New members for key WSAVA Committees additionally introduced
Dr Nalinika Obeyesekere, a veterinarian from Sri Lanka and WSAVA Award winner, has joined the Executive Board of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association(WSAVA). Dr Obeyesekere co-founded the primary multi-veterinarian companion animal veterinary observe in Sri Lanka – Pet Vet Clinic – and can also be a co-founder of the Society of Companion Animal Practitioners of Sri Lanka (SCAP). She is CEO of the Blue Paw Trust, an animal welfare charity in Sri Lanka and, in 2018, obtained the inaugural WSAVA Award for Companion Animal Welfare in recognition of her work to boost requirements of veterinary care within the nation. She has been appointed to the WSAVA Executive Board for a one-year time period beneath a by-law which states that the Executive Board might appoint an extra Board Member. Dr Obeyesekere will symbolize the Asia-Oceania area.
Two of the WSAVA’s Clinical Committees have additionally appointed new members:
The Therapeutic Guidelines Group (TGG) works to make sure greatest observe for the choice and use of veterinary medicines, together with their high quality, availability and accountable use in companion animals. It does this with the participation of WSAVA members and stakeholders beneath the idea of One Health. It is co-chaired by Dr Paulo Steagall and Dr Luca Guardabassi. The new members of the TGG are:
Dr Fergus Allerton, UK. Dr Allerton is a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Medicine and works at Willows Referral Service. He is chairman of the Small Animal Medicine Society and a member of the European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment
Dr Pawel Beczkowski, Hong Kong. Dr Beczkowski is a European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine. He is Assistant Dean, Director of Veterinary Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor on the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, on the City University of Hong Kong
Dr Jennifer Granick, USA. Dr Granick is affiliate professor of small animal inner medication on the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She can also be Co-director of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Initiative on the University of Minnesota and the Companion Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network. She serves on the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Committee on Antimicrobials
Dr Ana Martins Mateus, Belgium. Dr Mateus is a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health and has joined the TGG to symbolize the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Dr Mateus is Scientific Coordinator on the Antimicrobial Resistance and Veterinary Products division on the WOAH.
The WSAVA Global Pain Council works to boost requirements for the administration of ache around the globe and not too long ago launched a set of up to date WSAVA Global Guidelines. It has appointed the next new members:
Professor Adetola Rasheed Ajadi, Nigeria. Dr Ajadi is advisor surgeon and radiologist on the Veterinary Teaching Hospital on the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He can also be head of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology and a member of the International Veterinary Radiology Association; Osteoarthritis Research Society International; the Small Animal Veterinary Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association.
Dr Conny Mosley, Canada. Dr Mosley is a boarded veterinary anesthesiologist. She is a veterinary advisor for orthopedic well being and ache for Elanco Canada and consults on power ache instances. She is licensed in acupuncture and is the founding director of the Canadian Association of Veterinary Cannabinoid Medicine
Dr Nameeta Nadkarni, India. Dr Nadkarni is one in every of a handful of veterinarians practising laparoscopy in India and an everyday lecturer on minimally invasive surgical procedure. She practices as a contract veterinary surgeon and content material author
Dr Mike Petty, USA. Dr Petty has labored in non-public observe for his total profession with a particular curiosity the prevention of ache. A past-president of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management, he’s licensed in acupuncture, rehabilitation remedy and ache administration.
WSAVA President Dr Ellen van Nierop stated: “Dr Obeyesekere’s ardour for elevating requirements of veterinary care and her data and expertise of working in Asia make her an impressive addition to our Executive Board, which now contains members from each area of the world. We welcome her and the brand new members of the Therapeutics Guidelines Group and Global Pain Council. We additionally thank them for the contribution they’ll make to the career globally throughout their time period.”
The WSAVA represents greater than 200,000 veterinarians worldwide by way of its 115 member associations and works to reinforce requirements of scientific look after companion animals. Its core actions embody the event of WSAVA Global Guidelines in key areas of veterinary observe, together with ache administration, vitamin and vaccination, along with lobbying on essential points affecting companion animal care worldwide. WSAVA World Congress brings collectively globally revered consultants to supply leading edge considering on all elements of companion animal veterinary care.
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