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Dr. Kobayashi received his veterinary degree from Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University in 1994…Dr. Kobayashi received his veterinary degree from Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University in 1994. He then studied at Purdue University followed by a residency program in medical oncology at North Carolina State University. He was board certified in oncology through the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2001. He is the first board certified oncologist in Japan. Dr. Kobayashi is currently working on Japan Small Animal Cancer Center as the chief director and seeing with approximately 700 new cases and 3,500 rechecks with his colleagues. He is also the director of Japan Veterinary Corporative Oncology Group (JVCOG) and organizing clinical trials to develop new cancer treatments. He is also interested in teaching and giving more than 150 continue educations every year for domestic and international veterinarians.

Dr.Yoko Fujii is a board certified veterinary cardiologist in Japan. She graduated from Azabu University in 1990, then studied at the Ohio State University and received Master of Science in 1993. She returned to Japan to continue expanding her experience and knowledge in the profession. She was interested in pathophysiology of the heart disease in dogs and received Ph.D. from Azabu University. After 11 years of practicing, she joined cardiology service at North Carolina State University as a cardiology resident, and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine since 2007. She is currently a professor in Azabu University, teaching veterinary cardiology as well as serving as a clinician and researcher. She is especially interested in interventional cardiology, and is passionate about helping animals and their families by providing professional care. Dr.Fujii has been involved in Japanese society of veterinary cardiology for many years on CE committees. She also served as a member of Pharmaceutical Affairs Council of Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan.

Dr. Kyoung-won Seo received her veterinary degree from Chungnam National University (South Korea) in 2001 and gained a PhD in Veterinary Internal Medicine at Seoul National University (South Korea) in 2009. Dr. Seo finished her internship and residency in small animal internal medicine at Seoul National University (2001- 2004). She was appointed as the faculty (Assistant Professor) at Chungnam National University (2012), Deajeon, South Korea. Now, Dr. Seo is an Associate Professor at Chungnam National University.
Dr. Seo was selected as an Invited Specialist (Defacto) of the Asian Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine (AiCVIM) in 2015 and Defecto specialist of the Korean Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine (KCVIM) from 2017.
Her clinical and research interests are with a focus on Small Animal Oncology (especially lymphoma and oral melanoma) and Internal Medicine (Hematopoietic diseases and Nephrotic diseases) and Dr. Seo is seeing with approximately 600-700 new cases and 3,000 rechecks with her colleagues. She is also interested in teaching and giving continuation educations for domestic and international veterinarians.

Dr. Chang graduated from the Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University in 1998. After one year working as a small animal practitioner in Taipei, she studied at the University of Glasgow and achieved a master degree in veterinary medicine (neurology) in 2002. She then continued the journey in veterinary neurology by completing the residency training in neurology and neurosurgery at the University of Glasgow. Dr. Chang was awarded the Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Neurology (ECVN) in 2006 and the Founding Diplomate (Invited Specialist) of Asian College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (AiCVIM) in 2015. Currently, she is an assistant professor in School of Veterinary Medicine, National Veterinary University. Her research and clinical interests include seizures and spinal cord injury.

Dr. Sirilak Disatian Surachetpong earned her bachelor’s degree in doctor of veterinary medicine at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in 2002 with first class of honor. She graduated a master’s degree and a doctorate in clinical sciences at Colorado State University, USA in 2005 and 2008. Then, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Colorado State University in 2008-2009. She is a diplomate of the Thai Board of Veterinary Medicine and the invited specialist for the Asian College of Veterinary Internal Medicine for Companion Animals.
Dr. Surachetpong is currently a faculty in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She teaches cardiology and internal medicine. She is also a deputy director of academic affairs of Chulalongkorn Small Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She serves as a president of the Veterinary Cardiovascular Society of Thailand and an editor for the journal of Thai Veterinary Practitioners. She has published several papers in refereed journals. Her research interest is the cardiopulmonary disease in dogs and cats.

Deni Noviana. He was born in Bogor City – Indonesia, 16th November 1972. He graduated as a veterinarian from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University – Indonesia in 1997 and completed Doctor of Philosophy program in 2004 from The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Yamaguchi University – Japan. He specialized to deepen and develop several diagnostic imaging modalities such as radiography, ultrasonography, endoscopy as well as echocardiography in small animals, large animals, and marine mammals. Besides being a lecturer, he is also a small animal practitioner, focusing on cardiology and handling many referral cases in that particular area. He has been appointed to be the Executive Director of Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University since 2015 until now. He had many scientific articles that had been published in various international journals, accredited national journals, proceedings, books, and book chapters. And in 2017, he has been awarded the title of Diplomate in Asian College of Veterinary Internal Medicine as a De Facto Specialist in Cardiology.

Dr. Dongin Jung graduated from the college of veterinary medicine, Gyeongsang National University (South Korea), in 2000, and gained a PhD in small animal internal medicine at the Konkuk University (South Korea) in 2008. Dr. Jung finished an internship and residency in small animal internal medicine at the Konkuk University (2003-2006). Dr. Jung appointed as the faculty (Assistant Professor) at Gyeongsang National University (2008), Jinju, South Korea. Now, Dr. Jung is a Full Professor (Tenured) at Gyeongsang National University.
Dr. Jung is a Diplomate of the Asian Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine (AiCVIM) and the Korean Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine (KCVIM) and is currently Chief of the Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine at Gyeongsang National University Animal Medical Center. His clinical & research interests are with a focus on Small Animal Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Brain Disease such as GME & NME.

Dr. Jihjong Lee graduated from National Taiwan University in 1983. After mandatory military service, He was intrigued by cancer and was involved in cancer carcinogenesis research in the Department of Pathology in National Taiwan University Hospital. In 1987 he enrolled in the graduate program at the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Louisiana State University, and got his Master of Science degree in Veterinary Pathology in May 1990. After finishing his master’s, Dr. Lee moved to North Carolina State University and worked as a research associate involved in veterinary oncology, cancer diagnosis, and cancer clinical trials in the North Carolina Animal Cancer Treatment Program at College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University for five and a half years. In August 1996, he returned to Taiwan and became a clinical instructor in the Institute of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University. Dr. Lee continued clinical teaching and studied at National Taiwan University and got his Ph.D. in June 2011. Over the years, he has published several research articles on clinical cancer research. Dr. Lee serves as a clinical faculty of medical oncology in the teaching hospital. Since 2011, he established the animal cancer treatment center at NTUVH and has served as a director of ACTC. Dr. Lee’s main interests include small animal medical oncology, internal medicine, and clinical nutrition. In his leisure time, He enjoys traveling and photography.

Dr. Joseph Cyrus hails from southern India, Kerala where he received his Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry degree from the Kerala Agricultural University in 2007. He then pursed a Master of Veterinary Science in Veterinary Medicine from the Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, in 2009 with a Junior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. His research was gastro-esophageal disorders in dogs and cat. After about two years of specialty practice in Bangalore, India at Compassion Unlimited Plus Action Animal Hospital, he moved to pursue his Ph.D. and his specialty training (specialty internship and residency) in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the College of Veterinary and Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University. He was boarded with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2019. He worked as a small internist at VCA Alta Vista in Ottawa, Canada from 2018 to 2021. He intents to move to Edmonton, Canada to continue working as a small animal internist in the private practice setting and hopes to set up residency and continue small animal research with a focus in small animal gastroenterology.
Within the discipline of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cyrus has a special interest in gastroenterology, particularly the exocrine pancreas, and minimally invasive diagnostic procedures like endoscopy, after gastroenterology, he has a special interest in infectious diseases and also affections of the renal and urinary system.

Malaika Watanabe obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2001. She worked for a year as a demonstrator and research assistant at the parasitology laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM before furthering her studies. She joined the United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Yamaguchi University in 2003 and graduated with a PhD degree in small animal internal medicine in 2006. Following her PhD, she was appointed visiting professor at the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan. She then joined the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM in 2008. She was promoted to Associate Professor at the Department of Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM in 2012 where she is currently employed. She has over fifteen years of experience in small animal practice and is currently the head of unit of small animal medicine and consultant at the University Veterinary Hospital, UPM. Her research interest is canine and feline infectious diseases and she has pioneered molecular studies in vector-borne and parasitic diseases in Malaysia. She has been an invited speaker at various international and national conferences and seminars and is a founding member of the Tropical Council of Companion Animal Parasites (TroCCAP). She is currently actively involved in various collaborative research projects both nationally and internationally and has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals. She has also co-authored a book on cats.

Dr. Okuda received his veterinary degree from The University of Tokyo in 1994. He continued his research and clinical training of veterinary internal medicine as a graduate student at Graduate School of The University of Tokyo, and awarded Ph.D. in 1998. He engaged in a basic cancer research as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Cincinnati, USA for two years. He became a faculty of Yamaguchi University from 2000, and is working on Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University as Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Vice President of the faculty. He was also the former secretary of Asian Society of Veterinary Internal Medicine (AiSVIM) from 2007 to 2015 and is the Vice President of AiSVIM from 2015. He is interested in hematology, especially canine lymphoma.

Dr.Liu received her bachelor’s degree of veterinary medicine in China Agricultural University in 2008. During her undergraduate study, she developed a strong interest in small animal cardiology. In 2009 she went to the University of Edinburgh, UK and she did her PhD and post-doctoral there in canine mitral valve disease research. In 2016, she passed the MRCVS exams and qualified as a veterinary surgeon in the UK. From 2017-2019, she did a MVM program in cardiology at the University of Glasgow, where she gained advanced clinical training in small animal cardiology and also began to investigate novel biomarkers for feline cardiomyopathy. After finishing her MVM degree, she shortly worked at CVS Firstvets Bearsden in Glasgow city till late 2019. In 2020, she became a faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department, College of Animal Sciences and Technologies at Hainan University, China. Currently she is lecturing veterinary clinical courses for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. In the meantime, she is also active in training and supporting local veterinarians as well as giving lectures at national veterinary conferences in China. Her research interest is small animal cardiology, particularly in biomarker research for canine mitral valve disease and feline cardiomyopathy.

Dr. Sattasathuchana received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Kasetsart University, Thailand in 2006. She has become a lecturer at Kasetsart University Since 2007. In 2007, She also received a Certificate from Post Graduated Foundation in Veterinary Science, the University of Sydney, Australia in the topics of Internal Medicine: Keys To Understanding. She gained her Doctor of Philosophy degree at Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Texas A&M University, USA in 2014. She became a diplomate of Thai Board Veterinary Medicine (DTBVM) since 2017. She also has been awarded as a specialist appointed De Facto in internal medicine of the Asian college of Veterinary Internal Medicine (AiCVIM) and is a secretary of AiCVIM. She is currently appointed as an Assistant Professor at Kasetsart University. Her clinical practices and researches are feline medicine and gastroenterology in canine and feline medicine.

Dr. Endo received his veterinary bachelor from Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University in 1994 and the national license for veterinarian was issued by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan in the same year. He then proceeded to Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, and was awarded the Ph.D. degree based on the thesis entitled with “Studies on the pathophysiology and control of feline immunodeficiency virus infection”. After that, he worked as a visiting fellow at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, USA from 1998 to 2000. He then worked as an assistant professor at Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan. In 2002, he moved to Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan as a lecturer. In 2006, he was promoted to an associate professor. He also worked as the director of Kagoshima University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (KUVTH) from 2006 through 2008. He has been working as a professor in the Department Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (former Faculty of Agriculture), Kagoshima University since 2010. In addition, he has been working again as the director of KUVTH since 2016. Dr. Endo is seeing with approximately more than 600 new and recheck cases in the field of small animal internal medicine per year at KUVTH. He is also giving many lectures for graduate students, and continuing educations for domestic and international veterinarians.

Right after gaining his BVM degree from Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Dr. Yong-Wei Joey Hung passed National Board Exam in 1990. After a short practice in a private practice, he attended a one-year Intensive Post-graduate Training Program in the Animal Medical Center, New York in 1991. With great influence by Drs. Philip Fox, Si-Kuang Lu, and Robert Hamlin during his training in AMC, he then pursued his graduate study in veterinary physiology and pharmacology in the Ohio State University mentored by Dr. Hamlin. Referred by Dr. Hamlin, he then started his cardiology training in NC State University under the supervisions of Drs. Clarke Atkins and Bruce Keene after graduating from the OSU with a M.S. degree. Dr. Hung is also a board certified cardiologist by Asian College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (i.e. Diplomate, AiCVIM (Cardiology)).
After finishing his cardiology training, Dr. Hung started the first cardiology specialty practice in Taiwan. Knowing the importance of continuing education, he chartered Taiwan Academy of Veterinary Internal Medicine, now with more than 500 active members. Dr. Hung is also a well-known speaker in China, Malaysia, and other countries in Asia.
Despite his 6 days a week very busy practice as the only cardiologist in Taiwan, Dr. Hung still managed to spend time with his family. He is a proud son, father, and Husband. He likes to go biking when time permits.

Chie Saito Ishii is the Asia Pacific Veterinary Nutrition Manager at Royal Canin Japan,based in Tokyo.
In addition to her industry role, she serves as a part-time lecturer at Azabu University and other veterinary universities, and is actively engaged in clinical practice within the nutrition service at Azabu University.
Dr. Ishii graduated from Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University and gained experience in general clinical practice while building her career in the scientific division of a global pet food company. Since 2020, she has undertaken formal advanced training in the United States, where she completed a combined residency and Master’s program in veterinary clinical nutrition at the University of Florida. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Nutrition) and, as of 2026, is the only specialist in this field based in Asia.