Didactic course faculty

Practice owner and veterinary ophthalmologistAugen-Tierarztpraxis Dr. Allgoewer (Animal Eye Practice)Berlin, Germany

Ingrid Allgoewer is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ECVO) and owner of the Augen-Tierarztpraxis Dr. Allgoewer, the veterinary eye practice she founded in Berlin, Germany, in 2000. She teaches advanced courses in intraocular and corneal surgery, publishes clinical research on corneal disease and surgical techniques, and is a past ECVO President (2010 to 2012).

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Professor of Population Health and Reproduction; Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education; Maxine Adler Endowed Chair in GeneticsUC Davis Weill School of Veterinary MedicineDavis, California, USA

Danika Bannasch is a geneticist and professor of population health and reproduction at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, where she holds the Maxine Adler Endowed Chair in Genetics. Her laboratory identifies the genetic causes of inherited diseases in dogs and horses. She holds a PhD from Princeton University and a DVM from UC Davis.

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Clinical Professor, Comparative OphthalmologyUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgical SciencesMadison, Wisconsin, USA

Ellison Bentley is a Clinical Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. Her interests include corneal disease and wound healing, glaucoma, ocular pain management and high-resolution ocular ultrasound. She is a co-author of the diagnostic ophthalmic ultrasound section in Gelatt's Veterinary Ophthalmology.

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ProfessorThe Ohio State University College of OptometryColumbus, Ohio, United States

Heather Chandler is a professor at The Ohio State University College of Optometry in Columbus, Ohio, where she has been on the faculty since 2007. She holds a PhD in Veterinary Biosciences from Ohio State. Her laboratory studies wound healing and fibrosis in the cornea and lens, including cataract and posterior capsule opacification (secondary cataract).

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Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, Davis (Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, Weill School of Veterinary Medicine; Ophthalmology Service, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital)Davis, California, USA

Lauren Charnock is a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist and assistant professor at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine. She holds a veterinary degree from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, and completed her ophthalmology residency and a Master of Science at Auburn University. Her equine research covers blunt ocular trauma, refractive error and heterochromic iridocyclitis.

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CEOVetPharm ConsultingPittsboro, North Carolina, USA

Gigi Davidson is a veterinary pharmacist and a diplomate of the International College of Veterinary Pharmacy. She directed pharmacy services at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine for 35 years and now leads VetPharm Consulting. She chaired the United States Pharmacopeia Compounding Expert Committee from 2010 to 2020.

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Dr. Michael Davidson was Professor of Ophthalmology at North Carolina State University where he also served as Associate Dean.

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Clinical Associate Professor, Comparative OphthalmologyUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgical SciencesMadison, Wisconsin, USA

Seth Eaton is a Clinical Associate Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. His research interests include comparative ocular pharmacology and toxicology, ocular oncology and equine ophthalmology. He is the author of the laboratory animal ophthalmology chapter in Gelatt's Veterinary Ophthalmology (sixth edition).

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Ophthalmology DiplomateThe Ralph Veterinary Referral CentreMarlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Heidi Featherstone is a veterinary ophthalmologist at The Ralph Veterinary Referral Centre in Marlow, United Kingdom. A Royal Veterinary College graduate, she holds the RCVS Diploma in Veterinary Ophthalmology and is a diplomate and former president of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. Her clinical interests include corneal and cataract surgery; she has co-authored a small animal ophthalmology textbook.

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Professor of Veterinary OphthalmologyRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of EdinburghEaster Bush Campus, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Claudia Hartley is Professor of Veterinary Ophthalmology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, where she supervises residents. A Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, she co-wrote the canine conjunctiva and nictitating membrane chapter in Gelatt's Veterinary Ophthalmology (sixth edition). Her research spans equine eye disease and zoo and wildlife ophthalmology, particularly bears.

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Assistant Professor, Section of OphthalmologyCornell University College of Veterinary MedicineIthaca, New York, United States

Kelly Knickelbein is an assistant professor in the Section of Ophthalmology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. A University of Pennsylvania veterinary graduate, she trained in comparative ophthalmology at the University of California, Davis. Her work centres on equine eye disease, including inherited ocular disorders and ophthalmic imaging.

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Professor and Co-Chief of Service, Neurology/Neurosurgery ServiceUniversity of California, Davis, Weill School of Veterinary Medicine (Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital)Davis, California, USA

Marguerite Knipe is a veterinary neurologist and Professor at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, where she is Co-Chief of the Neurology/Neurosurgery Service and has directed the Neuromuscular Disease Laboratory since 2009. An ACVIM Diplomate in Neurology and UC Davis graduate, she teaches veterinary students and residents, with interests in neuromuscular disease and electrophysiology.

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Anatomic Pathologist; Chair, Oncology-Pathology Advisory PanelAntech DiagnosticsOttawa, Ontario, Canada

Philippe Labelle is a veterinary anatomic pathologist with Antech Diagnostics in Ottawa, Canada, and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. His interests include ocular pathology, oncologic pathology and immunohistochemistry. He teaches in the Ocular Pathology Review Course of the ACVO Basic Science Course and is the author of the eye chapter in Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease.

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Professor of Infectious Disease, Department of Clinical Sciences; Director, Center for Companion Animal StudiesColorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesFort Collins, Colorado, USA

Michael R. Lappin is a professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, working in infectious disease, and directs the university's Center for Companion Animal Studies. A board-certified small animal internist with a PhD in parasitology, he studies infections of cats and dogs, including toxoplasmosis, bartonellosis and infectious causes of feline uveitis.

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Professor of Clinical OphthalmologyUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet), Ryan Veterinary HospitalPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mary E. Lassaline, a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She formerly headed the UC Davis equine ophthalmology service and edited the 2017 Equine Ophthalmology issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. Her research interests are corneal wound healing and corneal surgery.

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James Law Professor of Ophthalmology; Section Chief of OphthalmologyCornell University College of Veterinary MedicineIthaca, New York, United States

Eric C. Ledbetter is the James Law Professor of Ophthalmology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. His research deals with infectious diseases of the eye, including herpesvirus infections, and with in vivo ocular imaging. He co-wrote the canine cornea and sclera chapter of Veterinary Ophthalmology, fifth edition.

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Associate Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical SciencesMichigan State University College of Veterinary MedicineEast Lansing, Michigan, United States

Brian Leonard is a veterinary ophthalmologist and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. He is an associate professor in Small Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University, with a DVM, a PhD and residency training in comparative ophthalmology from the University of California, Davis. He studies corneal wound healing and ocular surface disease, including dry eye.

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Dr. David Maggs is the Editor and Co-Author of “Slatter’s Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology,” one of the most widely used textbooks in veterinary medical education.

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Associate Professor EmeritusThe Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesColumbus, Ohio, USA

Mary A. McLoughlin is a small animal soft tissue surgeon and Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University. She trained at Michigan State University and has been a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons since 1992. Her interests include urinary tract surgery and chylothorax.

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Clinical Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology (emeritus)University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgical SciencesMadison, Wisconsin, USA

Paul E. Miller is a veterinary ophthalmologist and Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, with emeritus status at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. His interests are glaucoma, intraocular pressure and comparative ocular pharmacology. He is a co-editor of Slatter's Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology and co-author of the 1995 review "Vision in dogs".

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Associate Professor, Section of Ophthalmology, Department of Clinical SciencesCornell University College of Veterinary MedicineIthaca, New York, United States

Bret A. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Section of Ophthalmology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. His clinical interest is exotic and wild animal ophthalmology; his research covers visual ecology and collaborative veterinary care. He is co-editor of Wild and Exotic Animal Ophthalmology (Springer, 2022).

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Associate ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health)Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Freya Mowat is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. Her clinical and research interests include retinal aging, inherited retinal disorders and sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome in dogs. She is co-author of the canine ocular fundus chapter in Gelatt's Veterinary Ophthalmology (sixth edition).

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Veterinary ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon; founder of the Veterinary Retina Surgery CenterAnimal Eye Care AssociatesVirginia Beach and Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

Brad Nadelstein is a veterinary ophthalmologist and Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists at Animal Eye Care Associates in Virginia. He founded the practice's Veterinary Retina Surgery Center and performs pars plana vitrectomy and retinal reattachment surgery in dogs and cats. A past chairperson of the American Board of Veterinary Ophthalmology, he has mentored the practice's residents.

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Anatomic PathologistIDEXX LaboratoriesBarcelona, Spain

Carolina Naranjo is an anatomic pathologist at IDEXX Laboratories in Barcelona, with a special interest in ocular and periocular pathology. She is a diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Pathologists, and her training includes a fellowship at the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin. She teaches ocular pathology on the ACVO Basic Science Course.

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Professor of Veterinary OphthalmologyKoret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of JerusalemRehovot, Israel

Ron Ofri is Professor of Veterinary Ophthalmology at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. He studies retinal electrophysiology, retinal gene therapy, glaucoma and comparative visual optics. He is co-author of Slatter's Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology and the optics and vision chapter in Gelatt's Veterinary Ophthalmology.

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Head of the Ophthalmology Service, Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari UABUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery; Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari UAB)Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

Teresa Peña is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ECVO). She heads the Ophthalmology Service of the veterinary teaching hospital at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where she also co-supervises the ECVO residency programme. Her work covers corneal disease and surgery, uveitis and the ocular lesions of infectious diseases, including leishmaniosis in dogs.

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Professor, Department of Surgical and Radiological SciencesUniversity of California, Davis, Weill School of Veterinary MedicineDavis, California, USA

Kathryn L. Phillips is a veterinary radiologist and Professor in the Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine. She holds a DVM from Michigan State University and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology, also certified in equine diagnostic imaging. Her research focuses on equine and exotic animal imaging.

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Associate Professor ad personam of Veterinary Ophthalmology; Head of the Ophthalmology SectionVetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich (University Animal Hospital Zurich)Zurich, Switzerland

Simon Pot is an associate professor of veterinary ophthalmology at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, where he has led the ophthalmology section since 2015. A diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, he works on corneal disease, corneal cross-linking, orbital disease and ocular imaging, and co-wrote the canine orbit chapter of the textbook Veterinary Ophthalmology.

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Associate Professor; Director, Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW)Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, Wisconsin, USA

Leandro Teixeira is a veterinary anatomic pathologist and Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. He directs the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, where he trains anatomic pathology and veterinary ophthalmology residents. His work covers comparative and toxicologic ocular pathology and animal models of glaucoma.

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Professor of Comparative OphthalmologyUniversity of California, Davis (Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, Weill School of Veterinary Medicine; Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, School of Medicine)Davis, California, USA

Sara M. Thomasy is Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology at the University of California, Davis, with appointments in its veterinary and medical schools. A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, she researches corneal wound healing, glaucoma, and ocular pharmacology and toxicology. She is a co-author of the eye physiology chapter in the textbook Veterinary Ophthalmology (sixth edition).

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Professor of Ophthalmology; Associate Dean for Academic SuccessPurdue University College of Veterinary MedicineWest Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Wendy M. Townsend is Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Dean for Academic Success at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists since 2003 and a past president of that college, she works on equine ophthalmology and golden retriever pigmentary uveitis, and has published on uveitis in dogs and cats.

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Head of OphthalmologyVetsuisse Faculty, University of BernBern, Switzerland

Christine Watté leads the ophthalmology division of the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, and is a diplomate and past president of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ECVO). Her training includes a residency at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, and postdoctoral research in ocular immunology at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston.

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Veterinary Ophthalmologist; Pharmacy Committee Chair for MedVetMedVet ColumbusWorthington (Columbus area), Ohio, United States

Terah Webb is a veterinary ophthalmologist at MedVet Columbus, Ohio, and has been part of its ophthalmology team since 2003. A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists since 2006, she has particular interests in glaucoma and cataract surgery. Her publications include a 2021 review of glaucoma surgical therapy and a co-authored study of endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation in dogs.

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Associate Professor, OphthalmologyNorth Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical SciencesRaleigh, North Carolina, United States

Hans Westermeyer is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and an Associate Professor on the ophthalmology faculty at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He holds a veterinary degree from the University of Missouri and completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Tennessee. His research addresses glaucoma, including scarring after glaucoma valve surgery.

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Veterinary OphthalmologistEye Clinic for AnimalsSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cameron Whittaker practises veterinary ophthalmology at Eye Clinic for Animals in Sydney, Australia. A University of Sydney graduate who trained in ophthalmology at the University of Florida, he has been a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists since 1996. His published work includes a 2019 study of Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) in dogs.

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Dr. David Wilkie served for over 36 years as a Professor of Ophthalmology at The Ohio State University, where he also held the position of Department Chair for Veterinary Clinical Sciences.

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Senior Veterinarian and Service Head of Ophthalmology; Director of The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Institute for Postgraduate EducationSchwarzman Animal Medical CenterNew York, New York, USA

Alexandra van der Woerdt is a veterinary ophthalmologist at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York, where she heads the ophthalmology service and directs the hospital's institute for postgraduate education. A diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, she is co-author of the canine eyelid chapter in the sixth edition of the textbook Veterinary Ophthalmology.

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Clinical Professor Emerita, Clinical PathologyDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin, USA

Karen M. Young is a veterinary clinical pathologist and Clinical Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. Her interests are diagnostic clinical pathology and teaching diagnostic reasoning. She co-authored the eye chapter of Cowell and Tyler's Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Dog and Cat and is a former editor of Veterinary Clinical Pathology.

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