Advancing the veterinary profession
in Eastern Europe

Antoine Adam (Switzerland)
DVM
(Minimal Invasive Surgery And Endoscopy)

Graduated from the Maisons-Alfort Veterinary School in 1991.
Associate & Co-founder Vet Clinic Pacy/Eure (France) in 1994.
Founder of Vetmidi SA in 2006, veterinary clinic in St Prex (VD) and a second one in Etoy (VD) in 2017.
team of 16 people: 7 vets and 9 nurses.
Vetmidi SA clinic is the most equipped of the French part of Switzerland and they have vet specialist in surgery, medicine and dermatology.

Associate in Swissvetgroup since December 2016. Group of vet clinics in Switzerland.
End of 2017 it’s a team of nearly 50 people. 20 vet doctors and nearly 30 nurses.

Adeline Betting (France)
DVM
(Internal Medicine)

Graduated from the National Veterinary School of Lyon in 2015, Doctor Adeline Betting continued her training by completing a rotating internship in companion animal medicine and surgery at the National Veterinary School of Alfort then by occupying a position in charge of consultations in Internal Medicine at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse. She then completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Bern (Switzerland) from 2018 to 2021, where she developed a pronounced interest in uro-nephrology, endocrinology and hematology. She obtained her exam from the American College of Internal Medicine (ACVIM-SAIM) in July 2021, before joining the Onlyvet internal medicine team.

Gillian Dank (Israel)
D-ACVIM -Oncology, D-ECVIM- Ca-Oncology
(Oncology)

Gillian Dank, DVM, is a board certified veterinary oncologist and senior lecturer at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Koret School in 1998 and completed her residency in oncology at the University of California, Davis in 2002.

Dr. Dank is a Diplomate of the American College and European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Oncology, with research interests in clinical small animal oncology, the study of Procalcitonin C in canines, and the effects of passive smoking on pets.

Dr. Dank established the Oncology Department at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, where she pursues research and lectures in basic and clinical oncology to veterinary students during their clinical and preclinical training. The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine was founded in 1985, and is Israel’s only veterinary school.

Jackie Demetriou (United Kingdom)
BVetMed, CertSAS, DipECVS, MRCVS, European and RCVS-Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
(Soft Tissue Surgery)

Honorary Associate Professor, University of Nottingham. Jackie qualified from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 1996 and spent one year in mixed practice before joining Edinburgh Veterinary School as an Intern. She completed a Residency in Small Animal Surgery in 2001 and, afer a year in a private referral practice, was appointed Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Cambridge. She joined DWR in 2012. Jackie passed her RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2000 and the ECVS Diploma in 2002. She has served on the European College of Veterinary Surgery examining board for 5 years. She enjoys all aspects of soft tissue surgery, from clinical work and teaching to participating in clinical research. She publishes widely in peer reviewed journals, has published a textbook on Small Animal Oncology with Rob Foale and is co-editor and contributor to the only dedicated book on feline soft tissue surgery. She contributes regularly to national and international conferences and surgery courses. She has undertaken advanced training in Interventional Radiology (IR) and laparoscopy.

Mike Farrell (United Kingdom)
BVetMed CertVA CertSAS Dip ECVS, EBVS and RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
(Orthopedics)

Mike Farrell graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1997 and completed internships at Bristol and Edinburgh Universities. He’s worked in the UK and Australia as a general practitioner and in the USA and Switzerland as a veterinary anaesthetist.
Mike completed a surgery residency at Glasgow University in 2006 and gained his European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 2007. He’s an EBVS and RCVS board certified specialist in small animal surgery. Mike’s open access educational YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/vetlessons, helps veterinary practitioners and animal lovers make difficult choices for their pets.

Laurent Findji (United Kingdom)
DMV MS MRCVS DiplECVS
(Soft Tissue Surgery)

Laurent graduated from Paris’ vet school, the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, in France in 1995 and was assistant instructor in the anatomy department the following year. He then qualified for a 2-year surgical internship in the same school and later completed a Master of Science in Biology and Physiology of Circulation and Respiration, as well as a university degree in Experimental Surgery and Microsurgery.
After having worked for 3 years in a large private practice outside Paris, he spent 4 years at the Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, near Paris, where he completed an ECVS residency. He became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2008 and was recognized as a specialist in small animal surgery by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2012. Laurent worked at VRCC Veterinary Referrals in Essex, United Kingdom, where he was one of the full-time soft-tissue surgeons and directors from 2006 to 2014. He moved to the Oncology and Soft Tissue Surgery department of Fitzpatrick Referrals in October 2014. Laurent is a member of several professional boards and committees, regularly contributes to international publications and book chapters, and gives lectures and presentation in many countries. His fields of interest include surgical oncology, reconstructive surgery and general soft tissue surgery.

Rob Foale (United Kingdom)
BSc BVetMed DSAM DipECVIM-CA FRCVS, CVS and European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
(Internal Medicine)

Rob qualified from the RVC in 1996 having previously undertaken a Physiology and Pharmacology BSc at King’s College London. After four years in mixed general practice, he undertook his residency training in small animal internal medicine at the University of Cambridge where he obtained his CertSAM, DSAM and DipECVIM-CA and he became a recognised Specialist in 2005.
Rob joined Dick White Referrals in 2003, where he set up and ran both the internal medicine and medical oncology services from 2004 to 2016. He then became a Shared Venture Partner and Clinical Director for five years before leaving DWR in December 2021. In addition to his clinical work, Rob has an on-going research project looking to develop gene therapy as a treatment for diabetic dogs. Rob has been actively involved in teaching at the University of Nottingham since 2008 and has been a Professor of Small Animal Medicine at this institution since 2020 where he currently delivers the urogenital and infectious disease modules of the University’s certificate/AVP course. Rob also enjoys delivering CPD and has spoken regularly throughout the UK and Europe, particularly in the fields of small animal endocrinology, gastroenterology, problem-orientated medicine and medical oncology. Away from work, Rob is married and has three teenage children, two dogs and a rabbit! He relaxes by being a (very slow!) 10K and half marathon runner and by playing bass in a local band.

Antonio Giuliano (Hong Kong)
DVM,MS,GpCert(SAM),PgCert(CT),ECVIM (onc),MRCVS European, RCVS and HK specialist in Companion Animals
(Oncology)

Dr. Antonio Giuliano graduated from the University of Messina in 2007. While working in general practice, he completed a master’s degree in Small Animal Oncology from the University of Pisa, a post graduate certificate in cancer therapeutic at Barts Cancer Institute and the GpCert (SAM) in internal medicine. He completed a rotating internship in a busy referral practice in UK and an oncology internship and residency at the Queen Veterinary School Teaching Hospital (QVSH), at the University of Cambridge.
After successfully completing the residency, he worked for one year as oncology clinician and supervisor at the QVSH. In the 2019 he moved to Hong Kong (HK) working as oncologist at CityU VMC, the largest multidisciplinary referral Hospital in HK.
Dr Antonio Giuliano is a recognised European, RCVS and HK specialist in Companion Animals (Oncology). He published numerous articles in international peer reviewed journals and presented his research in many international conferences.
He has a broad interest in cancer research, with particular focus on finding new drugs/therapeutic approaches to improve survival time and quality of life of pets. He is also interested in preclinical and clinical investigations into the development of rapid tests to predict prognosis and/or early diagnosis of cancer.

Kris Gommeren (Belgium)
DVM
(Emergency and Critical Care)

Kris Gommeren graduated from Ghent University in 2002, where he completed an internship and residency in internal medicine. In 2009, he became a diplomate of the European College of Internal Medicine and worked briefly in a referral practice before moving to the University of Liège, where he developed the ECC service. Since then, the emergency and intensive care service of the University of Liège has grown into a service with a team of 12 veterinarians, including 2 specialists and 4 residents in training, supplemented by 6 full-time ECC veterinary assistants, and assisted by rotating interns. The service sees more than 3,500 emergency rooms every year, and offers an average of 8 intensive care patients the best care every day whilst trying to provide students with the necessary basic knowledge about this field. In 2017, Kris became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and in the meantime completed a PhD on the effects of systemic inflammation on the cardiovascular system. Kris is former president of the European Society of Emergency and Critical Care (EVECCS), founding member of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care UltraSound (VECCUS) interest group, and co-founder of the Animal Blood Bank Benelux. His main areas of interest are point-of-care ultrasound, assessment of the cardiovascular system in critically ill patients, fluid therapy, and the assessment of volume status and fluid responsiveness.

Céline Pouzot-Nevoret (France)
DVM, PhD (F), Dipl. ECVECC, National Veterinary School of Lyon, Marcy-l’Étoile, France
(Emergency and Critical Care)

Dr. Céline Pouzot-Nevoret is a professor in Emergency and Critical Care, and the head of the SIAMU, the ICU of the Veterinary School of Lyon. She graduated from this School in 2002 and joined SIAMU the following year and completed a PhD on acute respiratory distress syndrome.
She became an European board-certified specialist (Dip. ECVECC) in 2018.
She is actively involved in European ECC as she is the European Emergency and Critical Care society (EVECCS) past-president and was the chair of the Congress organisation committee for several years. She is now member at large in the European College of Emergency and Critical Care (ECVECC).
Her main fields of interest are the management of respiratory distress patient, use of POCUS in the ICU and haemorrhagic shock.

Paulo Steagall (Canada)
DVM, Msc, PhD, DACVAA
(Anesthesiology)

Dr. Paulo Steagall is a Professor of Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the City University of Hong Kong and the Université de Montréal. He is a board-certified specialist by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia.
He is the head of a clinical research laboratory dedicated to improving pain management and animal welfare with cutting-edge research in pain assessment with emphasis on cats including the Feline Grimace Scale (www.felinegrimacescale.com). He has published over 130 scientific articles on pain management and the book “Feline Anesthesia and Pain Management” while lecturing internationally.