Members of Council
VWHA President
Jacintha M Wilmink DVM, PhD, Dipl RNVA
'Woumarec' Wageningen, The Netherlands
Owner of her own consultancy on wound management and reconstruction in the equine "Woumarec" since 2003 Jacintha regularly performs surgery in several clinics dealing with complex wounds and scars. Specialising in skin grafting techniques, wound and scar reconstruction she has been teaching wound healing and management to veterinary students and veterinarians and has successfully developed a new method for skin grafting in horses: The Meek micrograft technique.
Apart from practical work, she is often invited as speaker on international congresses and lecturer for courses and workshops on equine wound management both in the Netherlands and elsewhere. Additionally, she has been and is still is involved in international research on equine wound healing. She is co-author of the second edition of Stashak's and Theoret's Equine Wound Management, which was published in late 2008.
Jacintha Wilmink graduated from the Veterinary School of Utrecht University in The Netherlands in 1991 and started work in equine veterinary practice in New Zealand and the Netherlands. From 1993 until 2001 she worked in the Department of Equine Sciences at Utrecht University, where she did a residence in equine surgery and a PhD on equine wound healing, both successfully finished in 2000. Since 1997 Jacintha has been an active council member of the VWHA. In 2004-2005 she was recorder and organised the 8th Annual Congress of the VWHA in Amsterdam. From April 2005 until November 2007 she has been membership secretary and intensified the contacts with members. In November 2007 she was unanimously supported to become president of the VWHA.
WOUMARECwww.woumarec.nl
Hamsterlaan 4,
6705 CT Wageningen,
The Netherlands.
Tel: +31 317 414462jwilmink@tiscali.nl
Vice President
Dr. Dylan Gorvy BSc BVSc PhD CertES (Soft Tissue) Dip ECVS
European Specialist in Equine Surgery
Strömsholm Equine Hospital, Sweden
After obtaining a degree in agriculture from Edinburgh University in 1988, Dylan spent several years working with cattle and horses in South Africa, Newmarket, and Kentucky. He then studied veterinary science at Bristol University, graduating with distinction in 1998. Following an internship in equine surgery at the Royal Veterinary College in London, Dylan moved to Manchester where he investigated the role of growth factors in abdominal adhesion formation, completing his PhD in 2003. He then undertook a three year residency at Liverpool University, before moving to Sweden with his wife and two children, where he is head of surgery at Strömsholm Equine Hospital. Dylan is a recognised European Specialist in Equine Surgery, one of only 4 working in Sweden. Dylan's primary interests are wound healing and gastroenterology. In addition, he has extensive experience in the use of minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopy and laser surgery.
PublicationsGorvy D.A. Wound debridement with the VERSAJET Hydrosurgery system. Veeterinary Review, January 2006
Gorvy D.A., Edwards G.B., Proudman, C.J. Abdominal adhesions: retrospective evaluation of repeat celiotomy in 99 horses with acute gastrointestinal disease. The Veterinary Journal, 2008, 175(2):194-201.
M Metwally, D Gorvy, A Watson , TC Li. Hyaluronic acid fluid agents for the prevention of postoperative adhesions following fertility preserving gynaecological surgery. A meta analysis of randomised controlled trials. Fertility and Sterility, 2007, 87(5): 1139-46.
Gorvy D.A., Herrick S.E., Shah M, Ferguson M.W.J. Experimental manipulation of TGF-β isoforms significantly affects adhesion formation in a murine surgical model. Am J Pathol 2005, 173, 1005 - 1019.
Strömsholm Equine Hospital
Djursjukhusvägen 11
734 94 Strömsholm
Sweden
Treasurer and Membership Secretary
Dr Michael Braun
Michael has a special interest in pharmacological influence on wound healing of antiseptics.
Publications:
Kietzmann, M. and Braun, M. (2006): Effects of the zinc oxide and cod liver oil containing ointment Zincojecol in an animal model of wound healing. Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 2006 Sep;113(9):331-4. German.
Braun, M., Lelieur, K. and Kietzmann, M. (2006) : Purinergic substances promote murine keratinocyte proliferation and enhance impaired wound healing in mice.Wound Repair Regen. 2006 Mar-Apr;14(2):152-61.
membershipsecretary@vwha.net treasurer@vwha.netSchülke & Mayr GmbH
Robert-Koch-Str. 2
22851 Norderstedt
VWHA Secretary
Georgie Hollis BSc
Intelligent Wound Care, UK
In 2007 Georgie was appointed secretary of the Veterinary Wound Healing Association. She qualified as a podiatrist in Edinburgh in 1997 and developed an early interest in prevention of and mechanics of ulceration in the diabetic foot. Her interests led her to a role within the medical device industry where in 2004 she began to research advanced dressing techniques in veterinary wound management. In 2006 she decided to work independently to help bridge the gap between human advances and potential veterinary applications in wound technologies. Under the heading of 'Intelligent Wound Care' she lectures nationally on the subject.
Georgie is a member of the European Wound Management Association and an honorary member of Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair. She is also an associate member of the British Veterinary Nursing Association.
In April 2008 Georgie developed and launched the Veterinary Wound Library www.vetwoundlibrary.com to provide an online resource specifically for veterinary clinicians. The site provides access to wound management products on a trial basis in return for evaluations of their use in the animal patient. The outcome of cases are available online within the library and will help develop an evidence base for future applications of advanced wound management products in veterinary practice.
Intelligent Wound CareVeterinary Wound LibraryThe Old Hall Cottage93 Back Street, Garboldisham
Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2SD
Tel: +44 (01953) 681452
Mobile: +44 (07796) 445900georgie@intelligentwoundcare.com
Senior Members of Council
Prof.Dr. med.vet Manfred Kietzmann
Manfred is professor of toxiciology and pharmacology at the School of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover. His special fields of interest are the pharmacology of epidermal proliferation and differentiation, the transdermal penetration and absorption of drugs, the pharmacological effects of drugs on wound healing, the pharmacology of dermal inflammation and mastitis therapy.
His main areas of experimental dermatopharmacological and dermatotoxicological work involve the use of in vitro cell culture and isolated perfused skin.
Tierarztliche Hochschule HannoverBuntweg 17
30559 Hannover
Germany
Dr Hans Broström
Dept Clin Sciences, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden
Hans is Associate Professor of Surgery within the division of diagnostics and large animal clinical sciences, SLU, Uppsala. He teaches general surgery and dermatology covering several species. His workload is principally equine although he has a national specialists competence in small animal diseases.
Hans' interests are in the management of traumatic wounds and the development of sarcoids in the equine. He has a special interest in MRSA and is an advocate for reducing over prescribing of antibiotics used in wound management.
Dept. Large Animal Clinical ScienceBox 7081, SLU,
S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Members of Council
Stuart McMorrow MRCVS
Senior Vet, PDSA Edinburgh, UK webmaster@vwha.netStuart qualified from R(D)SVS in 1999 and is a fantastic addition to the council of the VWHA. Voted onto council at the 2009 AGM he brings enthusiasm and experience from the front line of small animal wound management. Having worked in Falkirk for a year in mixed practice, he then locumed for 2 years and now works for the PDSA in Edinburgh. He has been the Senior Vet at PDSA for the last 3 years.
With an interest in wounds and reconstructive surgery Stuart has found the PDSA a great place to get loads of valuable experience.
Stuart has set up our new forum in collaboration with Vetsurgeon and has taken on the role of 'Forum-Administrator'
Professor David Pritchard,
Chair in Parasite Immunology,School of Pharmacy, Nottingham University,UK
David's research aim is to understand the immunological intricacies of host-pathogen interactions, using advanced epidemiological and molecular tools.
This research has involved the establishment of tropical research bases, particularly in Papua New Guinea, working in conjunction with a sophisticated research environment in Nottingham, and is currently focussed on two pathogens of humans, Necator americanus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
One prospective outcome of this research is the discovery of novel, effective and well tolerated immune suppressive therapeutics.
More recently, the Nottingham group has made significant progress in understanding " mechanism of maggot" in the context of wound debridement and healing, and is currently exploring enzymatic approaches to debridement for veterinary application.
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