Livia Benato - Chair

DVM MScR CertZooMed Dip ECZM (Small Mammals) MRCVS

Livia Benato - Chair

Livia Benato DVM MScR CertZooMed Dip ECZM (Small Mammals) MRCVS has worked with rabbits, exotic animals and wildlife since she graduated in 2002 at the University of Parma in Italy. She gained her Certificate in Zoological Medicine in 2009. She finished her residency in Rabbit and Exotic Animal Medicine in 2011 at the University of Edinburgh (UK) where she also gained her Master by Research on rabbit probiotics. She then worked at Chester Zoo (UK) as Veterinary Officer before moving back to Scotland in 2013 where she worked as University Veterinary Clinician at the University of Glasgow (UK). In October 2015 she moved to the South West but she maintained her role as Affiliate lecturer in Zoological medicine at the University of Glasgow. Since October 2015 she has been working at CityVets in Exeter (UK) as Small Mammal and Exotics Veterinary Associate.

Hana Bandouchova

Hana Bandouchova

Kathryn C. Gamble

Kathryn C. Gamble

Kathryn C. Gamble DVM, MS, Dipl. ACZM, Dip ECZM (ZHM) graduated from Texas A&M University 1989 (BS), 1992 (DVM), 1995 (MS in Veterinary Pharmacology).  Initially serving as the Associate Veterinarian at the Dallas Zoo and Aquarium at Fair Park for 10 years, she became the Dr. Lester E Fisher Director of Veterinary Medicine at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, IL in 2002. Her American College of Zoological Medicine Diplomate status was achieved in 1999, and European College of Zoological Medicine Diplomate status in 2012, and she has mentored a residency since 2003 in Chicago and taught over 80 interns and preceptors between her two institutions.

David Guzman

Dr.

David Guzman

Dr. Guzman received his veterinary degree from the University of Leon, Spain, in 2002. Dr. Guzman completed an Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery Internship at Tufts University in 2005 and a Zoological Medicine Residency combined with a Master’s in Veterinary Medical Sciences at Louisiana State University in 2008. He served as a clinical instructor in Zoological Medicine at the University of Wisconsin until 2010, when he joined the Companion Exotic Animal Medicine & Surgery Service at UC Davis, where he is now a Professor of Clinical Companion Zoological Animal Medicine and Surgery and Service Chief. Dr. Guzman has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles, 30 book chapters and he is the editor of three textbooks. He is board certified in avian and in small mammal medicine and surgery by the European College of Zoological Medicine and is also board certified by the American College of Zoological Medicine.

Rüdiger Korbel

Dr. med. vet., Dr. med. vet. habil., Dip ECZM (avian), Cert. Spec. Vet. Ophthalmol., Cert. Spec. Poultry Med. incl. Pet, Wild Birds & Raptors

Rüdiger Korbel

Chair & Director Clinic for Birds, Small Mammals, Reptiles & Ornamental Fish @ Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, LMU University of Munich/Germany
1999 – 2003: Assoc. Prof. @ The Raptor Center, University of Minnesota
1999 – 2000: Visiting Prof. @ Clinic for Poultry, Vet. Med. Univ. of Viennna/Austria
Special fields of interest:
Exotic animal ophthalmology
Visual Perception & related animal welfare aspects
Avian anaesthesia & orthopedics
Development of interactive teaching programms
Medical photography

Dean Konjević

Dean Konjević

Dean Konjević was born in 1974 in Zagreb, Croatia, graduated in 2000 from the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Zagreb, and received PhD in 2009. In 2010, he became a Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine. He is a scientific advisor in the field of veterinary medicine. In 2013, he was elected as Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, and Associate Professor at 2018. From October 2016 to October 2022, he served as Vice Dean for Science and for part of the mandate, as the Deputy Dean. His areas of scientific interest are diseases and management of wildlifes, epidemiology and comparative odontology. He is a member of the editorial board of Croatian Veterinary Record and the European Journal of Wildlife Research, as well as of review board of the Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine. He was guest editor of the special issue of “Wildlife Host-Pathogen Interactions” in the journal Pathogens.

Frank Künzel

Frank Künzel

Frank Künzel graduated from University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Austria) where he also completed his Doctoral thesis. Afterwards he joined several Universities in Germany, Switzerland and Canada. Since 1998 Dr Künzel serves as the Head of the Service for Small Mammal Medicine at the Vetmeduni in Vienna. His research interests include, among other topics, infectious diseases and endocrinology. Since 2012 he is Head of the Working Group on MDRO (Multidrug-resistant Organisms) – Companion Animals. He completed his post doctoral lecturer’s thesis on the topic of encephalitozoonosis in 2016. Frank Künzel is Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine (Small mammal) and he has published in a variety of journals and lectures internationally.

An Martel - LOC

DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECZM (Wildlife Population Health)

An Martel

An Martel is veterinarian, research professor and the chair of the division of zoological medicine at Ghent University, Belgium. She heads Wildlife Health Ghent, with research in infections affecting wildlife populations in a One Health context. Major topics are emerging mycotic and bacterial infections with an impact on natural populations of small mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Several novel disease entities have been discovered by this group (a.o. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in urodeles, diphteric hedgehog disease, devrieseasis in lizards).

Véronique Mentré

Véronique Mentré

I studied at the National Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort from which I received my degree in Veterinary Medicine in 2001. I completed an internship in medicine and surgery of domestic carnivores at Maisons-Alfort. I then completed a private internship in exotic animals in Washington DC with Dr Siemering.  Since 2003, I worked as an exclusive exotics vet. I created in 2019 an exclusive exotics clinic outside Paris. I obtained « de facto » recognition for the European College of Zoological Medicine, specialty small mammals in 2014. I am the author of papers in scientific journals, reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and have been speaker in many national and international congresses on exotics. I love books, medieval history and Connemara ponies !

Andrei Mihalca

Prof., DVM

Andrei Mihalca

Prof. Andrei D. Mihalca, DVM, graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca Romania in 2002 and in 2007 he obtained his Ph.D. in parasitology. Since 2014, he is Diplomate of ECZM (Wildlife Population Health). Between 2022 and 2025 he is the president of ECZM. His main research interests include ecology of vectors and VBD, wildlife diseases and conservation medicine. He published more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is currently the Chair for Guidelines at TroCCAP. Additionally, he is an external consultant for EFSA, ECDC, CITES, WWF and IAEA. He coordinated over 30 grants. He is actively involved in projects on parasitic and infectious diseases of animals across sub-Saharan Africa and South America. He is in the editorial board of several journals, including Parasites & Vectors, IJP: Parasites & Wildlife, BMC Veterinary Research, or Veterinary Parasitology: RSR. In his free time, he does wildlife photography and travels.

Mark Mitchell

DVM, PhD, MS, DECZM (Herpetology)

Mark Mitchell

Mitchell received a DVM and an MS in wildlife epidemiology from the University of Illinois in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He completed a PhD in wildlife epidemiology at Louisiana State University in 2001. He has spent his entire career working as a professor of zoological medicine at these 2 institutions and
has authored more than 800 book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, scientific abstracts, proceedings, and lay articles. He is a past president (2000-2001) of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, a former coeditor in chief of the Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine (2005-2019), a former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery (2009-2021) and currently servs as editor in chief of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery (2021-present). Mitchell is also the first recipient of the ARAV Excellence Award (2016).

Yedra Feltrer Rambaud

DVM MSc (WAH) MRCVS

Yedra Feltrer Rambaud

I graduated at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) and gained the MSc in Wild Animal Health from the Royal Veterinary College and ZSL in 2001. I worked in primate sanctuaries in Africa and took part in zoo and wildlife research and conservation projects in Europe, Africa, India. I am a founder and vice-chair of the EAZA Reproductive Management Group (RMG) and a founder and lead veterinary advisor for the IPHP (International Primate Heart Project). I am the veterinary advisor for the Mangabeys and the Afro-Eurasian Monkey TAG and reproductive advisor of the Hyenid and Canid TAG. I am a de facto diplomate of the ECZM Zoo Health Management specialty, I am a member of the ECZM Scientific committee. I am also an associate editor for the Veterinary Record Case Report and the Veterinary Medicine and Science Journal.

Jaime Samour

Jaime Samour

Jaime graduated with honours from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veracruz University, Mexico in 1978, where he became an Associate Professor after briefly working in private practice. In 1981, Jaime moved to London to work at the Institute of Zoology. After receiving his Doctorate degree in Avian Reproductive Biology, he moved to the Middle East to teach and consult on medicine and management of falcons, bustards and wildlife. In 2004, Jaime became recognized as a specialist in avian medicine, and was appointed as Professor of Raptor Medicine at Parma University and Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in London in 2018. For his outstanding contributions to zoological medicine, he received the BVZS-Parke-Davies-Upjohn award in 1998 and the T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year award in 2006.

Richard Saunders

Richard Saunders

Richard graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1994, also obtaining an intercalated degree in Zoology. He worked in general small animal practice for 2 years before joining the RSPCA at Norfolk Wildlife Hospital, working with British wildlife. After that, he worked in increasingly exotic animal practice, obtaining his CertZooMed in 2001, and his DZooMed (Mammalian) in 2010. He obtained his ECZM (ZHM) Specialist status in 2018. He joined Bristol Zoological Gardens as a resident in 2008, and Staff Vet in 2011. He works part time for Bristol Zoo, consults in private referral practice in Bristol and teaches at the University of Bristol. He is the RWAF Veterinary Adviser.

Tom Tully

Dr.

Tom Tully

Dr. Thomas N. Tully, Jr. is a Professor of Zoological Medicine in the Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine (LSU – SVM) where he also serves as Service Chief of the Zoological Medicine Service. He is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Avian) and European College of Zoological Medicine (Avian). Dr. Tully co-edited six books including The Manual of Exotic Pet Practice, Current Therapy in Exotic Pet Practice, Avian Medicine, and Diagnostic Imaging of Exotic Pets, co-authored A Veterinary Technician’s Guide to Exotic Animal Care as well as authoring and co – authoring numerous chapters in other veterinary medical texts. He was CoEditor-In-Chief of the Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine from 2005 – 2018. Dr. Tully now serves as Scientific Editor for the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery.