Sean Hughes
DVM, BSc, PhD Biochemistry
Sean Hughes
DVM, BSc, PhD Biochemistry
Dr. Hughes is a biochemist by training and obtained his PhD from University College London in collaboration with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. His 2015 PhD thesis focussed on MCTs and their therapeutic role in epilepsy and neurodegeneration. As Cascade’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Hughes is helping to bring the evidence for MCT-based therapies into practice through the production of optimised formulations for dogs with epilepsy and cognitive decline.
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Serena Dean
BAppSc (VTM), CIV VN, TAE, MBA
Serena Dean
BAppSc (VTM), CIV VN, TAE, MBA
Serena has been in the industry for 18 years holding positions as a senior Veterinary Nurse in both emergency and general practice before moving into education, training and leadership and management. As someone who loves to think and dream big, her passion for animal behaviour saw her conceptualise, create and successfully implement The Best Behaviour Program for Greencross Limited. An advocate for the industry Serena is a content contributor, speaker and guest lecturer for multiple platforms including the VNCA and The University of Queensland, along with being a member of the editorial board for the Australian Veterinary Nurses Journal. Serena is currently the Managing Director of Stress free Pets, an animal handling education program and certification for Veterinarians and Vet Nurses. She holds a MBA, Bachelor of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology & Management, Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is a professional member of the Society of Veterinary Behaviour Technicians (USA).
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Serge Chalhoub
IBSc, DVM, DACVIM
Serge Chalhoub
IBSc, DVM, DACVIM
Dr. Chalhoub graduated from the DVM program at the Faculté de médecine vétérinaire (FMV) of the Université de Montréal in 2004. Serge followed this with a one-year rotating small animal clinical internship at the same institution. After working for two years as a general practitioner and emergency veterinarian in Montreal, he pursued a residency in small animal internal medicine at the Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York City. Once his residency completed in 2009 he stayed on at the AMC as their first renal/hemodialysis fellow and then as a staff doctor. Dr. Chalhoub has been a faculty member at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) since 2012. He is the recipient of multiple teaching awards, including the 2015 University of Calgary Team Teacher of the Year Award with his colleague Dr. Søren Boysen. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters on veterinary point of care ultrasound, renal and urinary medicine, and lectures at numerous conferences on these topics.
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Serina Filler
DVM, PGCert, PhD, MANZCVS, MRCVS
Serina Filler
DVM, PGCert, PhD, MANZCVS, MRCVS
Dr. Serina Filler is a 2012 graduate of Vienna/Austria but had spent significant time of her training at Washington State University and UC Davis, USA. She has run a cat rescue network and breeding cattery whilst an undergraduate student which was followed working as a vet in private clinics in Germany. She then relocated to the UK to obtain a postgraduate certificate in small animal medicine and surgery, a PhD in feline haemoplasmas (although she’ll tell you it’s about mice and bioinformatics) and to work in her passion field of cat-only practice.
Serina qualified as MANZCVS in 2021 and enjoys all topics feline but is particularly passionate about evidence-based medicine and data-driven innovation.
She is a published author in feline genetics, infectious diseases and pain management and serves as a reviewer for JFMS.
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Shailen Jasani
MA, VETMB, MRCVS, DACVECC
Shailen Jasani
MA, VETMB, MRCVS, DACVECC
Shailen has spent the last fourteen years working in Emergency and Critical Care (ECC). This has been as a primary clinician and as a supervisor, trainer and mentor in both the referral and the primary care settings. He became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 2010. Shailen has a particular interest in helping to progress veterinary ECC in the non-referral setting. Relevant projects include an online community called Veterinary ECC Small Talk. And sole authorship of a book on small animal Emergency Medicine aimed at primary care practice. In recent years Shailen has also created a small animal Emergency Medicine app. Shailen is currently founding The Ralph. This will be a new multidisciplinary specialist referral hospital in the South-East of England expected to open in 2018. The hospital will include both a referral ECC service and a primary care emergency service. A new affiliated charity will also operate from the premises.
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Shasta Lynch
BVSc(hons), MANZCVS(SAM), DipECVIM-CA(Oncology), MRCVS
Shasta Lynch
BVSc(hons), MANZCVS(SAM), DipECVIM-CA(Oncology), MRCVS
Shasta is a European and RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Oncology. She received her veterinary degree from the University of Queensland in 2004 and worked in mixed and small animal practice before completing a residency in small animal oncology at the University of Edinburgh and Royal Veterinary College in the United Kingdom. She has worked in private referral practice in the United Kingdom and now works as an online consultant at Ask a Veterinary Oncologist providing specialist advice to veterinarians.
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Shoned Hawksworth
Dip AVN (small animal), Dip CVN, RVN, Cert IV (QVN), Cert VNES (exotics), Cert Nut QCF (nutrition), Cert IV TAE, MBVNA
Shoned Hawksworth
Dip AVN (small animal), Dip CVN, RVN, Cert IV (QVN), Cert VNES (exotics), Cert Nut QCF (nutrition), Cert IV TAE, MBVNA
I have been a Veterinary nurse for over 15 years, working in a range of clinics from referral hospitals to emergencies and sole charge. Having a keen interest in nutrition, I completed my canine and feline certificate in nutrition in 2016, with one of my main roles being teaching students in all areas of Veterinary Nursing and especially on the best nutritional care for not just healthy but also sick animals in hospital. For the last 10 years I have been involved with training student Veterinary nurses and have recently moved into teaching full time, nutrition is an area that I feel is often overlooked, with many people not understanding the importance and how it can dramatically affect their pets and patients life. I am passionate about patient care, utilizing this alongside my experience and knowledge to pass this on to students to help them improve their nutritional care within their clinic and to their clients.
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Sibylle Kneissl
A.o. Univ.-Prof., DVM, MMEd
Sibylle Kneissl
A.o. Univ.-Prof., DVM, MMEd
Sibylle KNEISSL hat im Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Bildgebende Diagnostik habilitiert. Seit 2011 ist sie als Oberärztin in der Abteilung für Bildgebende Diagnostik und seit 2014 als Strahlenschutzbeauftragte der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien tätig. Von 2017 bis 2021 wurde Prof. Kneissl zur Vizerektorin für Studienangelegenheiten bestellt. In den Jahren 2018 bis 2023 hat sie den Master of Medical Education in Dundee, U.K., erworben. Seit 2022 ist Frau Kneissl Chief Speciality Editor bei Frontiers for Veterinary Imaging.
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Siegfried Moder
DVM
Siegfried Moder
DVM
Siegfried Moder hat in München und Wien Veterinärmedizin studiert. Seit 1985 ist er Inhaber einer Großtierpraxis mit mehreren Tierärzten. Schwerpunkt ist die Nutztiermedizin und die Integrierte Tierärztliche Bestandsbetreuung in Milchviehbetrieben. Herr Moder engagiert sich seit Jahren in der Aus- und Fortbildung von Tierärzten. Als Mitglied der Q-Experten GbR führt er für die Firma Bayer Veranstaltungen im Rahmen der Nutztierakademie durch. Außerdem ist er berufspolitisch aktiv und in verschiedenen Gremien und Fachausschüssen tätig.
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Silke Salavati
DVM, PhD, DipECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine), FHEA, FRCVS
Silke Salavati
DVM, PhD, DipECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine), FHEA, FRCVS
Prof. Salavati graduated from the JLU University in Giessen (Germany), where she also completed her doctoral thesis. She holds a ECVIM-CA diploma in small animal internal medicine, and has a special interest in small animal gastroenterology. She completed her PhD at the Royal Veterinary College investigating the effects of probiotics in canine chronic enteropathy. She then was a lecturer and Senior lecturer before she became head of the Small Animal Internal Medicine Service at the University of Edinburgh. She is one of 3 people holding an RCVS-recognised specialist title in Small Animal Gastroenterology and has published 30+ articles and book chapters in this area. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband, her cats “Maisy” and “Guinness”, and her Border Terrier “Jäger”.
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Silvia Stadler
DVM
Silvia Stadler
DVM
Seit Oktober 2013 Resident ACVO/ECVO der Vetsuisse Zürich (unter Prof. Bernhard Spiess)
Mai 2012 Fachtierarzt für Pferde
Mai 2011 Dr. med.vet. (Sucessful treatment of Equine sarcoids with 5% Aciclovir)
Februar 2007 bis September 2013 Tierärztin in der Pferdeklinik Tillysburg (Interessenschwerpunkt Interne Medizin, Augenmedizin)
Sept.2006- Sept.2007 Internship in Pferdemedizin an der Veterinärmed. Universität Wien
Oktober 1999-2005 Studium der Veterinärmedzin (Vet.med.Uni Wien)
mehrere Auslandsaufenthalte/CPD/externships in England und Schottland (Liphook, Rossdales, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine Edinburgh), BEVA-Kurse, externships bei Andy Matthews (Schottland), Dennis Brooks (Florida), Brian Gilger (North Carolina) und Bernhard Spiess (Zürich)
mehrere Publikationen (Veterinary Records, Vetjournal, news4vets, Painmanager)
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Skye Carr
DipVN (ECC), TAA
Skye Carr
DipVN (ECC), TAA
Skye is an Australian qualified Veterinary Nurse who has been working as a veterinary nurse for over 16 years. She spent 6 years working in general practice before moving on to a specialist and emergency centre in Adelaide. She split her time between the emergency and medicine departments for many years with a particular interest in critical care. In 2011, Skye completed her Diploma in Emergency and Critical care. Shortly after, Skye took on the Nursing Manager role for the specialty centre for 2 years before deciding to move into a full time senior emergency nursing role. Skye completed her TAE in 2015 to share her knowledge and skills with other veterinary nurses and completed some casual assessing for nurses. Skye is currently still working in Adelaide in a specialist and emergency centre in a part time capacity as a senior nurse for both the emergency and medicine departments.
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Sonja Berger
Dipl.-Tzt., DVM, DipECEIM
Sonja Berger
Dipl.-Tzt., DVM, DipECEIM
Studium an der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien
1995 Sponsion
1996 Promotion
Seit 1996 Assistentin an der Pferdeklinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin
Seit 2009 Diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine
Interessensgebiete metabolische Erkrankungen, Nierenprobleme
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Sonja Franz
Ao.Univ.Prof., DVM
Sonja Franz
Ao.Univ.Prof., DVM
Beruflicher Werdegang
• 1989-1996: Studium der Veterinärmedizin, VetMed Uni Wien
• 1997-1999: Doktoratsstudium an der Klinik für Wiederkäuer, VetMed Uni Wien
• seit 2000: Universitätsassistentin an der Klinik für Wiederkäuer, VetMed Uni Wien
• 2009: Habilitation: „Bedeutung endoskopischer Verfahren in der Wiederkäuermedizin“
• 2010-2011: interimistische Leitung der Klinik für Wiederkäuer, VetMed Uni Wien
• seit 2011: stellvertretende Leitung der Klinik für Wiederkäuer, VetMed Uni Wien
Diverses
• über 150 Vorträge bei nationalen und internationalen Kongressen
• 49 wissenschaftliche Publikationen in peer reviewed journals
• Abhaltung von workshops (Endoskopie, Ultraschall bei Wiederkäuern)
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Sonja Hoppe
DVM
Sonja Hoppe
DVM
- Studium in der Tiho Hannover 2003-2009
- Dissertation bei Frau Prof. Tipold in der Neurologie (Tiho) 2010
- Internship Tiho Hannover
- Hospitanz im Royal Veterinary College. England 2011
- Weiterbildung zum FTA für Kleintiere und FTA für Innere Medizin an der Tiho
- Oberärztin der Inneren Medizin in der Tierklinik Norderstedt (Oktober 2017-Januar 2018)
- Seit Januar 2018 in der Abteilung der medizinischen Fachberatung bei Idexx
