Key Learning Objectives:

• Revise asepsis, sterilisation and appropriate antibiosis for surgical cases
• Expand your knowledge of instrumentation and instrument handling
• Become more familiar with the uses of suture, needles, staples and clips
• Understand the principles of wound healing and how this applies to your clinical cases
• Re-visit the principles of wound management and get up-to-date with what is available now

 Speaker: Julia Riggs MA VetMB AFHEA DipECVS

Julia Riggs

MA VetMB AFHEA DipECVS

Julia graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2011 and subsequently spent a year in small animal first opinion practice. She then completed a rotating internship and small animal surgical residency, obtaining the ECVS Diploma in 2018. After working in private referral practice for two years, she took up a position of Specialist Soft Tissue Surgeon and Affiliated Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery at the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge, where she sees a wide variety of soft tissue surgical cases and participates in student and resident training.

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Key Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with the surgical approaches to salivary gland disease
• Consider oesophageal disease and when surgery may be appropriate
• Gastrotomy and gastrectomy: there is more to surgery of the stomach than just GDV
• Advance your knowledge of small intestinal disease and how your decision-making can reduce complications
• Review and revise ruptures and hernias

 Speaker: Rachel Burrow BVetMed CertSAS CertVR DipECVS MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue)

Rachel Burrow

BVetMed CertSAS CertVR DipECVS MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue)

Rachel qualified in 1991 from the RVC, London. After several years working in mixed practice Rachel returned to the RCV and completed a 3 year residency in soft tissue surgery. After this Rachel went back into practice for a few years and also spent some time at University College Dublin working as a soft tissue surgeon. Rachel completed RCVS certificates in Small Animal Surgery and Radiology before taking up a temporary soft tissue surgery lectureship at the University of Liverpool, that was over 19 years ago. Other than one year spent in a private referral practice, Rachel has remained working at the University of Liverpool where she teaches 4th and 5th year vet students alongside working in a busy soft tissue surgical referral service. Whilst at Liverpool Rachel has gained the European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery and a Masters in Clinical Oncology from Birmingham University . Despite being in the business for a long time Rachel is still not bored with surgery!

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Key Learning Objectives

• Improve your knowledge of large intestinal surgery and the differences between cats and dogs
• Familiarise yourself with surgical approaches to the rectum and anus
• Explore the options for liver surgery – suture, staples or electrosurgery
• Review biliary tract surgery – anatomy and surgical options
• Consolidate your knowledge of pancreatic surgery
• Splenectomy – does it need removing and if so, which technique and what are the alternatives to removal?

 Speaker: Rachel Burrow BVetMed CertSAS CertVR DipECVS MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue)

Rachel Burrow

BVetMed CertSAS CertVR DipECVS MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue)

Rachel qualified in 1991 from the RVC, London. After several years working in mixed practice Rachel returned to the RCV and completed a 3 year residency in soft tissue surgery. After this Rachel went back into practice for a few years and also spent some time at University College Dublin working as a soft tissue surgeon. Rachel completed RCVS certificates in Small Animal Surgery and Radiology before taking up a temporary soft tissue surgery lectureship at the University of Liverpool, that was over 19 years ago. Other than one year spent in a private referral practice, Rachel has remained working at the University of Liverpool where she teaches 4th and 5th year vet students alongside working in a busy soft tissue surgical referral service. Whilst at Liverpool Rachel has gained the European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery and a Masters in Clinical Oncology from Birmingham University . Despite being in the business for a long time Rachel is still not bored with surgery!

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Key Learning Objectives:

• Develop your skills in managing renal surgery
• Extend your knowledge of obstructive diseases of the urinary tract from ureters to urethra to enhance your day-to-day management of urolithiasis
• Improve your awareness of the myriad of surgical options for urinary incontinence that are available now including colposuspension, TVT and urethral occluders
• Advance your familiarity of surgery of the male reproductive system – from prostatic omentalisation to penile and preputial procedures
• Extend the range of procedures you can offer for the female reproductive system beyond ovariectomy and ovariohysterectomy

 Speaker: Jane Ladlow MA VetMB, Cert VR, Cert SAS, Dipl ECVS, FHEA, MRCVS

Jane Ladlow

MA VetMB, Cert VR, Cert SAS, Dipl ECVS, FHEA, MRCVS

Jane graduated from the University of Cambridge and completed a residency at the Royal Veterinary College after working in a busy general practice in London. She became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgery in 2002. She moved to the University of Cambridge in 2006 and was a Senior Lecturer in Soft Tissue Surgery until 2019 when she moved to the Animal Health Trust as Head of surgery. Jane’s main area of clinical research is brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, the objective assessment of airway function in these dogs and the development of effective surgical strategies for them. In February 2019 the Kennel Club and University of Cambridge launched a Respiratory Grading Scheme to improve the assessment of brachycephalic dogs in the UK and to provide some breeding guidelines.

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You will practise the following surgical procedures under supervision by the speaker.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Oesophageal foreign bodies
  • Maximise good outcomes for oesophageal foreign bodies by minimising the risks and complications through appropriate knowledge of anatomy, surgical technique and peri-operative care
• Gastric dilation volvulus
  • Investigate which gastropexy you might choose
• Nephrectomy and nephrotomy
  • Perform a ureteronephrectomy for when the whole kidney needs removing
  • Develop your familiarity with partial nephrectomy for saving every precious nephron
  • Investigate possible indications for nephrotomy
• Urethrostomy
  • Practise urethrostomies at a variety of anatomical locations so you can select the right one for your patient

 Speaker: Darren Barnes MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS

Darren Barnes

MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS

Darren graduated from Cambridge University in 2006, spending a one year rotating small animal internship at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket thereafter. He then spent 5 years in general practice in Bishops Stortford whilst studying for the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery under the supervision and guidance of Dick White. He returned to Cambridge University as a Staff Surgeon for one year before completing a three year Surgery Residency training at Dick White referrals. He was awarded the Diploma in Small Animal Surgery by the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in February 2017 and continues to work as a Specialist in Small Animal Surgery at Dick White Referrals.

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You will practise the following surgical procedures under supervision by the speaker.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Wound closure
  • Increase your options for skin reconstruction through tension relieving techniques
• Pedicle flaps
  • Become braver with pedicle flaps: advancement, rotational and transposition to help close the larger or trickier defects
• Muscle and omental flaps
  • Develop your familiarity with using muscle in defects by practising the external abdominal oblique muscle flap
  • Become familiar with the role of omental transposition in wound healing
• Skin grafts
  • Understand skin grafts: full thickness and stamp and how to maximise their chances of success

 Speaker: Darren Barnes MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS

Darren Barnes

MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS

Darren graduated from Cambridge University in 2006, spending a one year rotating small animal internship at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket thereafter. He then spent 5 years in general practice in Bishops Stortford whilst studying for the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery under the supervision and guidance of Dick White. He returned to Cambridge University as a Staff Surgeon for one year before completing a three year Surgery Residency training at Dick White referrals. He was awarded the Diploma in Small Animal Surgery by the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in February 2017 and continues to work as a Specialist in Small Animal Surgery at Dick White Referrals.

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Key learning objectives:

• Become secure doing surgery of the lips, cheeks and tongue
• Improve your approach to surgical treatment of palatal abnormalities
• Maxillectomy and mandibulectomy: when and where to cut
• Become more familiar with pharyngeal surgery and your options for tonsillar surgery
• Make a considered choice for your patients between lateral wall resection, vertical canal ablation, ventral bulla osteotomy and total canal ablation/lateral bulla osteotomy
• Revise the options for surgical treatment of aural haematoma

 Speaker: Joanna McCagherty BVMS, MRCVS, PGCertSAS, DipECVS

Joanna McCagherty

BVMS, MRCVS, PGCertSAS, DipECVS

Joanna graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2011 before working in a small animal charity hospital for 15 months. Joanna then completed a small animal rotating internship at Davies Veterinary Specialists before returning to first opinion practice. Joanna then undertook a combined internship and ECVS surgical residency at the University of Edinburgh in 2016, during which she was awarded the ESVPS postgraduate Certificate in Small Animal Surgery. In 2019 she was appointed as a clinician in soft tissue surgery at the University of Glasgow before moving to Veterinary Specialists Scotland in October 2021. Joanna became a diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2022.

Whilst she enjoys all aspects of small animal surgery, Joanna has particular interests in minimally invasive surgery, wound management and thoracic surgery. Joanna has many active research interests including surgical site infection and brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome and has received awards from BSAVA and ECVS for clinical research presentations.

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Key learning objectives:

• Revise conditions of the nasal planum of the young and old to guide you when to operate
• The nasal sinuses – when does surgical access become necessary?
• Brachycephalic airway disease – a myriad of abnormalities
• Perfect your knowledge of the larynx to allow you to successfully treat a wide variety of surgical conditions – paralysis, collapse, trauma, stenosis and neoplasia
• Familiarise yourself with tracheotomy, tracheostomy, tracheal avulsion, collapse, resection/anastomosis, trauma, foreign bodies and neoplasia

 Speaker: Joanna McCagherty BVMS, MRCVS, PGCertSAS, DipECVS

Joanna McCagherty

BVMS, MRCVS, PGCertSAS, DipECVS

Joanna graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2011 before working in a small animal charity hospital for 15 months. Joanna then completed a small animal rotating internship at Davies Veterinary Specialists before returning to first opinion practice. Joanna then undertook a combined internship and ECVS surgical residency at the University of Edinburgh in 2016, during which she was awarded the ESVPS postgraduate Certificate in Small Animal Surgery. In 2019 she was appointed as a clinician in soft tissue surgery at the University of Glasgow before moving to Veterinary Specialists Scotland in October 2021. Joanna became a diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2022.

Whilst she enjoys all aspects of small animal surgery, Joanna has particular interests in minimally invasive surgery, wound management and thoracic surgery. Joanna has many active research interests including surgical site infection and brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome and has received awards from BSAVA and ECVS for clinical research presentations.

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Key learning objectives:

• Perfect your approach to peritonitis by going into the detail of the pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment options
• By the end of this module you will have discovered the thrills of thoracic surgery and maybe even have answered some big questions:
  • Big dog / little dog: who wins?
  • Thoracostomy for pneumothorax, pyothorax and chylothorax – which tube?
  • Thoracotomy – which side and which rib space?
  • Lung Lobectomy – how many lobes can you take?
  • PDA –is this still a surgical condition?
  • Pericardectomy – how much should you take?
  • PRAA – why does a regurgitating patient need a thoracotomy?
  • Chylothorax – can you find the thoracic duct?
  • Chest wall diseases – how far can you advance the diaphragm?

 Speaker: Kelly Blacklock BVM&S DipECVS FHEA PGCert MRCVS

Kelly Blacklock

BVM&S DipECVS FHEA PGCert MRCVS

Kelly graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2005 and after 18 months in small animal general practice, completed a rotating internship at the Royal Veterinary College and a three-year ECVS approved residency programme in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Bristol. Kelly joined the Animal Health Trust in 2011 and completed a PhD on the genetics of canine cancer metastasis in collaboration with the University of Liverpool. She joined the University of Edinburgh as a senior lecturer in soft tissue surgery in 2019 and is currently researching into canine oral melanoma and its translational applications. She is a member of the Association of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgeons (AVSTS), and an EBVS and RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery. Her particular interests include minimally invasive surgery, trauma management and reconstructive/oncological surgery.

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Key learning objectives:

• Revise the underlying principles of oncologic surgery to inform your surgical approaches to the most common tumours seen in practice
• Bring yourself up-to-date on all the treatment options for mast cell tumours
• Become comfortable with maxillectomy and mandibulectomy so you can approach oral tumours with more confidence
• Familiarise yourself with gastrointestinal tumours so you can optimise your patient’s outcome
• Recognise the differences between dogs and cats by learning about feline-specific tumours

 Speaker: Rob Quinn BVMS(Hons) CertAVP DipECVS MRCVS

Rob Quinn

BVMS(Hons) CertAVP DipECVS MRCVS

Rob is a European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery. Through his career he has had the privilege to work with specialists both in the UK and Australia. After 5 years in general practice he completed an internship at the University of Liverpool. Rob then completed a surgical residency at Dick White Referrals, going on to pass his European Board exams in 2019

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Key learning objectives:

• Consider the conditions of the shoulder including luxation, osteochondrosis and dysplasia and excision arthroplasty surgery
• Revise the conditions of the elbow including luxations, IOHC, elbow dysplasia, developmental disease and ununited anconeal process
• Understand developmental carpal disease, carpal hyperextension and arthrodesis and luxations of the carpus and foot
• Discuss growth plate disorders

 Speaker: Richard Meeson MA, VetMB, PhD, MVetMed, DipECVS, FHEA, FRCVS

Richard Meeson

MA, VetMB, PhD, MVetMed, DipECVS, FHEA, FRCVS ×

Key learning objectives:

• Discuss the pros and cons of the myriad of surgical options for the ruptured cruciate
• Consider alternative causes of stifle dysfunction than the cranial cruciate ligament
• Revise the underlying causes of patellar luxation when choosing a surgical approach
• Perfect your knowledge of hock anatomy and the conditions that affect the joint including osteochondrosis and luxation
• Review the conditions that affect the hip including dysplasia & luxation and familiarise yourself with a variety of procedures described to treat them
• Understand the pros and cons of total hip replacement

 Speaker: Hannes Bergmann DrMedVet DipECVS MRCVS

Hannes Bergmann

DrMedVet DipECVS MRCVS

Hannes graduated from the UVM Vienna in 2001 and completed an internship at the Small Animal Hospital of the School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Following research in perioperative pain therapy he achieved his Doctorate degree in 2003. After one year in small animal practice he started a three year residency in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Berne. Hannes has worked in multidisciplinary referral hospitals in the UK since 2007 and became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2008 and is also an RCVS recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery. He has established his independent "Oxford Veterinary Specialists" referral service in 2016. Hannes is surgery course director for Improve International and the editor of the Improve Surgery Textbook.

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You will practise the following surgical procedures under supervision by the speaker.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Shoulder Joint
  • Revise the surgical approaches to the joint and perform a bicipital tenotomy
• Elbow Joint
  • Elbow dysplasia is a widespread and complex disease – review which surgical approaches to the joint are most appropriate for your individual cases
• Carpus
  • Sometimes a salvage procedure is the only option – meticulous technique will enhance your ability to perform carpal arthrodesis

 Speaker: Nicolas Barthelemy DVM, DipECVS, MRCVS

Nicolas Barthelemy

DVM, DipECVS, MRCVS

Nicolas graduated from the University of Liege, Belgium in 2007. He then undertook two years of rotational internship in small animal practice at the veterinary school of Nantes, France and at the University of Liege, Belgium. In 2011, He completed a 1-year surgical internship at Michigan State University, USA. He came back to Europe the next year to work as a research associate at the laboratory for veterinary orthopaedic research at the University of Liege, Belgium. He worked mainly on mechanical testing of surgical techniques for cranial cruciate ligament disease. In 2012, he has been enrolled in a residency in small animal surgery at the University of Liege and he passed his final exam in 2016 to become a specialist in small animal surgery. He joined Langford Vets in October 2016

His clinical interests include all aspects of veterinary orthopaedics however he particularly enjoys the management of complex fractures, arthroscopy, stifle surgery and joint replacement.

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You will practise the following surgical procedures under supervision by the speaker.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Hip joint
  • Sometimes the best option is to perform a femoral head and neck ostectomy and good technique should allow a quick return to weight bearing
• Stifle joint I
  • Extracapsular repair of cranial cruciate ligament disease can still be a valid treatment provided you prioritise thorough meniscal inspection
• Stifle joint II
  • Surgical correction of a luxating patella by tibial tuberosity transposition will benefit many of your small dog patients
• Tarsus
  • Arthrodesis of the hock can be the only option – choose whether to perform a partial or pantarsal arthrodesis

 Speaker: Nicolas Barthelemy DVM, DipECVS, MRCVS

Nicolas Barthelemy

DVM, DipECVS, MRCVS

Nicolas graduated from the University of Liege, Belgium in 2007. He then undertook two years of rotational internship in small animal practice at the veterinary school of Nantes, France and at the University of Liege, Belgium. In 2011, He completed a 1-year surgical internship at Michigan State University, USA. He came back to Europe the next year to work as a research associate at the laboratory for veterinary orthopaedic research at the University of Liege, Belgium. He worked mainly on mechanical testing of surgical techniques for cranial cruciate ligament disease. In 2012, he has been enrolled in a residency in small animal surgery at the University of Liege and he passed his final exam in 2016 to become a specialist in small animal surgery. He joined Langford Vets in October 2016

His clinical interests include all aspects of veterinary orthopaedics however he particularly enjoys the management of complex fractures, arthroscopy, stifle surgery and joint replacement.

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Key learning objectives:

• Understand how to perform the initial assessment of the fracture patient
• Be familiar with the descriptions and applications of fracture classification
• Apply the principles of fracture repair and decision making in fracture repair to your cases
• Appreciate the variety of methods available for fracture fixation and implants, including plating and external fixation devices

 Speaker: Kevin Parsons BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin Parsons

BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin graduated from the University of Bristol in 2000. He then worked in small animal and mixed practice in Devon and Cornwall for three years. He then undertook a small animal internship, PhD (in the field of locomotor biomechanics) and a three-year residency in small animal surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Kevin attained his RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2009 and his European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 2011. Kevin moved back to Bristol in 2010, initially as a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery and more recently working for Langford Veterinary Services as an orthopaedic clinician within the University of Bristol small animal teaching hospital.

His clinical interests include all aspects of veterinary orthopaedics however he particularly enjoys the management of complex fractures, stifle surgery and total joint replacements. He has authored and co-authored scientific papers on a variety of subjects relating to small animal surgery and regularly speaks at national and international CPD events.

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Key learning objectives:

• Understand the principles of fracture reduction, including both closed and open techniques
• Be familiar with the options for bone grafting including both cancellous and cortical grafts
• Describe the stabilisation of specific fractures of the fore and hindlimb
• Discuss the clinical approach to the following complications: Delayed union/Non-union/Mal-union/Osteomyelitis

 Speaker: Kevin Parsons BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin Parsons

BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin graduated from the University of Bristol in 2000. He then worked in small animal and mixed practice in Devon and Cornwall for three years. He then undertook a small animal internship, PhD (in the field of locomotor biomechanics) and a three-year residency in small animal surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Kevin attained his RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2009 and his European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 2011. Kevin moved back to Bristol in 2010, initially as a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery and more recently working for Langford Veterinary Services as an orthopaedic clinician within the University of Bristol small animal teaching hospital.

His clinical interests include all aspects of veterinary orthopaedics however he particularly enjoys the management of complex fractures, stifle surgery and total joint replacements. He has authored and co-authored scientific papers on a variety of subjects relating to small animal surgery and regularly speaks at national and international CPD events.

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You will practise the following surgical procedures under supervision by the speaker.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Radial Fracture
  • Surgical repair using a bone plate and screws
• Humeral Fracture
  • Surgical repair using an intramedullary pin and a bone plate and screws
• Femoral Fracture
  • Surgical repair using an intramedullary pin and a bone plate and screws

 Speaker: Kevin Parsons BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin Parsons

BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin graduated from the University of Bristol in 2000. He then worked in small animal and mixed practice in Devon and Cornwall for three years. He then undertook a small animal internship, PhD (in the field of locomotor biomechanics) and a three-year residency in small animal surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Kevin attained his RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2009 and his European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 2011. Kevin moved back to Bristol in 2010, initially as a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery and more recently working for Langford Veterinary Services as an orthopaedic clinician within the University of Bristol small animal teaching hospital.

His clinical interests include all aspects of veterinary orthopaedics however he particularly enjoys the management of complex fractures, stifle surgery and total joint replacements. He has authored and co-authored scientific papers on a variety of subjects relating to small animal surgery and regularly speaks at national and international CPD events.

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You will practise the following surgical procedures under supervision by the speaker.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Cancellous bone grafting
  • Harvest cancellous bone from the proximal humerus
• Review external fixation equipment
  • Familiarise yourself with the pins, bars and clamps
• Tibial Fracture
  • Surgical repair with a type II linear frame
• Comminuted Radial Fracture
  • Surgical repair with a type Ib linear frame

 Speaker: Kevin Parsons BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin Parsons

BVSc(Hons) CertSAS,PhD,DipECVS FHEA MRCVS

Kevin graduated from the University of Bristol in 2000. He then worked in small animal and mixed practice in Devon and Cornwall for three years. He then undertook a small animal internship, PhD (in the field of locomotor biomechanics) and a three-year residency in small animal surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Kevin attained his RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2009 and his European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 2011. Kevin moved back to Bristol in 2010, initially as a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery and more recently working for Langford Veterinary Services as an orthopaedic clinician within the University of Bristol small animal teaching hospital.

His clinical interests include all aspects of veterinary orthopaedics however he particularly enjoys the management of complex fractures, stifle surgery and total joint replacements. He has authored and co-authored scientific papers on a variety of subjects relating to small animal surgery and regularly speaks at national and international CPD events.

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Key learning objectives:

• Integrate the principles of lesion localisation to your spinal cases via a systematic neurological examination and its’ interpretation
• Understand the application of neurodiagnostics
• Appreciate the approach to and management of paraplegia and tetraplegia
• Be familiar with the clinical approach to neurological emergencies, including cranial trauma and status epilepticus

 Speaker: Sebastien Behr DVM DipECVN MRCVS RCVS Specialist (Veterinary Neurology)

Sebastien Behr

DVM DipECVN MRCVS RCVS Specialist (Veterinary Neurology)

Sebastien graduated from the Veterinary School of Toulouse, France in 2001. The same year he presented a veterinary thesis on 'Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins in the Dog', awarded by the French Companion Animal Veterinary Association and the University of Medicine Paul Sabatier of Toulouse.

He then performed an internship the following year in Fregis small animal hospital in Paris, the largest private small animal hospital in France. Sebastien then undertook and completed a three years residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery in the same hospital from 2002 to 2005. During his residency, he focused his research on the topic of cerebrospinal fluid analysis and inflammatory non-infectious diseases of the central nervous system. Sebastien was awarded the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 2006 and the following year he was recognised as an RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology.

He moved to the United Kingdom in 2005 to join the multidisciplinary team at Davies Veterinary Specialists where he worked as a neurologist and neurosurgeon before joining Willows Referral Services as a senior clinician in March 2010. Sebastien has a special interest in idiopathic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, advanced neuro-imaging and spinal surgery.

He is the past associate editor for neurology of the Journal of Small Animal Practice and a member of the Examination Committee of the European College in Veterinary Neurology.

RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology.

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Key Learning Objectives:

• Revise the surgical options for spinal surgery according to site
• Cervical spine
  • Ventral slot procedure
• Thoracolumbar spine
  • Hemilaminectomy
• Lumbosacral spine
  • Dorsal laminectomy
• CSF tap and Myelography
  • Identify the appropriate landmarks for acquiring CSF samples and obtaining diagnostic myelograms

Observe a demonstration of the above procedures performed by the speaker in the wet lab.

 Speaker: Sebastien Behr DVM DipECVN MRCVS RCVS Specialist (Veterinary Neurology)

Sebastien Behr

DVM DipECVN MRCVS RCVS Specialist (Veterinary Neurology)

Sebastien graduated from the Veterinary School of Toulouse, France in 2001. The same year he presented a veterinary thesis on 'Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins in the Dog', awarded by the French Companion Animal Veterinary Association and the University of Medicine Paul Sabatier of Toulouse.

He then performed an internship the following year in Fregis small animal hospital in Paris, the largest private small animal hospital in France. Sebastien then undertook and completed a three years residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery in the same hospital from 2002 to 2005. During his residency, he focused his research on the topic of cerebrospinal fluid analysis and inflammatory non-infectious diseases of the central nervous system. Sebastien was awarded the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 2006 and the following year he was recognised as an RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology.

He moved to the United Kingdom in 2005 to join the multidisciplinary team at Davies Veterinary Specialists where he worked as a neurologist and neurosurgeon before joining Willows Referral Services as a senior clinician in March 2010. Sebastien has a special interest in idiopathic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, advanced neuro-imaging and spinal surgery.

He is the past associate editor for neurology of the Journal of Small Animal Practice and a member of the Examination Committee of the European College in Veterinary Neurology.

RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology.

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