Darryl Millis
Professor, DVM, DACVS, CCRP, DACVSMR
Darryl Millis
Professor, DVM, DACVS, CCRP, DACVSMR
Dr. Millis received his BS and DVM from Cornell University, MS from the University of Florida, and completed an internship and surgery residency at Michigan State University. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, a founding charter Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, and is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, where he served as chief of surgery. Dr. Millis is currently holds the Acree Endowed Chair in Small Animal Medicine, is the Director of the CARES Center for Veterinary Sports Medicine and is a co-editor of the Textbook of Small Animal Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation; Essential Facts of Physiotherapy in Dogs and Cats; Small Animal Physical Rehabilitation: Veterinary Clinics of North America-Small Animal Practice; and Multimodal Management of Canine Osteoarthritis. He is a primary faculty member of the University of Tennessee Certificate Program in Canine Rehabilitation, which received the Outstanding Non-Credit Program Award from the Association for Continuing Higher Education. Dr. Millis has received the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Iams Paatsama Award, the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, the Distinguished Postdoctoral Veterinary Alumnus Award from Michigan State University, the Charles and Julia Wharton Distinguished Professor Award and the Chancellor’s Award for Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement from the University of Tennessee. His primary areas of research interests include osteoarthritis, physical rehabilitation, and modulation of fracture healing with growth factors. Dr. Millis has delivered over 900 presentations at state, national and international meetings, and has authored over 45 publications, 50 textbook chapters, and 100 abstracts/proceedings.
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David Argyle
Professor, Vice Principal and Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
David Argyle
Professor, Vice Principal and Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
David Argyle is a graduate of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Glasgow. He gained his PhD in Immunology and Oncology from the same Faculty. He has served as a clinical academic veterinary oncologist for the Universities of Glasgow, Wisconsin-Madison and Edinburgh. He is an RCVS and European recognized specialist in veterinary oncology and his major interests are cancer biology and comparative oncology. He has published over 160 papers relating to veterinary oncology and written textbook chapters that have underpinned our understanding of canine and feline cancer biology. In 2011 he was appointed William Dick chair of Veterinary Clinical Studies and Dean of Veterinary Medicine at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. In 2022 he was appointed to be Vice Principal and Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, leading 3000 academic staff and 5 research Institutes. In 2016 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and, in the same year, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for meritorious contributions to knowledge. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in 2018. In 2015 he was awarded the Kennel Club International Prize for his work to advance the understanding of canine disease.
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David Dickson
BVetMed, CertAVP(VC), MRCVS
David Dickson
BVetMed, CertAVP(VC), MRCVS
Dave Dickson joined the HeartVets team in 2011 and holds the RVCS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Cardiology).
He is based at Park Vets in Cardiff, where he offers regular cardiology referral clinics, along with visiting clinics in Swansea and Haverfordwest.
Dave is currently working towards his RCVS Diploma in Veterinary Cardiology and is undertaking research into echocardiographic assessment of canine myocardial function.
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David Foote
DVM, BVSc, BMus, MHFA, Couns Cert
David Foote
DVM, BVSc, BMus, MHFA, Couns Cert
David Foote is a veterinarian, counsellor and educator with a special interest in psychological wellbeing and resilience in veterinary staff. Having graduated in 1980 from the University of Queensland, he worked as a veterinarian for 20 years before retraining as a counsellor. He has now been a counsellor to the veterinary profession for 20 years offering help, support and guidance to vets, nurses, management and owners for the full range of professional and personal issues.
He lectured on various aspects of wellbeing and resilience for veterinarians at the University of Sydney for 10 years from 2002 to 2012.
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David Gerber
DVM, Dip ACT
David Gerber
DVM, Dip ACT
1989 - 1990: "Assistant" (Resident) at the Clinic of Veterinary Medicine, Section Production Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland (enrolled as a Dr.med.vet candidate).
1991 - 1992: Veterinarian in production animal practice in Wermatswil, Switzerland.
1992 - 1994: "Assistant" (Resident) at the Clinic for Andrology and Gynaecology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
1994 - 1996: "Clinical Assistant" (Resident) at the Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa (enrolled as a full time MMed Vet (Gyn) student).
1996 - 2001: Senior Lecturer- Department of Reproduction (Theriogenology), later Section of Reproduction, Department of Production Animal Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2002 - 2007: Senior Lecturer and Head: Section of Reproduction of the Department of Production Animal Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2000 – date: Managing Director of the Institute of Endangered Research (Pty) Ltd (Registration no: 2000/022484/07). The main purpose of the business is to breed and trade with rare game species of Southern Africa.
2001 – date: Cofounder and Member of Rovid CC (Registration no: 2001/056424/23). The main purpose of the business is to render veterinary services and to import & export goods, mainly in the pet industry.
2003 – date: Head of Reasearch & Development of V-Tech (Pty) Ltd (Registration no: 2003/009383/07). A company involved with rendering community pharmacy services to veterinarians and importing pharmaceutical ingredients.
2006 – date: Director Sales & Marketing of Afripet (Pty) Ltd (Registration no.: 1997/012941/07). A company manufacturing and selling dog food locally and internationally.
2008 – date: Chairman of the board of directors of SavannaPet AG, a Swiss company manufacturing and distributing dog & cat food and pet produdts in the European union.
2010 – date: Director of Umlondolozabantu Protective Gear (Pty) Ltd (Registration no.: 2010/010755/07). The company manufactures and imports, exports and distributes protective gear.
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David Reese
DVM, DACVR
David Reese
DVM, DACVR
David received his DVM from the University of Florida. He completed a rotating small animal internship at Friendship Hospital for Animals, in Washington D.C.
Following his internship, he was the clinical instructor in Daytime Emergency/Triage at the University of Georgia Small Animal Hospital. David completed his diagnostic imaging residency through the University of Florida. During his residency, he spent one year at the University of Florida and two years at The Ohio State University. After completing his residency, David became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and returned to the University of Florida as a faculty member in diagnostic imaging. At the University of Florida, David trained veterinary students, interns, and residents in the principles of small and large animal diagnostic imaging, as well as exotic, zoological, and aquatic animal imaging. Subsequently, David moved to Murdoch University, Western Australia, as a Senior Lecturer, where he served as Head of Diagnostic Imaging.
David joined VetCT in 2015, and is a director of VetCT Australia. David's main area of imaging interest is clinical CT and MRI, with a particular interest in exotic and zoological imaging.
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David Robson
DVM, BVSc (Hons), MANZCVS (Canine Medicine), FANZCVS (Dermatology)
David Robson
DVM, BVSc (Hons), MANZCVS (Canine Medicine), FANZCVS (Dermatology)
Dr David Robson graduated from the University of Queensland with honours in 1992 and spent almost seven years in general small animal practice in Brisbane. He moved to Melbourne in late 1999 to commence his residency in veterinary dermatology at the Animal Skin, Ear and Allergy clinic (now part of Melbourne Veterinary Specialist Centre). He attained Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in 2005. Dr Robson has lectured in Australia and overseas (New Zealand, United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Austria) and has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed scientific articles. His current professional research interests include Malassezia dermatitis, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, contact allergies and immunotherapy, cyclosporin, and otitis diagnosis and treatment. In what spare time he has from work, house and family, he drives a small hatchback in time trials at the racetrack, snowboards, plays guitar and dives.
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Deborah Monks
DVM, BVSc (Hons), Cert Zoo Med (RCVS), ECZM Diplomate (Avian Medicine), FANZCVS (Avian Medicine and Surgery, Recognised Avian Specialist
Deborah Monks
DVM, BVSc (Hons), Cert Zoo Med (RCVS), ECZM Diplomate (Avian Medicine), FANZCVS (Avian Medicine and Surgery, Recognised Avian Specialist
Deborah realised even before graduation that she wanted to help the less represented animal species reach the heights of care and wellness that dogs and cats achieved, and she set out to do so within her first year. The feathered, scaly and small-creature-furred path led her to England, to complete an avian residency, and she emerged from that adventure with specialist status recognised in both Europe and Australia. Soon after returning to this land of birds and colours, she started Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Service, and it's been increasing in staff and client numbers since 2006. She is the slave of four pet parrots, two cats and a Black Headed Python.
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Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton
Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton
Debra is the principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation, PLLC, (HLM). HLM uses understanding based alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methodologies to transform disagreements over animals while facilitating neutral discussions and providing parties with an opportunity to choose peaceful conversation over litigation.
Her presentations are rooted in conflict transformation and self-reflection. Attendees learn in a more holistic way to recognize their triggers and ability to nip conflict in the bud.
Debra is the go-to person for this kind of information by the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Sun Times, Bloomberg and the US News and World Report.
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Denis Verwilghen
DVM, MSc, PhD, DES, Dipl ECVS
Denis Verwilghen
DVM, MSc, PhD, DES, Dipl ECVS
Denis’ interests and expertise lay in general soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery. He has a special clinical interest in surgical head disorders including advanced dentistry procedures.
As a scientist and teacher, he is particularly focused on basic fundamental aspects of clinical practice and biosecurity in veterinary medicine with an emphasis on surgical principles and hand hygiene.
Denis has a broad range of publications on various aspects of equine surgery with a particular focus on asepsis research orthopaedic biomarkers and dentistry. Denis is author or co-author of over 50 international peer reviewed scientific publications, author of 5 book chapters in surgery related books and has presented over 100 presentations at national and international congresses. Denis started his career as an equine veterinarian in private practice in Ireland and the Netherlands immediately after graduation from the University of Ghent, Belgium in 2003. With the desire to improve his skills, Denis went back to academia at the end of 2004 to become a resident in equine surgery at the University of Liege, Belgium. In 2006 he defended a master in veterinary science degree on the subject of "Osteochondrosis and its relationship with IGF-I in the Horse". In 2009 he obtained a specialist diploma (DES) in Large Animal Surgery from the University of Liege and in 2010 Denis successfully passed the exam of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons. Denis then defended his PhD in Liege about the clinical impact of developmental orthopaedic diseases in horses. After spending some time in Sweden as Head of the Equine Surgery Department in Uppsala University, Denis and his wife Gaby, an ECEIM and ECVECC diplomate, moved back to Belgium and started a consultancy based equine medicine and surgery service. In 2013, both took up a position of Associate Professor at the Equine Hospital of the Copenhagen University. In 2017 Denis ran his own private consultancy business, Equine-Specialists, performing peripatetic surgical and dentistry services around the globe. In February 2018, Denis became Head of the Camden Equine Centre where he remained for the next three years. Early 2021, Denis and his family moved back to Europe to join the Altano Group, a large private cooperation of equine veterinary practices based in Germany. Denis remains affiliated with the University of Sydney as an associate professor and continues to participate in research and teaching activities of the school.
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Dennis Rubbenstroth
DVM, FTA Mikrobiologie
Dennis Rubbenstroth
DVM, FTA Mikrobiologie
1999-2005 Tiermedizinstudium TiHo Hannover
2005-2009 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Klinik für Geflügel, TiHo Hannover
Abschluss der Dissertation, PhD,- 2009
Abschluss der Dissertation, Dr. med. vet., 2012
2010-2018 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Instituts für Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
- Ab 2014 eigene Arbeitsgruppe mit Forschungsschwerpunkt Bornaviren
Seit 2018 Laborleiter, Institut für Virusdiagnostik, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems
- Seit 2020 Leiter des Nationalen Referenzlabors für Bornavirusinfektionen der Tiere
Fachtierarzt für Geflügel
Fachtierarzt für Mikrobiologie
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Dick White
Prof., PhD, DSAS, ACVS / ECVS, European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Surgery.
Dick White
Prof., PhD, DSAS, ACVS / ECVS, European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Surgery.
Professor Dick White is one Europe’s leading small animal soft tissue surgeons with special interests in airway & ENT surgery, oncologic surgery, wound management and reconstructive surgery. He has published widely in all aspects of soft tissue surgery and surgical oncology.
Dick spent more than 25 years teaching clinical surgery at the University of Cambridge and was also a visiting Associate professor at the University of Tennessee. In 1990, he became one of the first European veterinarians to achieve the Diploma of the American college of Veterinary Surgeons.
He was a founder of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and The British College of Veterinary Specialists and is also patron of The Dick White Charitable Foundation which promotes veterinary education, animal welfare and progress in clinical research.
Dick founded his own specialist referral centre, Dick White Referrals in 2003 near Newmarket in the UK; the centre is now the largest privately-funded small animal specialist clinic in Europe. The centre now employs more than 250 members of staff ranging from Trainee VNs to Specialists.
When not working, Dick enjoys jazz, gardening, flying, salmon fishing and working his Deutsch Drathaar, Otto Von Bismarck.
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Didier Lanore
DVM
Didier Lanore
DVM
Vice-président du GEO, membre du bureau de l’ESVONC, ancien chargé de consultation de cancérologie de l’ENVT, exercice exclusif de la cancérologie.
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Dieter Barutzki
Priv.-Doz. DVM
Dieter Barutzki
Priv.-Doz. DVM
Nach dem Studium der Veterinärmedizin in Berlin und anschließender Promotion in München folgte die Tätigkeit in einem deutsch-französischen Projekt der Entwicklungshilfe in Burkina Faso. Anschließende Forschungsarbeiten an der LMU in München wurden 1994 mit der Habilitation im Fachgebiet Parasitologie abgeschlossen. Als Qualifikationen wurden 1984 der Fachtierarzt für Parasitologie und 2003 der Diplomate EVPC erworben.
Seit 1993 ist Herr Barutzki als Leiter des Tierärztlichen Labor Freiburg tätig, ein hochspezialisiertes, auf parasitologische und mikrobiologische Fragestellungen fokussiertes überregional arbeitendes Labor. Zentrale Kompetenzen bestehen bei canine vector-borne diseases (CVBD) und Reisekrankheiten, gastrointestinalen und respiratorischen Erkrankungen, Immundiagnostik (IFAT, ELISA) und Molekularer Diagnostik (Real-Time PCR). Langjähriges Know-how aus klassischen koproskopischen und mikrobiologischen Untersuchungsmethoden und moderne Technologie (MALDI-TOF MS) bilden die Grundlage für eine breit aufgestellte, präzise und valide Analytik.
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Dietrich Volkmann
DVM
Dietrich Volkmann
DVM
Raised in Namibia, Volkmann studied veterinary medicine and specialized in Theriogenology in South Africa. He pursued a clinical teaching career, first in South Africa and then in the USA where he has held academic positions as Chief of Theriogenology at Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania and now at the University of Missouri. He describes himself as a comparative theriogenologist, always seeking to support clinical interventions with a thorough understanding of reproductive physiology.
