Veterinary Wound Healing Association

18/04/2024

It is not too late indeed!!

It's not too late to register your place at the BEVA Approved: VWHA Getting Difficult Wounds to Heal course.

Taking place on Thursday 2 May at the ExCeL, the meeting forms part of the International Conference of the Veterinary Wound Healing Association.

Join our expert panel including Jacintha Wilmink, Dylan Gorvy, Professor Derek Knottenbelt and Patrick Po***ck to hear more about the latest techniques for managing tricky wounds.

Register here - https://bit.ly/3vPtQjz

08/04/2024

We would like to introduce ourself! Meet the VWHA

The Veterinary Wound Healing Association is founded after the first scientific meeting held at the Royal Veterinary College in December 1996.

We promote education and research the scientific basis and the clinical management of wounds of whatever aetiology in the veterinary sciences.

We give training courses together with national and international conferences to discuss and promote aspects of wound healing research.

The VWHA is registered as a charity by the Charity Commission of England and Wales.

Want to know more about the people behind the VWHA?
https://vwha.net/members-of-council/

See you all in London, 2-3rd may!

01/04/2024

Our president Jacintha Wilmink on why you shouldn’t miss our upcoming conference!

2-3rd May Londen
For registration and more info:

https://ewma.org/ewma-conferences/2024/programme/vwha-conference-1

22/03/2024

Our dear colleagues from the Bandaging Angels look forward to the VWHA conference in London. Want to join us and learn more about advanced wound care? Check out the registration link!

The International Conference of the Veterinary Wound Healing Association (VWHA) will be held on the 2-3 of May alongside the European Wound Management Association meeting of 2024. 2-3 May, ExCel...

18/03/2024

The next EWMA is approaching fast, this year in London! And ofcourse we will be part of it on May 2-3rd.

Check our program for 2 days of horses and small animals woundmanagement.
The small animal programme is supported by BSAVA and the horse programme by BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association
(BSAVA members will benefit from 20% reduction for registration.)

All information about the programme and registration can be found at:

https://ewma.org/ewma-conferences/2024/programme/vwha-conference-1

Join us to learn about the practical approach to optimise wound treatment.

See you all 2nd-3th May in London!!

12/02/2024

From everyday wound care to advanced wound management

Are you a veterinary surgeon or experienced nurse with a passion for wound management? Or are you from the human field and interested to experience what is going on in veterinary wound healing science, or to be inspired from another point of view??

International Conference of the Veterinary Wound Healing Association (VWHA)at EWMA 2024, 2-3 May

We have organised a very interesting two day programme: Day 1 will focus on equine woundmanagement and day 2 on small animal wounds, but both days will be interesting for all veterinarians. We will present and discuss challenges we all encounter in everyday veterinary practice, such as non-healing wounds, when things go wrong, prudent use of antibiotics during wound treatment and alternatives to reduce bacterial burden.
Additionally we will talk about complicated and extensive wounds, surgical solutions and emergency cases.

For more information, programme and registration:

https://ewma.org/ewma-conferences/2024/programme/vwha-conference-1

22/01/2024

We are so excited- the next EWMA is approaching, this year in London! And ofcourse we will be part of it!

Check our program for horses and smallies- and register to visit us and discuss wounds!!

The small animal programme is supported by BSAVA which means that BSAVA members will benefit from 20% reduction for registration.

All information about the programme and registration can be found at:

https://ewma.org/ewma-conferences/2024/programme/vwha-conference-1

Join us to learn about the practical approach to optimise wound treatment.

See you all in May in London!!!

19/04/2023

2023 May 4-5th Veterinary Wound Healing Association conference within the EWMA congress in Milan

“Latest news on wound management in horses and small animals”

The way we treat wounds will influence largely the way of healing and the occurrence of complications. Two days about equine and small animal wound management will highlight challenges we all encounter in everyday veterinary practice, such as non-healing wounds,
infections, large wounds, when using antibiotics and what products? From physiologic events, we will address a variety of treatment options and how to improve the local conditions of the wound.

We will present about the use of dressings, local topical products, NPWT and laser. Additionally, we will elaborate on surgical solutions to heal wounds with skin grafting techniques and/or reconstructive surgery.

Thursday May 4 th Equine programme, including the Equine Wound Center session
Friday May 5 th Small animal programme, including short communications

Join us to learn about the practical approach to optimalize wound treatment!

For the program go to:https://vwha.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-VWHA-EWMA-conference-Milan-final-program.pdf

For registration:
https://ewma.org/ewma-conferences/2023/scientific/vwha-conference

19/04/2023

Next EWMA and VWHA meeting is approaching fast! We are excited to join with and to dicuss about relevant topics in wound management!

19/04/2023

Antimicrobial stewardship is more important than ever, considering the rising thread of multiresistant infections. In this context, surgeons are carrying a huge responsibility, as surgery is one of the indications were antibiotics are frequently used as prophylaxis for an event (post surgical infection) we can absolutely not predict. Considering the numer of surgeries done in veterinary medicine each year- we must carefully consider when this is warranted and when not to avoid overusage.

This discussion will hopefully shed light on what we know so far on when to give it, how to do so, when to discontinue and most importantly- to raise awareness regarding our 'blind spots'.

Looking forward to an interesting discussion!

And for those of you that cannot get wnough- be sure to visit us in Milano on May 4th and 5th at EWMA! VWHA and SCIVAC/SCIVE will be hosint two days (one on horses and one on smallies) on wound management and reconstruction again!
More Information to follow!!!

26/05/2022

The conference in Paris was a great succes!! 20 lecturers, 28 lectures, 9 short communications, 3 paneldiscussions and the instalment of the honorary members 💕

See you next year on 3-5th May in Milan!

20/05/2022

Our last speaker and certainly not the least:

Jacintha M. Wilmink
DVM, PhD, Dipl RNVA

Jacintha Wilmink graduated from Veterinary School of Utrecht University in The Netherlands in 1991 and started work in equine veterinary practice in New Zealand and the Netherlands and Since 2003, she runs her own consultancy on wound management and reconstruction (“Woumarec”), focussed on the equine as well as small animals. She performs surgery in several clinics on complicated wounds and scars by applying skin grafting techniques and wound or scar reconstructions on companion animals. And she teaches wound management to veterinary students and veterinarians as well.

Her area of interest is wound management and she has developped and evaluated a new method for skin grafting in horses, i.e. the Meek micrograft technique.

She is re-elected as president in May 2015 and still performs that task with lots of enthusiasm.

Jacintha will speak about how to recognize infection in open wounds and when do we need antibiotics, VWHA 25th anniversary: where are we now and which challenges do we face and about the Wound Centre

20/05/2022

Dylan Gorvy

BSc,BVSc, Cert(ES) Soft Tissue, PhD, Dipl. ECVS
European Specialist in Equine Surgery

Dylan studied veterinary science at Bristol University, in the UK. Following an internship in equine surgery at the Royal Veterinary College in London, he moved to Manchester where he investigated the role of growth factors in abdominal adhesion formation. After completing his PhD in 2003, he undertook a three-year surgical residency at Liverpool University, before moving to Sweden with his wife and three children.

Dylan Gorvy works as a surgeon at Mälaren Hästklinik. He is a recognised European specialist in equine surgery, having obtained the Diploma in 2008 (Dipl. ECVS). He has lectured internationally in equine wound management.

Since December 2020, he has been working as chief surgeon at the equine clinic at Uppsala University.

Dylan Gorvy will speak about skin grafting versus reconstructions

20/05/2022

Prof. Dr. David Lloyd

Professor Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Dermatology at The Royal Veterinary College. He has continuing involvement in postgraduate teaching and is involved in clinical and microbiological research group in companion and farm animals. He is a European Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology.

Prof. David Loyd is a founding member and past-president of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology, the European College of Veterinary Dermatology and the Veterinary Wound Healing Association. And also the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation and the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology.
He was founding editor and Editor-in Chief of the journal, Veterinary Dermatology.
He is still active in teaching and research.

His interest is focussed on the biology of the skin surface, cutaneous infection and immunity, antimicrobial resistance, hygiene and disinfection, and antimicrobial stewardship.

Prof. David Loyd will speak about cutaneous wounds and veterinary dermatology: challenges and developments over 25 years

20/05/2022

… more good reasons?

You will get the chance to sneak and listen to the top topics in human medicine as well on the biggest wound conference in Europe!

19/05/2022

Dr Sarah Cockbill

PhD BPharm MPharm LLM DAgVetPharm FRPharmS FVPA

Dr Sarah Cockbill is a pharmacist with wide experience of academic, hospital, community, veterinary and agricultural areas of the profession. She is competent in most aspects of the formulation, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions and appropriate dosage for most common forms of medication.

She began research into wound management products and the healing processes for humans and several animal species during the early 1980s, the research involved developing techniques for the evaluation of wound management products classified as being passive, interactive and bioactive depending on their influence within the healing cascade and relevant tissue cell culture methods to assess any cytotoxicological effects of wound management materials on the healing process for that particular wound and animal species.

Dr Cockbill's term as pharmacist member on the veterinary products committee gave her experience of the data mandated before applications from manufacturers to license new products could be considered.

Dr Cockbill will speak about the evolution of wound management products over 25 years

19/05/2022

Mirja Christine Nolff

Mirja Nolff graduated Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover in 2007. She did her Residency ECVS and became a diplomat at the LMU Munich. Since 2019 she leads the Soft tissue and Oncologic Surgery Service at University Zürich Tierspital.

Her research focusses on multidrug resistant soft tissue infections, wound healing n dogs and cats, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and oncologic surgery with focus on Sarcomas.

Mirja will speak about the multimodal approach to prevent SSI.

18/05/2022

Emeritus Professor Derek Knottenbelt
OBE, BVM&S, BVM&S, DVM&S, DIPECEIM, DACVIM, MRCVS

Professor Derek Knottenbelt is a specialist in equine internal medicine and a Diplomat of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine. He retired from a personal chair in Equine Medicine at the University of Liverpool in 2010 having run a sarcoid referral service for over 20 years.
Prof. Knottenbelt established Equine Medical Solutions Ltd and offers a consultancy service for vets in equine oncology and other challenging clinical conditions.
His main interests are in oncology, ophthalmology, wound management and dermatology. He is the primary author of 10 equine veterinary text books and over 100 refereed scientific papers.

He is also the founder and lifemember of the VWHA

Prof. Derek Knottenbelt will speak about the founding of the VWHA: why and where did we start

17/05/2022

Need ten good reasons why to visit EWMA? Here would be some:

1) to meet with peers that devoted a great part of their career to unravel the secrets of wound healing!

17/05/2022

The next speaker we would like to introduce to you:

Elin Lisby Kastbjerg Jørgensen, DVM

Elin Jørgensen is a postdoc at Costerton Biofilm Cebter. Her research focuses on developing and testing nebulised treatment against viral (including COVID-19) and bacterial airway infections.

Elin is a veterinarian and has during her PhD developed an equine chronic wound model with biofilm infections and studied different wound types' response to bacterial inoculation and the presence of biofilm.

Elin will speak about the influence of pH on wound healing and bacterial growth

17/05/2022

Prof Manfred Kietzmann
EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology

Prof Manfred Kietzmann is habilitated as a veterinarian in the field of pharmacology and toxicology. He has been a professor of toxicology and pharmacology at the Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation since 1997.

His research focuses on dermatopharmacology, pharmacokinetics and the development of substitute and complementary methods to animal testing.

Prof. Kietzmann wil speak about Systemic antibiotics: do they reach the granulating wound and the role of pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacy during the treatment of wounds over the past 25 years

12/05/2022

The next speaker on the conference is:

Georgie Hollis BSc

Georgie is an independent specialist in wound management and dressing technologies. She has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally across equine and small animal disciplines and has authored many peer reviewed articles across the UK and beyond.

Georgie’s day to day role is focused on running the Veterinary Wound Library (www.vetwoundlibrary.com). This site provides a resource for members to access specialist telemedicine support and further education in wound management.

Georgie also heads up her team of ‘Bandaging Angels’ who deliver tailored in house CPD to help practices refine their dressing selection and overcome their bandaging demons.

Georgie is an associate member of the BVNA, AVSTS, a member of EWMA (European wound management association) and past secretary of the Vet Wound Healing Association (VWHA).

Georgie Hollis will lecture on Antiseptics in veterinary medicine

10/05/2022

The next speaker is:

Emeritus Prof. Bryden J. Stanley

BVMS, MANZCVS, MRCVS, MVetSc, DACVS, Michigan State University

Bryden Stanley is an associate professor at Michigan State University. She earned her veterinary degree from Murdoch University in Australia before completing a surgery residency and earning her master’s degree from University of Saskatchewan in Canada.

Bryden Stanley’s clinical interests are aspects of soft tissue surgery; her research focusses on upper respiratory conditions, wound management and wound reconstructive techniques. She publishes frequently, has received many teaching awards, and lectures widely nationally and internationally.

Prof Bryden Stanley will speak about the surgical safety checklist, dealing with wound dehiscence, treatment of SSI using NPWT – how to manage multi drug resistant infections,
the effect of NPWT on incisions under tension and laser treatment of open wounds.

08/05/2022

Dear members and fellows! All of you are aware that prudent antibiotic usage is important- and the recent EU regulations show that this issue has also been recognized by authorities.

To optimize prudent usage reliable guidelines are key. These are currently being developed by the ENOVAT WK 4 - from vets for vets!

As part of this we ask you to fill in and share the attached questionnaire! Take your chance, raise your voice and let us know what matters to you in this context!

So please help participate and share!!!

Po ju kontaktojmë si pjesë e Rrjetit Evropian për Optimizimin e Trajtimit me Antimikrobikë në fushën e Veterinarisë (Enovat), projekt i financuar nga BE-ja nëpërmjet COST Action. Ne po synojmë që të mbledhim informacione nga veterinarët klinicist të cilët punojnë kryesisht me kafshë...

06/05/2022

We would like to introduce you to all of the speakers of the 2022 Veterinary Wound Healing Association conference within the EWMA congress in Paris, May 23-24th

Follow the VWHA instagram and facebook for information about all the speakers or go to the website for more information
https://vwha.net/2022-paris-veterinary-wound-healing-association-conference-within-the-ewma-congress/

The first speaker is:

Prof Denis Verwilghen
DVM, MSc, PhD, DES, ECVS

EBVS® European Specialist in Equine Surgery
Member of European College of Veterinary Surgeons

Prof. Denis Verwilghen is an Associate Professor in Equine Surgery and Head of the Camden Equine entre at the School of Veterinary Sciences University of Sydney in Australia, he started of his career as an equine veterinarian in private practice in Ireland and the Netherlands. With the desire to improve his skills, Denis went back to academia to become resident in equine surgery at the University of Liege. In 2010 he successfully passed the exam of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Denis has a special interest in head disorders, dentistry and biosecurity in veterinary medicine with emphasis on surgical principles and hand hygiene. Denis has a broad range of publications with a particular focus in asepsis research, biomarkers and dentistry. Denis is author of over 65 international peer reviewed scientific publications, of 5 book chapters in surgery related books and has presented over 100 presentations at national and international congresses.


Prof. Denis Verwilghen will speak about evidence based surgical site preparation anno 2022 and definition and causes of SSI.

05/04/2022

Check out this amazing program for 2 days full of learning all about woundinfections !!

We live in a world where resistant bacteria cause increasing problems! What can we do to reduce site infections and reduce the use of antibiotics, which is currently hot topic

Join us to learn about the latest developments in the practical approach of wound infections. (Link in bio)

07/01/2022

IMPORTANT

EWMA decided not to proceed with the Conference in Paris on 1-3 February 2022.

Despite the best intentions for bringing together the international wound community in Paris, the Covid situation has unfortunately again accelerated in France.

The EWMA Executive Committee is with our French partner organisation the SFFPC currently discussing what the next step will be.
The next weeks EWMA is investigating the options for having the conference later in 2022. Follow us for updates!

02/12/2021

26/11/2021

The EWMA Document: SURGICAL SITE INFECTION - PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS HEALTH-CARE SECTORS goes live!

Join the first webinar in a series of three webinars covering various aspects of SSI management across sectors!

Register free of charge today 👇
https://ewma.org/what-we-do/education/webinars/surgical-site-infections

22/11/2021

SAFE THE DATE!
We are very happy to announce the next VWHA session in conjunction with EWMA 2022 in Paris.

This year, we welcome Denis Verwilghen and Bryden Stanley who will share their wisdom on hygiene and wound management! So do not miss it and meet us at Paris!

Registration is open via the EWMA homepage
https://ewma.org/ewma-conferences/2022/scientific/vwha-conference

See you soon in Paris!