Les Cox President I qualified from Edinburgh in 1973 and spent two years in mixed, mainly small, animal practice in Cheshire before moving to Ripon, North Yorkshire in 1976 with my wife, Janet, to take up a position in another mixed practice. I became a partner in 1978 and have been there ever since. The practice is still very mixed and has grown from four full time vets in 1976 to 13 full time equivalents now. My time now is spent almost exclusively with small animals. I first became interested in acupuncture in 1986 and went on one of the Trixie Williams week-end courses. This got me started treating patients. I then took the IVAS certificate course and subsequent exam in 1997. I feel honoured to be President of the Association having to follow such eminent and capable people who have held this office before. I hope to continue their excellent work in keeping the ABVA at the forefront of acupuncture education in this country. We own a debt of gratitude to Lowri, our outgoing President, and all the other past Presidents and committee members, without whom the Association would not function. They are all busy people and give of their time freely without reward. We need as an Association to keep spreading the message about the benefits of Acupuncture in Veterinary Medicine and to ensure that it remains under the control of Veterinary surgeons. In the present climate engendered by this government there is a real danger it will pass into paraprofessional territory. It will be one of my aims to continue lobbying against this. I hope I and the other hard working members of the committee can encourage you to partake in the activities of the Association and thereby help to move it forward. If you have any concerns or matters which you want to raise I can be contacted at coxshowteam@aol.co.uk Dietrich Graf von Schweinitz Dietrich is an ABVA Past President and Education Director, on ABVA council since 1997, and is also on the IVAS Board of Directors. He is a lecturer in acupuncture, pain physiology, thermography, equine poor performance and rehabilitation, and has done research in equine acupuncture and thermography with publications including: Thermographic Evidence for the Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Equine Neuromuscular Disease, Acupuncture in Medicine, Journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society, Vol XVI, No 1, 1998. Thermographic Diagnostics in Equine Back Pain, Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, Back Problems, Vol 15, No 1, 1999. Acupuncture in the Horse, Guardians of the Horse II, Romney Publications, edited by P Rossdale and R Green, 2001. Rose Alkoff Web Officer Rose qualified from the Royal(Dick)Veterinary School, Edinburgh in 2000, and became CanadianVeterinary Medical Association Liscenced in 2002. She worked for 4 years in a mixed practice in south west Wales, followed by 2 years locuming in both mixed practicies and specialist Veterinary Acupuncture referral practices in the UK. Having a lifelong interest in acupuncture, she took the Acupuncture Foundation Course in 2001 (Edinburgh), followed by the ABVA Certificate course (2003-2004). She was elected onto the ABVA Council in April 2005. She has an interest in both small animal and equine veterinary acupuncture as a welcome addition to conventional practice. She has assists with the ABVA Post Foundation Courses, presenting a short Introduction to Gold Implant acupuncture. Ann Zollman I qualified from Liverpool University in 1990, and became interested in acupuncture during my undergraduate days. I completed a basic course and started practicing acupuncture in 1991 incorporating it into my work in mixed practice. In 1998, I obtained the IVAS Certificate in Veterinary Acupuncture and set up a Veterinary Acupuncture Clinic in Lancashire, within a large mixed practice. I now work part time in mixed practice in Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, and run an acupuncture clinic from my home in Herefordshire. I was elected onto the ABVA council in 2007. |
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