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Prof Stephen Divers

BVetMed DipECZM (Zoo Health Management) BSc DipECZM (Herpetology) DipACZM DZooMed FRCVS
Stephen Divers
  • Location: USA
  • Year of Fellowship: 2010
  • Route to Fellowship: By thesis

Field of work

Veterinary schools

Areas of special interest

  • reptile, amphibian, avian, fish and exotic mammals
  • endoscopy and endosurgery
  • zoological surgery

Areas of support

  • Collaborative research
  • Innovation in professional practice
  • International issues
  • One Health Agenda
  • Promoting knowledge and best practice

Professional positions

  • Professor of Zoological Medicine, University of Georgia
  • Consultant (clinical, free-ranging wildlife, legal), ZooPsych Inc.
  • Telemedicine consultant, IDEXX
  • Scientific editor of the Journal of Herpetological Medicine & Surgery
  • Associate editor for the Journal of Zoo & Wildlife Medicine

Biography

Stephen Divers graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London, and holds the RCVS Certificate and Diploma in zoological medicine. He is a recognized specialist and Fellow of the RCVS, and is also a Diplomate of both the American and European Colleges of Zoological Medicine.

Dr Divers has lectured at over 80 national or international conferences across the Americas, Europe and Australasia, and provided practical training and workshops in more than 12 countries. He has twice received the Best Speaker Award at the North American Veterinary (VMX) Conference and the International Conference on Exotics, and was voted “Exotic DVM of the Year” in 2006.

Stephen heads the Zoological Medicine Service and supervises the zoological residency program at the University of Georgia, USA.

He has over 150 publications to his name comprising various editorships, book chapters, and scientific journal papers, including Mader’s Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery; BSAVA Manual of Reptiles; Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents Clinical Medicine and Surgery; Current Therapy in Avian Medicine and Surgery; Clinical Guide to Fish Medicine; and various issues of Veterinary Clinics of North America Exotic Pet Medicine.

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