ECVS History

ECVS Objectives
1991 The ECVS is founded 11th April in Nice, France.
1992 First Annual Scientific Meeting held in June in Lenzburg, Switzerland
1993 First ECVS examination for charter members
1994 Introduction of Residency programmes
2000 First college to acquire full recognition status by the EBVS
2003 Introduction of specialist recertification every 5 years
2012 The first ECVS website was launched
2016 25th Annual Scientific Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal
2019 The ECVS examination moves to a fully digital format
2020 First ever cancelled Annual Scientific Meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 First Annual Scientific Meeting offering online attendance in Porto, Portugal
2024 This new and improved website was launched

The ECVS's early history as written down by Jörg A. Auer can be downloaded here.

Past Presidents:

  • Jörg A. Auer, Switzerland 1991-1995
  • Richard A.S. White, England 1995-1996
  • Frederik van Sluijs, Netherlands 1996-1997
  • Dudely E. Johnston, Israel 1997-1998
  • Gert Niebauer, Italy 1998-1999
  • Riitta Mari Tulamo, Finland 1999-2000
  • Marc Balligand, Belgium 2000-2001
  • Wim Klein, Netherlands 2001-2002
  • Günter Schwarz, Austria, 2002-2003
  • Chris Bellenger, Australia, 2003-2004
  • John Walmsley, UK, 2004-2005
  • Ulrike Matis, Germany, 2005-2006
  • John Houlton, UK, 2006-2007
  • Wim Back, Netherlands, 2007-2008
  • Stephen May, UK, 2008-2009
  • Bernard Bouvy, Belgium, 2009-2010
  • David Spreng, Switzerland, 2010-2011
  • Richard Whitelock, UK, 2011-2012
  • Christoph Lischer, Germany, 2012-2013
  • Tim Phillips, UK, 2013-2014
  • Davina Anderson, UK, 2014-2015
  • Ann Martens, Belgium, 2015-2016
  • Henry L'Eplattenier, UK, 2016-2017
  • Roger Smith, UK, 2017-2018
  • Daniel Brockman, UK, 2018-2019
  • Michael Schramme, France, 2019-2020
  • Annick Hamaide, Belgium, 2020-2021
  • Tim Greet, UK, 2021-2022
  • Ullrich Reif, Germany, 2022-2023
  • Olivier Lepage, France, 2023-present

Recipients Distinguished Service Awards:

  • Monika Gutscher 1995
  • Marc Bloomberg foundation 1996
  • American College of Veterinary Surgeons 1997
  • Michael Schramme 2015
  • John Houlton 2021