Promoting the Worldwide Advancement of Veterinary Dermatology
The WAVD is very excited to announce that Dr Sabrina Costa, a former Peter Ihrke scholar, has been successful in obtaining an academic position as a visiting professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança in Portugal. The Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) is a higher education public institution with a defined mission of creating and … Read more
The World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD) would like to announce that applications for the Peter Irhke Scholarship for 2024 are now open. The WAVD Peter Irhke Scholarship honours the life and career of Professor Peter Irhke by providing a scholarship to commemorate his contribution to the discipline of veterinary dermatology. Peter was the Chief … Read more
The World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD) are delighted to announce that the recipient of the Peter Ihrke Scholarship for 2019 is Dr. Ivelina Vancheva from Bulgaria.
The World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD) received three very competitive bids to host the 10th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in 2024. The WAVD Administrative Council met in Austin, Texas for their annual general meeting (AGM) during which bids and information obtained at site visits to Boston, Cancun and Chicago were reviewed. A vote … Read more
Fernando Chavez, Wendy Roldan, Gustavo Tartare, Pablo Manzuc (LACVD diplomates) and Mandy Burrows (Chair WAVD Scholarship Committee) At the recent 4th Latin American Congress of Veterinary Dermatology, the awarding of de facto Diplomat status to the new members of the Latin American College of Veterinary Dermatology (LACVD) was celebrated. Seventeen new diplomats were awarded this status … Read more
The Global Veterinary Dermatology Education Group (GVDEG) is an international group of veterinary dermatologists who are committed to improving the knowledge and practice of veterinary dermatology in underserved areas of the world. The GVDEG will continue efforts in East Africa this October with Dr. Jeanne Budgin providing two continuing education events. The first will take … Read more
We are delighted to announce that the Inaugural Clinincal Concensus Guidelines featuring two major topics of practical relevance to veterinarians in clinical practice have been reviewed following commentary posted on this website. Both have now been published in the journal Veterinary Dermatology and are open access. WAVD wish to sincerely thank the committees and authors involved for … Read more
The World Association for Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD) was delighted with the response to the inaugural Clinical Consensus Guidelines (CCGs) program for common skin diseases of companion animals delivered at the 8th World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in Bordeaux, France on 2nd June 2016. The WAVD CCGs Committee identified major topics of practical relevance to all … Read more
The WAVD wishes to honour the life and career of Professor Peter Ihrke by offering a scholarship to commemorate his contribution to the discipline of veterinary dermatology. Peter was the Chief of Veterinary Dermatology at the University of California-Davis (UCD) Veterinary School and he inspired the careers of many key members of our global discipline … Read more
