Orthopedics, traumatology, and arthroscopy in small animals. Early diagnosis and treatment of hip and elbow dysplasia. Surgical treatment of cranial cruciate ligament rupture (using the TPLO, TTA-Rapid, and CBLO methods), preventive surgery for hip dysplasia (using the DPO and 3DHip methods), patellar luxation surgery, and fracture fixation. Diagnosis and treatment of orthopedic diseases.
- Graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Estonian University of Life Sciences in 1994.
List of trainings and courses:
- 1999 FECAVA kursus “Aspects of Arthrology”, Lillehammer
- 2000 ESVOT(European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology) 10th Congress, München
- 2005 Hills European Symposium “Osteoarthritis and joint health”, Genova
- 2005 Hill`s European Speaker Tour “Canine Osteoarthritis and nutriogenomic technology”, Tartu
- 2006 IEWG(International Elbow Working Group) seminar WSAVA-FECAVA-CSAVA congress, Prague
- 2006 FCI HD-conference, Kopenhagen
- 2007 IEWG Elbow Dysplasia Film Reading Workgroup, München
- 2009 PennHIP Training Seminar, München
- 2010 ESVOT Congress, Bologna
- 2011 International Conference of Elbow Dysplasia Scrutinizers, Amsterdam
- 2012 ESVOT Congress, Bologna
- 2013 TTA Rapid seminar, Vienna
- 2015 CUE (elbow surgery) workshop, Milano
- 2015 DPO, or juvenile hip dysplasia surgery workshop, Milan
- 2017 CBLO, or cruciate ligament rupture surgery workshop, Vienna
- 2019 ESVOT world conference , Barcelona
- 2019 Orthopaedic-I, ESAVS course, Vienna
- 2020 Orthopaedic-III, ESAVS course, Vienna
- ESVOT (European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology) member
- 2021 Orthopaedic-II, ESAVS course Vienna/Cremona
- 2022 Feline orthopedics, ESAVS course, Vienna
- 2023 AO VET Course – Principles of Small Animal Fracture Management, Warsaw, Poland
- 2024 ESVOT Congress, Lissabon
- 2024 TPLO + patellar luxation workshop, Lisbon
- 2024 3DHIP, or hip shelf implant placement surgery workshop, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- 2025 3-day arthroscopy workshop, Ghent, Belgium
- 2025 Patellar luxation surgery workshop and trochlear groove prosthetic replacement, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2025 CSAVP/Orthopaedics, or Certified Small Animal Veterinary Practitioner in Orthopaedics, Estonia