklerde Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları (Otorinolaringoloji) üzerine devam etti. 2018 yılında İÜC Veteriner Fakültesi Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı bünyesinde kedi ve köpekler için Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği’nin kurulmasına öncülük etti. Çalışmalarına halen Türkiye’de Fakülte bünyesinde ilk ve tek olan bu klinikte devam etmektedir. Evli ve iki çocuk babasıdır.

BUĞRAHAN BEKİR YAĞCI

ÖZGEÇMİŞ

1973 yılında Ankara’da doğdu. 1996 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi’nden mezun oldu. 1997 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı’na asistan olarak atandı. 2002 yılında Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalına Araştırma Görevlisi olarak naklen atandı. 2003 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalından doktora derecesini aldı. Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı’nda 2006 yılında Yardımcı Doçent, 2011 yılında Doçent, 2020 yılında Prof. Dr. ünvanını aldı. Çok iyi derecede İngilizce bilgisine sahiptir. 2019 yılından itibaren Veteriner İç Hastalıkları Derneği’nde Yönetim Kurulu Başkanlığını yönetmektedir.

HADİ ALİHOSSEİNİ

ÖZGEÇMİŞ

1977 yılında İran/Tebriz'de doğdu. 1995 yılında Orumiyeh Azad Üniversitesi Veteriner Hekimliği Fakültesi’ne girip, 2002 yılında mezun oldu. 2002-2007 yılları arası aynı fakültede hayvan hastanesinde; iç hastalıkları, nöroloji, dermatoloji ve oftalmoloji eğitiminde bulundu. 2005-2006 yılları arasında Kopenhag Küçük Hayvan Hastanesi’nde stajyer olarak görev yaptı.

2008 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalında doktoraya başlayarak 2014 yılında Bilim Doktoru ünvanı aldı. Yurtiçi ve yurtdışı dergilerde yayınlanmış 20’nin üzerinde makalesi ve çeşitli kongrelerde sunulmuş 50’ün üzerinde tebliği mevcuttur. 16 yıldır Veteriner Kardiyolojiye ilgi duymakta ve profesyonel anlamda da 10 yıldır kedi ve köpeklerin kalp hastalıkları konularında çalışmalar yapmaktadır.

MERT POLAT

ÖZGEÇMİŞ

Lisans eğitimini takiben 2005 yılında Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Doğum ve Jinekoloji Anabilim dalında araştırma görevlisi olarak göreve başladı. Ankara üniversitesi veteriner fakültesinde 2012 yılında bilim doktoru unvanını aldı. 2013 yılından itibaren Kırıkkale Üniversitesinde öğretim üyesi olarak çalışmalarına devam etmektedir. Ulusal ve uluslararası düzeyde 53 araştırma makalesi, 41 kongre bildirisi ve 23 bilimsel araştırma projesi bulunmaktadır. Çeşitli Resmi ve özel mesleki kurumlarda 17 meslek içi eğitim kursları verdi. Ankara Bölgesi Veteriner Hekimleri Odası (Yönetim kurulu üyesi), Veteriner Hekimler Derneği, Klinisyen Veteriner Hekimler Derneği, Türk Veteriner Jinekoloji derneği ve Türk BUİATRİ derneklerine üyelikleri ve yönetici görevleri bulunmaktadır.

VASSİLİKİ STATHOPOULOU

DVM, GPCertSAM(ESVPS), GPCert Small Animal Endoscopy&Endosurgery (ESVPS), PgCertSAM (Harper Adams University,UK)

Vetmedica Referral Clinic

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Vassiliki Stathopoulou qualified from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2000 and has been working since as an internist and later as head of the Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Department in a referral clinic in Athens, Greece (www.plakentiavet.gr). Her clinical interests include canine and feline gastroenterology/hepatology, clinical nutrition as well as diagnostic and interventional endoscopy in companion animals. She has participated in several advanced postgraduate intensive courses in Veterinary Endoscopy and holds a GP Certificate in Small Animal Internal Medicine (2009), a GP Certificate in Endoscopy and Endosurgery (2010) by the European school of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies and a PgCert in Small Animal Medicine(2015) from Harper Adams University. She is a member of the Veterinary Endoscopy Society (VES) and the European Society of Comparative Gastroenterology. She has been an invited speaker to various webinars and congresses and a trainer in endoscopy "hands on" labs.

BOUVİEN BROCKS

European Specialist Surgery for Small Animals

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Sharing my knowledge with colleagues and owners is leading in everything I do. In my opinion we can achieve more together than on our own.

After graduating as veterinarian I had the opportunity to follow the residency in small animal surgery at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht, the Netherlands followed by a position as junior teacher. In 2009 I graduated in Switzerland and became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (http://www.ecvs.org).

In the period from 2008 to 2011, I worked as a specialist in small animal surgery in various clinics, both primary and specialist clinics. This combination of clinics made me more aware of not only the technical side, but also the communication, financial feasibility and guidance of the animal owner and veterinarians. If a treatment is medically feasible, it does not mean that it is financially or emotionally feasible.

From 2012 to 2017, I used this knowledge to function as coordinator of patient care in the Surgery department to improve the University Clinic for Companion Animals at the university of Utrecht. We have achieved a lot with the enthusiastic, young team. In order to learn more about changes within organizations, managing professionals and developing policy for organizations, I started an MBA course at Nyenrode.

Since 2016 I started with great pleasure together with Jenny Buijtels to spread all our knowledge, both in our field and in the business field, via Vetami. Guiding veterinarians in handling their cases through digital consultations, live consultations and performing surgical procedures gives me great satisfaction. Our focus is increasingly shifting to make this guidance more holistic: making life-long learning possible with smart digital solutions.

In my spare time I like to go road cycling, running and swimming. With my family 2.0 I like to spend time, where the lost calories can then be compensated with delicious food and consuming beautiful wines.

JONATHAN WRAY

BVSc DSAM CertVC CBiol FRSB FRCVS

University of Copenhagen

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Dr. Jon Wray graduated from University of Jon WrayBristol in 1996 and after two years in mixed practice returned to Bristol to complete a three year Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine.

Dr. Wray will participate in the teaching of the Internal Medicine specialisation track of the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science.

He is a Diplomate and RCVS-Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Member of the Royal Institution, and previous Chief Examiner of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate in Small Animal Medicine and Diploma in Small Animal Medicine. He has previously held posts in Academia and Private Referral Practice including as Head of Small Animal Medicine at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, Clinical Fellow in Cardiorespiratory Medicine at the University of Bristol, and Head of Cardiology at Dick White Referrals. He is author of the book ‘Canine Internal Medicine: What’s your diagnosis?’.

In 2021 he became Clinical Director of Willows Referrals in Solihull, UK where he is also a staff cardiology and medicine clinician. His caseload is split between Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Interventional Radiology. Jon’s main clinical interests are cardiology, endoscopy, haemostasis and minimally invasive treatments, and in teaching about medical reasoning and cognitive error.