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Dr. Darryl Millis is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Chief of Surgery at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.

A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and a founding charter member of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Millis has authored over 50 publications, 30 textbook chapters, and 80 abstracts/proceedings. Dr. Millis is a primary faculty member of the University of Tennessee Certificate Program in Canine Rehabilitation, is a co-editor of the Textbook of Small Animal Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation and Essential Facts of Physiotherapy in Dogs and Cats, and has received the prestigious World Small Animal Veterinary Association Iams Paatsama Award. His primary research interests include osteoarthritis and physical rehabilitation.

PT, PhD, DPT, Diplomate american Board of Physical Therapy Specialities (Orthopedics), CCRP, Cert DN

Cline Chair of Excellence and UC Foundation Professor of Physical Therapy at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, adjunct associate professor at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary medicine, and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Levine has published in numerous peer-reviewed veterinary journals and is co-editor of the books Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy (2004, 2013) and Essential Facts of Physiotherapy in Dogs and Cats (2004).

Priv. Doz. Dr. habil. Barbara Bockstahler, FTA, CCRP European Veterinary Specialist in Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, DECVSMR, DACVSMR Barbara Bockstahler is head of the section for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

In the course of her clinical and scientific career Dr. Bockstahler has held numerous national and international lectures.

Dr. Bockstahler was certified as a Specialist for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in 2004 (Austria) and as Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner in 2007. She conducted intensive research on gait analysis in dogs since 2003 and finished her habilitation 2009. She is Diplomate of the European and the American College for Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.

MS, DVM, Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgery, Diplomate American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation

Dr. Adair earned his D.V.M from Auburn University. After receiving his D.V.M., Dr. Adair spent two years in private equine practice and completed a surgery residency at the University of Tennessee. He is presently an Associate Professor of Equine Surgery, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville and is Director of the Equine Performance Medicine and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Adair is board certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and is a charter Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is also certified in Animal Chiropractic by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association and is a Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practioner.

Dr. Adair’s primary research areas include Equine Musculoskeletal conditions, Equine Lameness, Regenerative Medicine and Equine Rehabilitation.

BVSc, MSc, PhD, CCRP, DACVS,PF HEA (UK)

Gail works at the University of Adelaide as the Animal Welfare Officer as well as teaching Rehabilitation to the final year DVM students. Her MSc from the Ontario Vet College is in canine total hip replacements and her PhD from Toronto is in bone remodelling and inflammatory mediators.

She is a great believer in motion being the lotion!

Dr Lili C. Asnal was born and studied Veterinary Medicine in Argentina. After several years working as small animal veterinary practitioner in private and university clinics in her home city, she decided to move to Italy. She obtained her Italian Veterinary Medicine degree at the University of Milan and in 2004 she opened her own small animal Veterinary Practice at Castelfranco Veneto, Italy. In June 2006 she traveled to the United States in order to pursue her postgraduate degree (CCRP) on Small Animal Physiotherapy Rehabilitation at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. In 2008 she opened the Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Center at her own clinic, becoming the first and well-equipped referred Rehab center, serving the whole Northeast of Italy. The Rehab center is and has been always opened to any colleague who decides to get closer to the Rehabilitation Specialization world.

Dr. Roberta Burdisso graduated from the Bologna (Italy) Veterinary University in 2000, graduated Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner (CCRP) in 2013.

Head of the Physiotherapy and Functional Department Veterinary Hospital Center FREGIS, Vice-President of the GEREP AFVAC (study group in functional rehabilitation and physiotherapy) | Paris (France).

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DVM, MSc, CCRP, CVA

Graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in București in 2006, and after two years got his Master’s degree from the same institution. He opened his first private practice in 2006, VetCenter Otopeni, in the outskirts of București.
In 2013, Dr. Ciupercă started his certification in canine rehabilitation with the University of Tennessee and Schloss Seminar program that granted him one year later the title of Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner.
Also in 2013, Dr. Ciuperca began a one year long certification of veterinary acupuncture, a program supervised by IVAS (International Veterinary Acupuncture Society).
At the end of 2013 he decided to dedicate all his time to canine rehabilitation by opening his second private practice, VetPhysioCenter București, a courageous project, not only because it was the first practice in Romania ever offering full canine rehabilitation, but because the clinic was dedicated only to rehabilitation and physical therapy and worked as a referral clinic.
Since then, Dr. Ciupercă had more than 30 nationally lectures about canine rehabilitation, podium presentations in VEPRA 2015 and 2017, in IAVRPT 2018 and won first prize at the first CCRP World Reunion in Uppsala 2016 short presentations contest. He co-authored in 2015 with Prof. Darryl Millis the first chapter from “Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice – Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy” with the title: Evidence for Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy.

Dr. Ciupercă main interests are neurologically challenged patients and spinal walking in grade 0 modified Frankel score patients (paraplegia without deep pain sensation). His hobbies are reading and gardening.

BVSc CCRP GPcertWVA+CPM

Monique qualified as a veterinarian from Onderstepoort in South Africa in 1996. After obtaining her CCRP from the University of Tennesee in 2006 she opened a rehabilitation and pain management facility in Cape Town. Monique relocated to Australia in 2016 and continues to work in rehabilitation and chronic pain management.

DVM, MSc, CCRP (Spain)

Renata is Brazilian and lives in Mallorca since 2007, where she manages her rehabilitation facility named "RehabilitaCans". She is a dedicated Veterinarian with an extensive track record of animal rehabilitation, skilled conference speaker and active participant in key associations related to the field of animal rehabilitation. She is co-editor of the textbook “Fisiatria em Pequenos Animais”, published in Brazil in 2018. Great expertise in laser therapy and hydrotherapy. Her primary research investigation is with attenuation of the chronodisruption in geriatric dogs with physiotherapy.

Dr. med. vet. Beate Egner graduated at the LMU in Munich/Germany. After specializing in cardio-vascular disease at the AMC in New York/1994 her main interest focused on and continued to be blood pressure (BP) and pulse wave analysis (PWA). She works with all different species and considers herself rather a hypertensiologist. Through the link “pain and related BP, and: monitoring the cardiac patient in rehab, she developed a strong interest in physical therapy.

She is the founder and managing director of “VBS GmbH” including the Veterinary Academy of Higher Learning (VAHL) and offers continuing education worldwide.

Further:
co-founder and board member of the Veterinary Blood Pressure Society, member of numerous international societies in cardiology and rehabilitation, author of numerous BP papers and chapters in a variety of books (Essential Facts of Blood Pressure in Dogs and Cats, The Cat, The Feline Patient, EKG made Easy, Essential Facts of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine,….), invited speaker at national and international conferences and symposia.

CCRP, Cert. vet. acupuncturist (Germany)

Head of the center for animal mobility at the LMU Munich, Germany. She has a long term experience in animal rehabilitation and physical medicine. Since 2004 she entirely focuses in this field. She developed a specific examination method to easier and faster understand the holistic situation in a rehab patient, which is truly innovative.

Her specialty is: guiding hands to more success during her labs.

Sr Theresa Frias qualified as a veterinary nurse from the University of Pretoria in 1992.

She has been employed by the University of Pretoria since 1999 and worked in the small animal surgery department where she developed a special interest in physical therapy. This inspired her to complete her CCRP in 2009 and Canine body worker certification in 2013.

She has been running the Onderstepoort Animal Rehabilitation Service since 2011.

BSC (EGS) VN (UK) CCBW EEBW

• BSc completed at University of Cape Town 1994
• Vet Nursing Diploma completed at Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons United Kingdom 1996
• Equine Body Worker Certification completed in United Kingdom 2000
• Canine Body Worker Certification completed in United Kingdom 2007

Dawn Jones owns and runs Animal Physical Rehab which is based at Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. She has worked in the field of animal physical rehabilitation since September 1989, specifically with horses, dogs and cats. Dawn has taught in South Africa, England, Hong Kong, Dubai and Zambia.

She has a particular passion for "dogs with jobs".

Prof. DVM (Deputy Chair), FTA Anatomy

Deputy Chair of the Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, field of expertise is functional anatomy of the musculoskeletal system, Faculty at the Ludwig Maximilians University Veterinary School, Munich, Germany.

Priv. Doz. Dr. Johann Maierl studierte an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München und promovierte 1994. Er habilierte sich 2003 für das Fach Anatomie. Er arbeitete bis 2007 als wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der LMU München und als Dozent an der Universität Bern. Seit 2007 ist er Dozent an der LMU München. Er ist Fachtierarzt für Anatomie und Mitglied zahlreicher Gesellschaften (Anatomische Gesellschaft, Europäische Vereinigung der Veterinäranatomen, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomechanik, International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature (Subcommittee Osteologia et Arthrologia, Myologia). Sein Spezialgebiet ist die funktionelle Anatomie des Bewegungsapparates.

DVM J. Paulo Marques received his Veterinary Degree from the University of Veterinary Medicine (FMV-UTL) in Lisbon in 1995.

He is certified in Animal Chiropractic by the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA), certified in Veterinary Acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) and Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner (CERP) by the University of Tennessee.
He is an FEI Official Veterinarian for Jumping, Dressage, Eventing and Driving. A past Member of the Board of Directors of the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA) and Honorary Member of this Association, he is presently a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Veterinary Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy (IAVRPT) and President of the Portuguese Association of Veterinary Acupuncture (APAMV).

He was a guest professor at Lusófona University (ULHT) and Technical University (FMV-UTL) in Lisbon, on Equine Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy, Acupuncture and Chiropractic.

He is founder and Director of the equine veterinary practice Equidesporto in Portugal, and he was co-founder and Director of the Equine Rehabilitation Centre Hidrovet. His main areas of interest are Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sport Medicine and Integrative Medicine in the performance horse.

Dr. Marques is member of the Veterinary Physiotherapy Team at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021

Ângela Martins, graduated in veterinary medicine since 1991, clinical director of Arrábida Veterinary Hospital and of Animal Rehabilitation Center (CRAA) in Portugal. Master in Rehabilitation Medicine and PhD student in the area of Functional Neurorehabilitation.

Professor at the Lusofona University, and Portalegre Polytechnic Institute (Rehabilitation and Emergencies and Intensive Care). AARV and IAVRPT member. Tennesse University Certificate, CCRP instructor. Post-graduation in functional neurorehabilitation of human medicine.

Speaker in international congresses, OMICS, IVECCS, SEVCS, BSAVA, VEPRA, IAVRPT, AVEPA, ESVN-ECVN, and in several events, in all Universities in Portugal, also in Poland, Brasil and Munich.

Conducting research studies with Prof. Dr. Natasha Olby of North Caroline and with Prof. Dr. Tom Harcourt-brown of Bristol.

Published several articles in the Human Medicine International journals, Veterinary journals and also many posters in BSAVA, AVEPA, IAVRPT, VEPRA, and ESVN-ECVN, 2018. Wrote chapters for the book Fisiatria em Pequenos Animais, 2018.

Marion Mucha studied veterinary medicine in Vienna, Austria and was already involved in physiotherapy as part of her doctoral thesis, which was completed in 2005.

Since 2002 she worked in the Outpatient Clinic for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation at the Vetmeduni Vienna. In the course of her clinical and scientific career, she has given many lectures in Austria and abroad and also conducted research in the field of movement science, physical therapy and acupuncture in dogs. Since 2004 she is a certified veterinary acupuncturist (CVA, IVAS International Veterinary Acupuncture Society), since 2007 certified physiotherapist for dogs (CCRP, Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner, University of Tennessee in cooperation with Schloss-Seminar). 2010 her book "Checklist Acupuncture for Small Animals" was published. Since 2016 she is CVPP (Certified veterinary pain practitioner, IVAPM) and since 2018 European Veterinary Specialist in Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (Dipl ECVSMR).

Greta Oldfield, authorised Veterinary Nurse with 10 years experience working in small animal medicine.

She obtained her Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner degree from the University of Tennessee (CCRP) in 2014 and is the practice manager of one of the leading clinics for small animal rehabilitation and physical therapy in Norway; AniCura Rehab Sandvika.
Greta became a faculty member of the Veterinary Academy of Higher Learning (VAHL) in 2017 and is currently a Masters Degree student in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the University of Nottingham. She has had the pleasure of lecturing at several occations for veterinarians, veterinary nurses and pet owners in Norway, Sweden and Germany the past years.

Greta has an extraordinary love for her field of expertise and loves to work with complex cases in neurology and orthopedic injuries and diseases. She receives referrals from all over the country and has the pleasure of collaborating with the best veterinary surgeons in Norway.

Tierneurologie, Dettelbach bei Würzburg. Fachgebiet Neurologie

Dr. Kai Rentmeister studierte Veterinärmedizin an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München von 1986-1992. Er promovierte auf dem Gebiet der Neurologie/Neurochirurgie zum Thema degenerative lumbosakrale Stenose des Hundes (“Cauda Equina Kompressionssyndrom“) unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. R. Köstlin (LMU) und assistierte viereinhalb Jahre an chirurgisch orientierten Kleintierkliniken in Süddeutschland. Nach einer dreieinhalbjährigen ‘Residency für klinische Neurologie’ an der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover machte er seinen Abschluss mit dem Titel „Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology“ (Dipl ECVN) www.ecvn.org. Im Rahmen seiner Tätigkeit veröffentlicht er zahlreiche Publikationen und hält Vorträge auf diversen Fortbildungsveranstaltungen. Seit 2013 ist er validiert als ‘european specialist in veterinary neurology’ gemäß den Richtlinien des EBVS www.ebvs.org

DVM, CCRP, IVAS Certified, COAQ Certified.

She graduated in 2004, is founder and director of AnimaCare, a private veterinary center specializing in rehabilitation, acupuncture, sports medicine, ozonetherapy and integrative therapies in small animals and horses. Juliana is also a Reiki Master and Master in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming).

She constantly participates in national and international veterinary rehabilitation events as attendee and speaker.

Website: https://www.animacare.vet.br/
Email: juliana@animacare.vet.br

Dr. Sterin is DVM, President of AIFISVET (Asociación Ibero Americana de Fisiatría Veterinaria), international speaker and has a privat clinic for rehabilitation and physical therapy in Buenos Aires, Argentinia.

DVM, CCRP

Dr. Priya completed her Veterinary Studies in 2010 from the University of Melbourne.

She enrolled in the CCRP course in 2015. In 2017, Dr. Priya worked as a rehabilitation veterinarian at the Soi Dog Foundation in Phuket, Thailand where she developed an interest in neurorehabilitation. In 2020, she founded ARK Veterinary Rehabilitation, a mobile rehabilitation service provider in the tiny, tropical island of Singapore.
Besides clinical practice, she is dedicated to the training and education of vets from developing countries in the region in the field of veterinary rehabilitation and animal care.

Elena Tognato graduated with laudem in 2006 at the University of Veterinary Medicine of Padua. She completed her experience at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Madrid and than at the Hospital for Small Animals – University of Edinburgh.

In 2010 she obtained the certification of Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner (CCRP) of the University of Tennessee – Schloss Seminar.

Since 2009 she has been working in Small animals practices with particular interest in Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 2013 Elena founded “Thermal Physiopet” Small Animal Rehabilitation practice in Montegrotto Terme (Italy) where she provides physical therapy service.

Dr. Kathleen Wittek studierte 1993 - 1999 Veterinärmedizin an der Universität Leipzig und erhielt 1999 die Tierärztlichen Approbation.
1999 - 2002 befand sie sich im Promotionsstudium und war tierärztlich tätig als Praxisvertretung in verschiedenen Kleintierpraxen.
2002 - 2003 machte sie ein Internship in der Rehabilitationsabteilung der Kleintierklinik der Universität Illinois, USA.

Sie promovierte 2004 zum Dr. med. vet. an der Veterinärmedizinischen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig.
2006 wurde ihr die Zusatzbezeichnung „Physikalische Therapie“ der sächsischen Tierärztekammer anerkannt.

In der Zeit von 2003 – 2007 war sie außerdem Praxisassistentin in einer Kleintierpraxis in Halle/Salle und 2007 - 2008 in einer Gemischtpraxis in Leipzig.
Seit 2012 ist sie Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in der Ambulanz für physikalische Therapie und Rehabilitation der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien.

ASSVAP exists to promote the science of physiotherapy for animals, and to create an interface between Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Physiotherapists, for the transfer of information between veterinary professionals, leading to improvement of animal welfare across all species.

The Veterinary European Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Association.

The International Association of Veterinary Rehabilitation and physical therapy is dedicated to the practice, teaching, and research of veterinary rehabilitation and physical therapy, furthering scientific investigation, and providing better patient care based on sound scientific study.

Veterinary rehabilitation is a specialised field of veterinary medicine. Although this is a relatively new area, there is now growing interest and acceptance within the veterinary profession in the UK.