Åke Hedhammar DVM, PhD, Senior/emeritus Professor in Internal Medicine – Small Animals and Dipl. in Internal Medicine –CA. Still involved in research mainly on various aspects of health and well-fare in Dogs Serving as scientific advisor and veterinary consultant to the Swedish Kennel Club since 1978. Member of WSAVA Hereditary Defect Committee. Initiator of and project leader of the establishment of a Small Animal Epidemiology group at SLU 1994 ,the Swedish Dog Genetics group and The national Canine Biobank 2002 Initiator of the 1st International Dog Health workshop held in Stockholm 2012 Founder of a national multi-stakeholder group on Canine Health and the International Collaborative Extreme Conformation.

Dr. Ann Hohenhaus is a graduate of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She is board certified in both Oncology and Small Animal Internal Medicine and is a Senior Veterinarian in the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center’s Cancer Institute. In addition to practicing clinical oncology, Ann serves as the AMC’s Director of Pet Health Education, media spokesperson and blogger. In her spare time, Dr. Hohenhaus raises foster kittens as a member of the ASPCA Foster Kitten Team.

Dr. Ian Gordon Holsworth BSc, BVSc (Hons), MANZCVSc (Surgery), Diplomate ACVS, ACVS Founding Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Small Animal Orthopedics)  Veterinary School: University of Melbourne-Australia 1991  Fellowship: Michigan State University 2000  Residency: University of California, Davis 2003  Practice Type: Private Referral Only Practice  Area of Surgical Emphasis: Small Animal Orthopedics & Neurology  Research & Development: Juvenile Orthopedic Disease, Neuropathic lameness, Arthroscopic-assisted orthopedic therapy, Orthopedic implants  Current position: Surgical Director at VetSurg, Ventura CA, USA Dr. Ian Gordon Holsworth graduated in 1991 from the University of Melbourne Veterinary School and spent 8 years in general practice before becoming an examined Member of the Surgery College of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in 1995. Following a position as Staff Surgeon for an eight-practice small animal veterinary group in Melbourne, Dr. Holsworth relocated to Michigan as a Surgery fellow in the Michigan State Veterinary Teaching Hospital. At the conclusion of the Fellowship, Dr. Holsworth commenced a three-year position as a small animal surgical resident at the University of California, Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which he completed in July 2003. Examined Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) in 2004. Currently, Dr. Holsworth is the Surgical Director and Senior Surgeon of VetSurg, in Ventura, California. He is also the surgical curriculum contributor for large North American continuing education program. This CE program includes didactic lectures and instructional labs which are hosted in University Vet Schools, private surgical labs and in combination with national veterinary CE conferences. A dedicated educator, Dr. Holsworth has spent the last fifteen years in a clinical and surgical instructor role, presenting at many national meetings in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Topics covered include shoulder, hip, elbow, and stifle disease in dogs with particular focus on advanced imaging, arthroscopic assessment of juvenile orthopedic disease and arthroplasty. Dr. Holsworth has also been the Chair of the ACVS Surgical Summit arthroscopy & joint surgery lab for the past twelve years. Most recently, in 2018, Dr. Holsworth was designated by the Board of Regents of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) as an ACVS Founding Fellow in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Joining a select few in the world with this accreditation, Dr. Holsworth was selected for his exemplary training, experience, and practice in the multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients undergoing minimally invasive orthopedic therapies and for his devotion to research in the field of minimally invasive surgery.

En el mundo de los negocios veterinarios desde el 2011. Soy Speaker, asesor, consultor, realizador de cursos y entrenamientos para ayudar a crecer al sector veterinario en la parte empresarial. Profesor de pre y post grado. Formación en el área empresarial en Brasil, España, Perú y USA. Colaborador en artículos sobre negocios veterinarios. Tengo MBA, Master en Liderazgo, Liderazgo en la Innovación y mi otra pasión que ejerzo es la odontología y cirugía maxilofacial veterinaria. Soy peruano con mucho orgullo, he vivido también en Brasil quedando muy agradecido por la formación profesional que me dio y también he vivido en Paraguay, país que me dio a mi familia y me hizo feliz en otra frecuencia.