< Home

About us

Your ECVS

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
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

Sigrid Grulke LA (Prog Recert) Université de Liège, Belgium [email protected] 2023
James N. Johnstone Pratt SA (Prog Recert) Dovecote Veterinary Hospital, United Kingdom [email protected] 2024

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 Weber 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
Sebastian Knell SA Chair Annual Scientific Meeting 2029 University of Zurich, Switzerland [email protected] 2029
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

Maarten Haspeslagh LA Ghent University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgium [email protected]  
Jane Ladlow SA University of Cambridge, United Kingdom [email protected]  
Eva Schnabl-Feichter SA Kleintierchirurgie, Austria [email protected]  
Jean-Michel Vandeweerd LA Faculty of Sciences, Belgium [email protected]  
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 "DOCVET" 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]  

Back to the top of the page ^