Willem Back DVM, ECVS
University of Utrecht
Qualifications
DVM – 1987
Cert. KNMvD (CKRD) - 2013
Cert. Pract. KNMvD (Equine Practice) - 2001
PhD - 1994
Spec. KNMvD (Equine Surgery) 1994
Dipl. ECVS - 1997
Positions held immediately following graduation and currant employment
Private Practice
Royal Dutch Airforce / Central Vet. Inst.
University of Utrecht - Assistant Professor
University of Ghent - Visiting Professor
Do you recall when you decided that you wanted to become a Veterinarian and did a particular individual or a situation affect you decision?
My uncle is a vet, my mother a dentist, my grandfather a MD.
Why did you decide to specialise in Orthopaedics?
Fascinated by the locomotor capacities of horses!
Have you invented or described an orthopaedic technique or instrument of which you are particularly proud ?
walking cast for complex fractures treatment (Nemeth and Back 1991)
use of EMG of the neck for detecting neurologic damage (Wijnberg et al. 2004)
rolled toe shoes for preventing navicular pain (Van Heel et al. 2006)
How do you see the future of Veterinary Orthopaedics?
improved 'key hole'/arthroscopic surgery (incl. standing) techniques
evidence development for regenerative medicine treatment
turn key objective lameness registration
