ACCESIA ACADEMY LECTURERS

Dr. Alexander Reiter graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria in 1996. He completed a dentistry and oral surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) in Philadelphia in 2000 and became a Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC) and European Veterinary Dental College (EVDC) in 2001.

Dr. Reiter is Professor of Dentistry and Oral Surgery at Penn Vet’s small animal hospital. He also is a Founding Fellow of AVDC Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS).

His clinical and research interests include dental, periodontal, oral and maxillofacial disease epidemiology; advanced periodontal surgery; bone grafting procedures; oral and maxillofacial surgery (trauma and oncology); palate surgery and palatal prosthetics; maxillofacial reconstruction; microsurgery (free microvascular tissue transfer); oral manifestation of systemic disease; and systemic manifestation of oral disease.

Ana Nemec graduated from the Veterinary Faculty University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2004 and continued with a multi-disciplinary PhD program in Biomedicine at the University of Ljubljana. She was awarded her PhD in 2009. Ana wanted to complement research with in-depth clinical knowledge and applied for a 3-year residency training in Dentistry and Oral Surgery at the University of California-Davis, USA. Upon completion of the residency programme in 2012, Ana returned home to the Small Animal Clinic of the Veterinary Faculty in Ljubljana. She passed her board examination and became a Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC) in 2013 and has also been accepted to the European Veterinary Dental College (EVDC).

Ana joined the team at Animal Hospital Postojna, Slovenia in April 2018. She is a guest lecturer at the postgraduate study programme in surgery, anaesthesiology, ophthalmology, and veterinary dentistry at the Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia, a member and past-treasurer of the European Veterinary Dental Society, Secretary of the EVDC, Credential Committee member of AVDC, recipient of several national and international awards in veterinary medicine, an Associate Editor of ‘Veterinary Dentistry and Oromaxillofacial Surgery’ journal, a reviewer in several international journals and author of research and professional papers; but Ana’s greatest passions remain relieving oral pain in animals and the teaching of veterinary dentistry.

Gert ter Haar graduated from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 1997, with differentiation in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery. After his internship in the Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals at Utrecht University he undertook a residency in Small Animal Surgery in the same Department from 1998 to 2001. Since then he has been a member of the staff of this Department as Assistant and later Associate Professor in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) diseases and diseases of the upper airways. In 2002 he qualified as a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and he became head of the Department of ENT in 2003. Also in 2003 he became the secretary of the International Veterinary Ear, Nose and Throat Association (IVENTA), a specialist association affiliated with the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA). His research on hearing in dogs led to his PhD thesis, a 220-page book entitled “Age-related hearing loss in dogs” and the oral defence of his thesis at Utrecht University, October 27, 2009. On the same day he became President of the IVENTA and the representative of the IVENTA to the WSAVA. He joined the Royal Veterinary College in London in December 2011 and currently works there as a senior lecturer in soft tissue surgery and head of the ENT Division.

Henriette graduated from the Academic Centre for Dentistry (ACTA, University of Amsterdam) as a dentist in 1998. At that time she already studied veterinary medicine at the Veterinary Faculty from Utrecht University and graduated again in 2004. Henriëtte became affiliated to the Veterinary Faculty and completed a PhD in 2010 (Tooth resorption in cats, contribution of vitamin D and inflammation).

In 2018 she passed the EVDC exam and became the first Dutch diplomate in veterinary dentistry. During her second study, PhD and preparations for the EVDC exam, she worked part-time as a dentist. Nowadays she continues to work as a “normal” “human” dentist in a dental clinic. As a diplomate in veterinary dentistry she is affiliated to Utrecht University to practice, teach and contribute to research in the veterinary dental field.

Ingeling graduated from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Medicine in Oslo in 1998. She worked in both equine and small animal practices from 1998 to 2002, including positions at Mysen Animal Clinic from 1998 to 2002 and Enebakk Animal Clinic from 1999 to 2002. In 2002, she founded Tjøme Animal Clinic, which she operated until 2018. She also co-founded the Animal Dental Clinic together with her husband Sigbjørn Storli in the same year.

Ingeling attended her first postgraduate course in veterinary dentistry in 2009, and since then, she has participated in several continuing education courses in dental health, anesthesia, and pain management both in Norway and abroad. In 2019, she embarked on a 3-year specialist training program in veterinary dentistry. This is an extensive program, previously completed only by Sigbjørn Storli among Norwegian veterinarians. She successfully completed the program in 2022 on her first attempt! Together with Sigbjørn, they are the only EBVS® certified veterinary specialists in veterinary dentistry in Norway.

Karin Råberg runs Blekinge small animal practice since 2006, her main areas of interest is Dentistry and surgery. She has participated in ESAVS and a number of other further educations in dog and cat dentistry. She has been a lecturer at Accesia Academy since the start, and lectured our Extractioncourses since 2006.

Specialist in Odontology, dogs and cats. She has undergone ESAVS courses in Dentistry and is a teacher at the Veterinary Technician Program in Sweden.

Magnus Andersson has for many years primarily worked with dental diseases in dogs and cats and has completed around 20 advanced training courses in oral surgery and veterinary dentistry. He has also completed a five-year specialist training program in dentistry and oral surgery under the supervision of Dr. Cecilia Gorrel, a diplomate in veterinary dentistry. The program is clinically oriented and also includes research assignments and teaching, providing a high level of expertise in the field of dentistry. In addition, Magnus has worked as a consulting veterinary dentist at the Specialist Animal Hospital in Strömsholm and currently serves as the Head of Dentistry for Evidensia Sweden.

Dr Gracis graduated in 1993 from the Veterinary School of the University of Milano (Italy). After a Residency in Veterinary Dentistry at the Veterinary School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA), she worked at the same institution as a Lecturer in Veterinary Dentistry. Since 2000 she has been working at different referral clinics in Northern Italy, dedicated to dentistry and oral surgery. She is a Diplomate of both the American (AVDC) and the European (EVDC) Veterinary Dental Colleges.

Dr Gracis is Past President of the European Veterinary Dental Society (EVDS) and the Italian Veterinary Dental Society (SIODOV). She has been Scientific Director of SCIVAC courses in Dentistry since 2006, and ESAVS Course Master in Dentistry from 2011 until 2014. Dr Gracis is Associate Editor of Veterinary Dentistry and Oromaxillofacial Surgery (specialty section of Frontiers in Veterinary Science). She is consultant in Dentistry of the Scientific Committee of SCIVAC (Italian Veterinary Society – Small Animals) and member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Veterinary Dentistry and other scientific journals. Since 1997 she has authored several scientific publications, and lectured at national and international meetings.

Marnix Lamberts är veterinär med fullt fokus på djurtandvård och oromaxillofacial kirurgi sedan 2003. Han behandlar inte enbart hundar och katter, utan arbetar även regelbundet med tandvård för vilda djur och djur i djurparker runt om i Europa. Han är grundare och sekreterare för Zoo Med Conservation Foundation, som finansierar medicinsk forskning på vilda djur och djurparksdjur ur ett bevarandeperspektiv. Förutom samarbeten med djurparker arbetar han även med organisationer som Four Paws och Stichting AAP.

Sedan två år tillbaka ansvarar han för avancerad djurtandvård och oralkirurgi vid remissklinikerna EDZ Amsterdam och EDZ Arnhem, som båda är en del av IVC Evidensia. Utöver sitt kliniska arbete är han även Operational Manager och Head of Discipline för djurtandvård och oromaxillofacial kirurgi inom IVC Evidensia i Nederländerna. Han är också arrangör av den årliga "Oral Day"-konferensen i januari.

Marnix är en mycket aktiv medlem i European Veterinary Dental Society och arbetar idag som Conference Manager för European Veterinary Dental Forum – en årlig konferens som hålls i olika europeiska städer. Han tog examen 1999 från den veterinärmedicinska fakulteten vid Utrecht University i Nederländerna. År 2003 förvärvade han en av de äldsta tandvårdsklinikerna för djur i Nederländerna – Dierenkliniek Europaplein Amsterdam – som för några år sedan blev en del av IVC Evidensia. Han är tidigare ordförande för den nederländska odontologigruppen WVT, där han organiserade en årlig tandvårdskonferens för både veterinärer och djursjukskötare från Nederländerna och Belgien.

Matthijs Remmen graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht, Netherlands in 2000. Having first worked as an allround vet his interest in veterinary dentistry grew. After multiple courses in The Netherlands he enrolled and completed the ESAVS Dentistry program. He has been working as a dedicated Dental vet for dogs and cats for many years since. He is a member of the Dutch dental group the WVT and has been involved in providing educational lectures for veterinary nurses and veterinarians.

Peter Strøm graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Copenhagen University, Denmark in 2010. He did his residency in Dentistry and Oral Surgery at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), between 2013-2016. Prior to his residency he has been employed as a veterinarian in small animal clinic in Denmark as well as a Clinical Anatomy Assistant, Veterinary Clinical Assistant and research associate at UC Davis. Between September 2016 and October 2017 he was employed as Head of Dentistry and Oral Service at Evidensia Malmö Animal Hospital and in November 2017 he became a Veterinary Associate at Accesia Net@work AB. Today he has his own clinic in Denmark.

Philippe graduated from the Toulouse Veterinary School in the southwest of France in 1988. He then spent two years in general small animal practice before completing a residency in veterinary dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1990 to 1992. He became a Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC) in 1993 and of the European Veterinary Dental College (EVDC) in 1998.

He is a co-founder of the French Veterinary Dental Group (GEROS/AFVAC), the European Veterinary Dental Society (EVDS), and the European Veterinary Dental College (EVDC). He has served as president of GEROS, EVDS, and EVDC. Until 2004, he was a part-time lecturer and clinical assistant in veterinary dentistry at the veterinary schools in Lyon and Paris.

He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in both English and French, and has written two French-language textbooks on dentistry, oral surgery, and maxillofacial surgery. His main clinical interests include feline stomatitis and maxillofacial surgery. Philippe established an EVDC residency program and trained the four other French EVDC diplomates. He is currently a partner and head of the dental and oromaxillofacial unit at a multi-specialty referral hospital in the western suburbs of Paris.

Rachel graduated as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Edinburgh and began working in small animal practice, where she soon developed a particular interest in dentistry. Since 2010, her clinical work has been exclusively focused on small animal dentistry and oral surgery, including referral cases, continuing education, and consultancy services.

In 2012, she became a member of the Dentistry Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists after passing the examination in small animal dentistry and oral surgery. In 2016, she passed the board examinations of the European Veterinary Dental College, becoming a Diplomate and EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in veterinary dentistry. She was awarded RCVS Specialist status in 2017.

Rachel currently serves on the Executive Committee of the European Veterinary Dental College as Member At Large and is also an active member of the Examination Committee.

She has lectured nationally and internationally and has published original research and review articles in scientific journals, textbooks, and online platforms. She is also regularly involved in both online and in-person teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate veterinarians and veterinary nurses across the UK.

Rick pursued his education in both the US and the UK, earning a BSciBiol in 1994 from STAC (New York) and a DVM in 1999 after studying at Ross University and Louisiana State University. He obtained his European veterinary qualification in 2001, a Certificate in Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in 2004, and became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (DipECVO) in 2007. In 2014, he was awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) for his contributions to veterinary teaching through the Royal Veterinary College (RVC).

Rick began his veterinary specialty training in the US in 1999 and completed his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Glasgow and the Eye Veterinary Clinic in 2005. He then led the ophthalmology service in private practice until late 2011, when he joined the Royal Veterinary College to establish and direct the Ophthalmology Service and to launch an ECVO residency program in ophthalmology, both of which are still active today.

Since 2017, he has been working in private practice at Specialistische Dierenkliniek Utrecht (SDU) – AniCura in the Netherlands. Rick is course director for several well-established ophthalmology courses for veterinarians and lectures internationally. He has been a member of the editorial board of the Veterinary Ophthalmology journal since 2010 and has served as Senior Editorial Board Member of BMC Veterinary Research in Ophthalmology since 2018.

Rick's research interests focus on the cornea, including corneal and cataract surgery.

Dr. Storli earned his veterinary degree from the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, in 1990. After several years in small animal practice, primarily focusing on soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, he gradually shifted his focus entirely to veterinary dentistry and oral surgery from 2009 onward. Between 1996 and 2013, he worked at Lørenskog Dyreklinikk in Norway, followed by a year as a specialized intern at the Dentistry & Oral Surgery Service at the University of Pennsylvania (2013–2014). He then returned to Evidensia Lørenskog Dyreklinikk (2014–2018), where he accepted referral cases in dentistry and oral surgery.

In 2017, he passed the specialty examination with the EVDC and became an EBVS®-certified European specialist in veterinary dentistry. A year later, he co-founded Dyretannklinikken – Norway’s first referral clinic dedicated entirely to veterinary dentistry and oral surgery.

Dr. Storli’s clinical interests include orthodontics and oncologic surgery. He has lectured both nationally and internationally and has published original research and review articles in scientific journals and textbooks.

She is the Managing Director at Accesia, is an often engaged lecturer and consultant on various animal hospitals and clinics.

Dr Yves Debosschere DVM graduated from the university of Ghent in 1992 and worked in a mixed practice (equine and small animals) for almost 10 years. After completing the ESAVS Dentistry courses, dentistry became a passion which resulted in the admission to start a residency in veterinary dentistry in 2016. Since more than 5 years hi is responsible for the dental and orofacial surgery at the AniCura referral centre Hond en Kat in Deinze (Belgium) and as AC MIG leader Dentistry coordinates the dental continuing education for AniCura in Belgium and Europe