Jan Suchodolski, DrVetMed, PhD, AGAF, DACVM
Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine

Associate Director for Research

Head, Microbiome Sciences
Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A&M University

Jan S. Suchodolski is a professor in small animal medicine, associate director for research, and head of microbiome sciences at the Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He received his DrVetMed from the University Vienna, Austria and his PhD in veterinary microbiology from Texas A&M University. He is board certified in immunology by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM). His research is focused on developing biomarkers for gastrointestinal disease and therapeutic approaches for the modulation of the intestinal microbiota. He has authored or co-authored more than 360 peer-reviewed articles in the area of veterinary gastroenterology and microbiome research. 

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Fabio Procoli
DMV, MVetMed, DipACVIM, DipECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine), MCRVS

Anicura Ospedale Veterinario I Portoni Rossi (Bologna, Italy). Head of Internal Medicine Department

Fabio Procoli graduated from the University of Bari, Italy in 2003. He worked in small animal general practice in Italy and the UK for 5 years. In 2009 he completed a rotating internship at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sciences in Edinburgh (Scotland). In 2012 he completed a 3-year a residency program in small animal internal medicine at the Royal Veterinary College in London, (England). In 2013 and 2014 he was awarded the title of board-certified specialist in small animal internal medicine both by the American (ACVIM) and the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM). In 2014 he completed a 1-year research master degree at the Royal Veterinary College in London on the genetics of chronic enteropathy in Germans shepherd dogs. From 2014 to 2017 he has been Deputy Head of Internal Medicine at Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists in Winchester (UK). From 2017 he is Head of Internal Medicine at Anicura Ospedale Veterinario Portoni Rossi in Bologna (Italy). Fabio has authored and co-authored publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals on the topics of small animal gastroenterology and internal medicine. He is author of the Feline Gastroenterology textbook published by Edra (2021 Ed). He has widely spoken and lectured at national and international continuing education events and courses on all topics of small animal gastroenterology and internal medicine. He is Vice-President of the Italian Small Animal Internal Medicine Society, Vice-President of the European Comparative Gastroenterology Society, member of the ECVIM Exam Committee and board member of the Companion Animal Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Consortium.

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