Dr. Eric Monnet graduated from veterinary school in Maisons Alfort, France in 1985. He worked for four years in a Paris private practice performing small animal medicine and surgery. In 1994, Dr. Monnet completed a small animal surgery residency at Colorado State University and concurrently finished a Master of Sciences degree. In 1997, Dr. Monnet received his PhD in Clinical Sciences studying cardiac efficiency in dogs. In 2003, he became a fellow of the American Heart Association. He is a founding fellow of the ACVS small animal minimally invasive surgery fellowship. Dr Monnet is currently a professor in small animal surgery (general surgery) at Colorado State University. Dr. Monnet was the founding president in 2001-2003 of the Society for Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery and of the Veterinary Endoscopy Society. He is the editor of the textbook: “Disease Mechanisms in Small Animal Surgery” (3rd edition), of the 1st edition of “Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery”, of the 2nd edition of “Small Animal Thoracic Surgery”, and of the 1st edition of “Gastrointestinal Surgical Techniques in Small Animals”.