BILMONT ALEXIS
Alexis Bilmont
ECVS diplomate
Orthopedic Surgery ⏐ Willows Referral
Overview
AO VET Member
CES Orthopédie et Traumatologie
VOS Bloomberg Award 2016
Biomedtrix Universal Hip System Certified
Competencies
Minimally Invasive Osteosynthesis: fluoroscopy, MINO, MIPO
Arthroscopy
Total Hip Replacement (BioMedtrix)
Education
ECVS Residency ⏐ Toulouse Vet School - France ⏐ 2012 - 2015
Assistant in Surgery ⏐ Toulouse Vet School ⏐ 2007 - 2009
Internship ⏐ Toulouse Vet School ⏐ 2006 - 2007
Basic Vet Studies ⏐ Alfort Vet School - France⏐ 2001 - 2006
Publications
Vet Surg 1019 ⏐ Vet Surg 1019 ⏐ JAAHA 2018 ⏐ JAAHA 2018 ⏐ VCOT 2018 ResVetSci
2016 ⏐ VCOT 2015 ⏐ VCOT 2010
Leasures
Squash, Cooking, ski, piano
COMING SOON
BOIOCCHI SILVIA
DVM, PhD, Dipl ECVS, GPCert(SAOS)
Graduated in Milan in 2002 where in the same year she obtained his PhD in Veterinary Clinical Sciences. From February 2003 she attended the section of Veterinary Surgical Clinic of the University of Parma, deepening the arthroscopic techniques. In December 2006 she obtained the title of PhD in Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
She has collaborated in the creation of the BOA Atlas, as editorial coordinator. In 2020 she became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons after completing a residency program under the supervision of Dr. Aldo Vezzoni and Dr. Matteo Tommasini Degna. She has presented reports to national and international congresses and she is the author of national and international publications. In 2008 she started working at Clinica Veterinaria Vezzoni in Cremona and in 2020 at Centro Veterinario Torinese in Torino as orthopedic surgeon with particular interest in arthroscopy, sports medicine and feline orthopedics.
CUDDY LAURA
LAURA CUDDY MVB MS DACVS-SA DECVS DACVSMR DECVSMR MRCVS
EBVS, American, RCVS and VCI Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
EBVS and American Specialist in Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin 2008, First Class Honours, Class Rank 1st/74
- Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Florida 2008-2009
- Masters and Residency Programme, University of Florida, 2009-2013
- Member of ACVS and ECVS 2014
- Member of ACVSMR 2015 and ECVSMR 2018
CURRENT POSITION
Founder and Director, Veterinary Specialists Ireland, Summerhill, Meath Ireland
Founder and Director, Veterinary Specialists Cork, Little Island, Ireland
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Minimally invasive surgery, elbow biomechanics, arthrology, traumatology
HNIZDO JAN
DVM
1994-2000 veterinary medicine at the Justus Liebig Uni. Giessen, Germany, graduate 10/2000.
2001-2003 surgeon at vet. hospital AA- Vet, Prague
2003 founding referral clinic Animal Clinic, Prague. Since then head surgeon of the clinic (orthopedic and oncologic surgery).
Publications: over 60 scientific papers mostly Czech vet journals, 2007 coauthor of the herpetological monography “Boa constrictor” Hes, Duda et al, Herpetonverlag. 2011 Herpetomedical textbook: “Medical Care of Turtles and Tortoises” Hnízdo, Pantchev (eds), Chimaira Verl. Ffm.
Since 2006 frequent speaker on national and international congresses in Czech Republic, Slovakia (KVL, SAVLMZ, ČAVLMZ) and international meetings (ESVOT workshops / Intrauma symposium / DVG / ARAV congress, WSAVA seminaries, USAWA etc).
Main interest in canine stifle biomechanics and surgery, angular deformity correction, arthroscopy, reptile medicine.
LAFUENTE PILAR
Dr Lafuente graduated in Veterinary Medicine by the University of Zaragoza. Following a rotating internship at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, she completed a PhD on bone lengthening in dogs. She completed a rotating internship at the University of Florida and a residency in small animal surgery at Washington State University. Dr Lafuente became a board certified surgeon by the ACVS & ECVS in 2009. She then worked as a lecturer in small animal orthopedics at the Royal Veterinary College in London. In 2014 Dr. Lafuente became a diplomate by the ACVSMR, and she led the Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Service at the RVC. In 2019 Pilar moved to Valencia where she worked as a lecturer and service chief in SAS at the Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera.
Nowadays Dr. Lafuente combine her teaching and research activities at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, with her clinical activities as a consultant at VET-CT and as a freelance surgeon. Dr. Lafuente has published scientific papers nationally and internationally, and she has been an invited speaker in national and international conferences. Dr. Lafuente is chief editor of the scientific journal Clín Vet Peq Anim. Her interests include arthroscopy, tendinopathies, osteoarthritis, and sports medicine and rehabilitation.
LANGLEY-HOBBS SORREL
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs MA BVetMed DSAS (Orth) DipECVS FHEA MRCVS
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs graduated from and completed her internship and orthopaedic residency at The Royal Veterinary College, London.
She gained her RCVS Diploma in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics) in 1997 and her ECVS Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 1999. She spent six months at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 before she moved back to the UK and worked at Cambridge University until 2013. She has been a Professor in Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Bristol since 2013. She was awarded the BSAVA Simon Award in 2012 for outstanding contributions in the field of small animal surgery. She has a particular interest in feline orthopaedics. She has co-edited a textbook on Feline Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Disease in 2009 and Feline Soft Tissue and General Surgery in 2013.
PEIRONE BRUNO
Position:
Full Professor of Orthopaedics, School of Veterinary Medicine University of Turin
Director of the post-graduated school of Veterinary Surgery in Small Animals
Director of the Clinical Department of the School of Veterinary Medicine University of Turin
Titles: Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences
Publications
Author of 57 ISI papers published on International and Italian journals
Educational Activities
AOVET National and International Faculty
Invited speaker at international and national orthopedics conference and meeting
Scientific Societies position
ESVOT
president since 2022
AOVET
Chair of the Community Development commission since 2018 up to now Member of the International Board since 2006 up to now
Advisory Boards
• Member of Movora “Scientific Advisory Board “ (SAB) since 2022
• Member of Boheringer “Global Osteoarthritis Advisory Board“ since 2022
RAGETLY GUILLAUME
Guillaume Ragetly is the head of the orthopedic department at the Hospital Frégis in Paris, the biggest multispecialist practice in France.
He was previously a small animal surgery Faculty at the University of Illinois where he first completed a surgical residency and did a PhD in cartilage tissue engineering. He is exclusively practicing orthopedic surgeries and is highly involved with hip replacement, arthroscopies and traumatology.
His clinical interests include joint surgery, iTAP, minimally invasive orthopedic surgery and clinical applications of biomaterials.
REIF ULLRICH
Dr. Ullrich Reif, DACVS/ECVS, EBVS small animal surgery, FTA Kleintiere u. Chirurgie
Born and raised in Germany
Veterinary Medicine at the College of of Turin, Italy
Clinical Fellowship Small Animal Surgery, Michigan State University, USA
Surgical Internship, Universiy Zürich, Switzerland
AO/ASIF International Fellowship, Texas A&M University, USA
Residency in Small Animal Surgery, Michigan State University, USA
Assistant Professor Orthopedic Surgery, Michigan State University, USA
Since 2003 at the Tierklinik Dr. Reif, Böbingen/Schwäbisch Gmünd
AOVET faculty member and course director, AOVET Educational Committee, AOTRAUMA EDUC Germany veterinary representative, ECVS Examination Committee, Board of Regents ECVS, President of the ECVS
SCHNABL-FEICHTER EVA
Prof. Dr. EVA SCHNABL- FEICHTER, DECVS
Eva Schnabl-Feichter studied Veterinary Medicine at the Veterinary University in Vienna and qualified in 2002. After her studies she worked in private practice in England for one year. During her stay in England she finished her doctoral thesis about Tibial plateau angle measurements in Cats. In 2003 Eva started an internship and completed a residency in small animal surgery under the supervision of Ulrike Matis and Roberto Köstlin at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich/Germany. In 2010 she became a Diplomate ECVS and worked between 2010 and 2013 with Günter Schwarz at the Tierklinik Hollabrunn as senior surgeon. In 2013 she returned to the
Veterinary University in Vienna where she became in October 2022 an appointed Prof. for small animal surgery and is since then head of the small animal surgical clinic at the VetMedUni Vienna.
Eva is part of the faculty of the AO and member of ESVOT, where she is executive secretary. She is lecturer at national and international conferences.
Her research interest focuses on veterinary traumatology and feline orthopaedics.
COMING SOON
VEZZONI LUCA
Luca Vezzoni, DVM, Dipl. ECVS, GP Cert SAOS, GP Cert CanSpMed.
Graduated on September 27th, 2005 at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Parma, with a graduation thesis on cementless total hip replacement in the dog.
Since the same year he started working at Clinica Veterinaria Vezzoni in Cremona mainly dealing with surgery, orthopedics and diagnostic imaging. In 2008 he spent a period of updating at Tufts University in Massachusetts. In 2019 he became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons after completing a residency program under the supervision of Dr. Aldo Vezzoni for orthopedic surgery and Dr. Giorgio Romanelli for soft tissue surgery.
Vice-president of the Italian Society of veterinary Orthopedics (SIOVET).
Member of SCVI, SCIVAC ESVOT and AO Vet. Since 2008 he has been author of several papers and lectures at national and international conferences.
