BVDSG Events
The next meeting will be spring 2020, it will be held at the ICC in Birmingham on the 1st April and will be focusing on feline dermatology. Here is an exciting preview of the lecture program, registrations will open in January for attendance of this event.
Spring Meeting –1.4.2020 The ICC Birmingham Feline Dermatology0900– 0930 Registration
0930-1015 Feline allergy Silvia Colombo
1015-1100 Feline viral skin disease Steve Shaw
1100-1130 Coffee and commercial exhibition
1130-1215 Dermatophytosis in the Feline Patient Steve Shaw
1215-1300 Parasites Relevant to Feline Skin Disease Silvia Colombo
1300– 1400 Lunch
1400-1430 Feline Neurology meets Dermatology Angela Fadda
1430-1515 Straight from the Cats’ Mouth…Dental Diseasees Relevant for Dermatologists Simone Kirby
1515– 1545 Coffee and commercial exhibition
1545-1630 Feline Autoimmune Skin Disease Silvia Colombo
1630-1715 Behavioural aspects of feline skin disease Nicola Swales
To learn a bit about our outstanding speakers please read on
Silvia Colombo, Dr. Med. Vet., Dip. ECVD
Dr. Colombo was born in 1966 in Legnano (MI), Italy, and graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 1992 at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Milan (Italy). She completed a Research Doctorate in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Medicine Department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Milan (Italy) from November 1993 to November 1996 and a Post-Doctorate from October 1998 to October 2000. She completed a Senior Clinical Scholarship in Veterinary Dermatology (residency in Veterinary Dermatology) at the Department of Clinical Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh in September 2003 and worked at the Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, as a Temporary Clinical Fellow in Veterinary Dermatology from November 2003 to June 2004. Dr. Colombo passed the Diploma Exam of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology (ECVD) in 2004. She has been a Full Member of the ESVD (European Society of Veterinary Dermatology) since 1996. Dr. Colombo is president of SIDEV (Italian Society of Veterinary Dermatology), member of the ECVD Board and Chair of the ECVD Credentials Committee. Currently, Dr. Colombo is seeing referral cases as a private practitioner in various practices in Northern Italy.
