The primary effort and purpose of the Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance (VOA) is to create a platform to advance the management of osteoarthritis by developing theoretical and practical training opportunities, providing access to the latest research, evidence, and technologies, and facilitating a multi-professional collaboration to address and improve disease management results.
Professor Stuart Carmichael has wide experience as a specialist clinician in orthopaedics and in veterinary business management. He is a Diplomate, a past Specialist, and a current Fellow of the RCVS. He has been the Director of both Queen Mother Hospital and Small Animal Hospital in Glasgow.
Read MoreHe has also been the National Referrals Director at Vets Now Ltd, a Director at Fitzpatrick Referrals Ltd and a visiting Professor at the University of Surrey.
Charity roles have included acting as a Board member and Chair of International Cat Care and as a trustee and Board member of Blue Cross. He is currently running a veterinary consultancy business, Joint Adventures Ltd., is a Co-Founder and Board member of the Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance and is also Director and Co-founder of Aim-OA Ltd., providing a web-based Disease Management System for chronic osteoarthritis in dogs.
Russell graduated from the University of Bristol Veterinary School. He has gained the following post-graduate qualifications: RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Orthopaedics, MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering, MSc in Stem Cells and Regeneration, and RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Orthopaedics. He currently works as a referral surgeon in Mount Pleasant Veterinary Group, Singapore.
Greg has significant experience of start-ups and management of SMEs within the veterinary and biotechnology sector. He was the founder and CEO of VetCell, the first company to use stem cells in equine medicine, in 2002. He later went on to develop the company Nupsala Veteriary Services which offers a comprehensive range of bio-therapeutics and bio-pharmaceuticals for treating tendon and joint disease.
He is renowned for his knowledge of regenerative medicine and regularly gives lectures on the subject and is is involved in numerous projects in both veterinary and human application on intra-articular management of OA.
Dr. Alexandra Keller graduated veterinary medicine in Germany in 2000, initially working primarily in small animal and equine practice and received her doctor’s degree in 2004. Dr. Keller graduated from the European Academy of Veterinary Chiropractic (EAVC) and started her own practice in Frankfurt am Main, which is now, together with Dr. Wolfgang Mayrhofer, a highly specialised practice in animal orthopedics, sport medicine, and rehabilitation under the name Tierarztliches orthopaedic Team Frankfurt.
There, a team of qualified veterinarians and veterinary physiotherapists attend canine an equine athletes competing at national and international levels. Alexandra has specialised in animal chiropractic since 2007 and her primary focus is lameness diagnostics, sports medicine, and the conservative treatment of the locomotor system in dogs and cats.
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