ECVS Board/Committees

ECVS Diplomates interested in serving on a committee are asked to contact the ECVS Office at [email protected]. The Office keeps a list of volunteers, which the committees consult when selecting a new member. Please also indicate whether you have a preference for one of the committees (Credentials, Exam, Programme).

Please note that all committees always strive for a balanced composition of male / female, orthopedics / soft tissue, native English / other languages, private practice / academia, various countries etc. If a person is not selected, it is usually due to the fact that another candidate is better suited to the committee’s requirements in that specific round, and a person’s qualifications may be called for at another time.

Board of Regents

Ullrich Reif	Chair of the Board	Tierklinik Dr. Reif, Germany	[email protected]	2024
Olivier Lepage	President	VetAgro Sup - Ecole Nationale vétérinaire de Lyon, France	[email protected]	2024
Barbara M. Kirby	President elect	Veterinary Specialists Ireland, Ireland	[email protected]	2024
Davina Anderson	Executive Secretary	Bunstead Barns, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2026
Ann Martens	Treasurer	University of Ghent, Belgium	[email protected]	2024
Eithne Comerford	Regent 3rd year	University of Liverpool, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Jan M. Kümmerle	Regent 3rd year	Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Switzerland	[email protected]	2024
Guillaume Chanoit	Regent 2nd year	VetAgroSup- Veterinary campus, France	[email protected]	2024
Miguel Antonio Valdés	Regent 2nd year	Hospital de Referencia La Equina, Spain	[email protected]	2024
David Manuel Bolt	Regent 1st year	The Royal Veterinary College - Equine Referral Hospital, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Vicky Lipscomb	Regent 1st year	Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024

Credentials Committee

Eithne Comerford	Liaison to the BoRegents	University of Liverpool, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
David Manuel Bolt	Liaison to the BoRegents	The Royal Veterinary College - Equine Referral Hospital, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2026
James N. Johnstone Pratt	Chair SA	Dovecote Veterinary Hospital, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2023
Sigrid Grulke	Chair LA	Université de Liège, Belgium	[email protected]	2023
Mélanie Perrier	LA	The Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Margreet Voermans	LA	Beukstraat 59-B, Netherlands	[email protected]	2025
Monika Gangl	LA	VetAgro Sup, France	[email protected]	2026
Simona Vincenti	SA	Kleintierklinik, Universität Bern, Vetsuisse Faculty, Switzerland	[email protected]	2024
Antoine Dunié-Mérigot	SA	Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Languedocia, France	[email protected]	2025
Sara Janssens	SA	University of Utrecht, Netherlands	[email protected]	2026
Samantha Woods	SA	Veterinary Specialists, Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2027

Programme Recertification Committee

Karsten Velde	LA (Prog Recert)	Pferdeklinik in Parsdorf GmbH, Germany	[email protected]	2023
Bouvien A.W. Brocks	SA (Prog Recert)	Specialist Bouvien, Netherlands	[email protected]	2023

Examination Committee

Andrea Bischofberger	Advisor LA	Vetsuisse-Faculty, University Zurich, Switzerland	[email protected]	2024
Philip Cramp	Chair LA	Hambleton Equine Clinic, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
David Argüelles	Examiner LA	Hospital Clinico Veterinario, Spain	[email protected]	2025
Luis Alfonso Gracia Calvo	Examiner LA	University of Helsinki, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Finland	[email protected]	2026
Safia Zarin Barakzai	Examiner LA	Equine Surgical Referrals, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2027
Frances James	Chair MCQ sub-committee LA	Newmarket Equine Hospital, United Kingdom	[email protected]
Heidi Radke	Advisor SA	University of Zurich, Switzerland	[email protected]	2024
Donald Yool	Advisor SA	VetsNOW Hospital, Scotland, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Christina Strand Thomsen	Chair SA	AniCura Dyresykehuset Bergen Nord, Norway	[email protected]	2024
Nicolas Barthelemy	Examiner SA	Langford Veterinary Services,, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Anne Kummeling	Examiner SA	University of Utrecht, Netherlands	[email protected]	2024
Kate Forster	Examiner SA	Flat 5 Grange Wood, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2025
Andrea Pratesi	Examiner SA	Clinica Veterinaria Privata San Marco, Italy	[email protected]	2026
Rachel Hattersley	Chair MCQ sub-committee SA	Dick White Referrals, United Kingdom	[email protected]
Christian Gruber	Observer SA		[email protected]	2023
Guillaume Chanoit	SA liaison to BoRegents	VetAgroSup- Veterinary campus, France	[email protected]	2025
Jan M. Kümmerle	LA liaison to BoRegents	Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Switzerland	[email protected]	2024

Programme Committee

Ullrich Reif	Liaison to the BoRegents	Tierklinik Dr. Reif, Germany	[email protected]	2024
Olivier Lepage	Liaison to the BoRegents	VetAgro Sup - Ecole Nationale vétérinaire de Lyon, France	[email protected]	2025
Christopher J. Shales	SA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2024	Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Karen Lisette Perry	SA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2025	College of Veterinary Medicine, USA	[email protected]	2025
Elvin Romesh Kulendra	SA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2026	North Downs Specialist Referrals, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2026
Pieter Nelissen	SA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2027	Frontier Veterinary Specialists, Germany	[email protected]	2027
Kelly Lisa Bowlt Blacklock	SA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2028	Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2028
Antonio M. Cruz	LA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2024	Klinik für Pferde - Chirurgie und Orthopaedics, Germany	[email protected]	2024
Maria Fugazzola	LA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2025	Utrecht University, Germany	[email protected]	2025
Tamás Tóth	LA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2026	Eksundavägen 13., Sweden	[email protected]	2026
F. Javier López-Sanromán	LA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2027	Complutense University Madrid, Spain	[email protected]	2027

Recertification Committee

John Williams	Chair	Vets Now Referral Hospital, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Hilde de Rooster	Committee member	Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Belgium	[email protected]	2025

Research Committee

Joshua Milgram	Chair	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel	[email protected]	2023
Sarah E. Taylor	LA	University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom	[email protected]	2024
Guillaume Chanoit	Liaison to the BoRegents	VetAgroSup- Veterinary campus, France	[email protected]	2025
B. Duncan Lascelles	SA	North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA	[email protected]	2025

Appeal Committee

Tim J. Phillips	LA	The Old Bakery, United Kingdom	[email protected]
Thijs Van Loon	LA	Sport Horse Medical Diagnostic Centre, Netherlands	[email protected]
Paul René van Weeren	LA	University of Utrecht, Netherlands	[email protected]
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs	SA	University of Bristol, United Kingdom	[email protected]
Lennart Sjöström	SA	Ditrivi, Sweden	[email protected]

Resident Committee

Pierre Picavet	Chair	Kansas State University, USA	[email protected]
Christian Byrne	Vice Chair	Hird & Partners - Shelf Equine Hospital, United Kingdom	[email protected]
Hanna Haardt	LA 3rd Year Representative	Ghent University, Belgium	[email protected]
Francesco Comino	LA 2nd Year Representative	SLU University Animal Hospital (UDS), Sweden	[email protected]
Sonia Marcos Serralta	LA 1st Year Representative	Vetscape Referrals, South Africa	[email protected]
Dario Drudi	SA 3rd Year Representative	Clinica Veterinaria Nervianese, Italy	[email protected]
Pippa Williams	SA 2nd Year Representative	Dick White Referrals, United Kingdom	[email protected]
Jasmine Moser	SA 1st Year Representative	Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Switzerland	[email protected]
Jean-Philippe Billet	Liaison to the BoRegents	Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Atlantia, France	[email protected]

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