Michael Schramme

Michael Schramme qualified from the Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium, in 1985. He has since worked as an equine surgeon at the University of Ghent, the Royal Veterinary College, the Animal Health Trust, Cornell University, North Carolina State University and the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon in France, where he is a full professor in equine surgery and orthopaedics.

Professor Schramme is a diplomate of the European and American Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons and of the European College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, and an associate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. He is a past President of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and the European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology. He has an interest in all aspects of equine surgery, lameness and diagnostic imaging with special emphasis on MRI.

Roger K.W. Smith

MA VetMB PhD FHEA DEO LAAssoc.ECVDI DipECVSMR DipECVS FRCVS

Roger Smith is Professor of Equine Orthopaedics at the RVC. He qualified from Cambridge University in 1987 with a First and a Full Blue in swimming. After 2 years in practice, he undertook a residency at the RVC and then a PhD on equine tendons. He remained at the RVC and was appointed Professor in December 2003.

He holds the Diploma of Equine Orthopaedics, is Diplomate of the ECVS and the ECVSMR, and an RCVS Specialist in Equine Surgery. He was awarded an RCVS Fellowship in 2016 and was ECVS President in 2017. He currently divides his time between seeing referral orthopaedic cases and directing research into equine tendon disease.