Urs Giger

Urs Giger received his veterinary degree from the University of Zürich, Switzerland, where he also pursued his doctoral thesis on the surgical repair of hip dysplasia, initial clinical training in small animal medicine and surgery, and postgraduate research work in experimental medicine and biology. After moving to the United States, he completed a residency in small animal internal medicine at the University of Florida and then joined the faculty of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he had the endowed Charlotte Newton Sheppard Professor of Medicine chair until becoming emeritus professor. He had a secondary professorship in small animal internal medicine at the University of Zürich as well as professorship in hematology at the Medical School University of Pennsylvania. He is a diplomate of the American and European College of the Veterinary Internal Medicine, as well as a diplomate of the European College of Clinical Pathology. He headed the Transfusion and Hematology Center and Pediatrics and Genetics Clinic, the Metabolic Genetics Laboratory, and the DNA Genetic Disease Testing Laboratories (PennGen). His clinical and research expertise and interests are in hereditary and hematologic disorders and are reflected in over 260 original research publications as well as many more reviews and scientific abstracts. He was also chairing the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Hereditary Disease Committee. Among other awards, he was the recipient of the 2002 WSAVA International Scientific Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2007 International Bourgelat Award from the BSAVA, the 2015 AVMA Excellence in Feline Research Award for outstanding clinical research in feline medicine and the 2020 International Canine Health Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a frequently invited speaker at national and international conferences, continues to offer medical consults, pursues research, and mentors several doctoral fellows.

Lectures

Speaker:
Urs Giger
Topic:
HIGH LEVEL FELINE MEDICINE
Date:
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Time:
15:00 - 15:55
Room:
Paris (Room Capacity 340 vets)
Speaker:
Urs Giger
Topic:
HIGH LEVEL FELINE MEDICINE
Date:
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Time:
16:00 - 16:55
Room:
Paris (Room Capacity 340 vets)
Speaker:
Urs Giger
Topic:
FELINE MEDICINE
Date:
Friday, 21 October 2022
Time:
08:30 - 09:25
Room:
Auditorium 3 (Room Capacity 400 vets)
Speaker:
Urs Giger
Topic:
FELINE MEDICINE
Date:
Friday, 21 October 2022
Time:
12:00 - 12:55
Room:
Auditorium 3 (Room Capacity 400 vets)

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