Vladimír Jekl is a 2002 graduate of the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UVPS) Brno, Czech Republic. He obtained his PhD in exotic companion mammal dentistry in 2006. He has practiced exclusively exotic animal medicine and since 2009 is European Recognised Specialist in Zoological Medicine (Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery) and from 2016 he obtains the title Associate Professor at the UVPS, now working at Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy. From 2017 he is the co-owner of the Jekl & Hauptman Veterinary Clinic Focused on Exotic Companion Mammals. He has lectured extensively thorough the Europe and the USA and he has published more 400 articles in regional and international journals and books, including chapters in BSAVA Manuals; Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th ed.; and Practical Veterinary Dental Radiography. He is a major tutor for the EVDS course for Small Mammal Dentistry. His current focus involves dental disease, internal medicine, diagnostic imaging and soft tissue surgery in small mammals.