Ophthalmic Disease in Veterinary Medicine

About the Author

Charles L. Martin, BS, DVM, MS, Charter Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologist, (ACVO), Emeritus Diplomate ACVO, Professor Emeritus, the University of Georgia, past president of the ACVO and American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology. Dr. Martin trained at Washington State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and The Ohio State University and taught at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, the University of Georgia, and Auburn University.

J. Phillip Pickett, DVM, DACVO, Emeritus Professor, Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is a graduate of Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Following three years in a mixed practice, he did a residency in Comparative Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin, College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the ACVO. He taught at the University of Wisconsin, and was a faculty member at the Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech where he reached the rank of Professor.

Bernhard M. Spiess, DVM, Dr. med. vet., Diplomate, American and European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO/ECVO), Professor Emeritus is Charter Diplomate and past president of the ECVO. He began his career in Switzerland, at the Veterinary School in Lausanne/Zurich, then moved to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Bern. He completed a residency in veterinary ophthalmology at the University of Guelph, Canada, where he stayed on as Assistant Professor after becoming a Diplomate of ACVO. In 1987, he returned to University of Zurich as Assistant Professor of Veterinary Ophthalmology, becoming full Professor in 1994 and Professor Emeritus in 2015.