Ophthalmology
Rick F. Sanchez BSciBiol DVM CertVOphthal DipECVO MRCVS
European Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology
Rick joined the ophthalmology department at NKR Veterinary Specialists in 2006 and became Head of the Ophthalmology Department in 2009.
Rick is a Spanish national who pursued most of his education in the United States and United Kingdom. He first obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Biology in St Thomas Aquinas College in New York, and a DVM in 1999 after attending Ross and Louisiana State Universities. He then commenced his ophthalmology training in the United States and shortly after joined the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), where he obtained his European veterinary qualification in 2002.
Since then Rick has obtained his RCVS certificate in ophthalmology (UK), and completed his residency training at the University of Glasgow and the Eye Veterinary Clinic in Herefordshire; he became a veterinary ophthalmic specialist when he passed his specialty exams in 2007 and was handed his Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in the official ceremony held in 2008. He has also recently become a member of the Editorial Board for Veterinary Ophthalmology Journal.
Rick’s areas of personal interest are corneal and cataract surgery, and also teaching and lecturing, which he does at national and international meetings. Some of his work also includes publications in canine keratoconjunctivitis sicca, the effects of commonly used sedatives on tear production and the surgical reconstruction of eyelid tissues. Ongoing work includes a review and study of the combination of surgical and medical treatment of KCS related corneal disease in dogs and a study on iridociliary epithelial tumours in cats.
Canine keratoconjunctivitis sicca: disease trends in a review of 229 cases
Sanchez R. F., Innocent J, Mould J, Billson M - Journal of Small Animal Practice 2007;48(4):211-217
Effects of medetomidine and medetomidine-butorphanol combination on Schirmer tear test 1 readings in dogs
Sanchez, R. F., Mellor D, Mould J - Veterinary Ophthalmology 2006,9(1):33-37
Contributions to Books
Sanchez, R.F., Eyelid Reconstruction In: Kirpensteijn, J., Ter Haar, G., (Eds), Companion Animal Cosmetic Surgery. Manson Publishing Ltd, London, UK, 2010
Speaker for the Royal Dutch Veterinary Association for Small Animal Practicioners Meeting Champery, Switzerland, February 1st – Feb 6th 2009
Speaker at the Ophthalmic Surgery for the Advanced Surgeon Meeting Tuttinglen, Germany 12-13th December, 2008
Speaker at the Basic Ophthalmology Course for Private Practitioners, part I Odense, Denmark, 14th December, 2008
Speaker at the Northern Greece Veterinary Association Meeting. Ophthalmology day Thessaloniki, Greece,May 12th, 2008
Speaker for the Royal Dutch Veterinary Association for Small Animal Practicioners Meeting Champery, Switzerland, January 6th – Feb 1st, 2008
Speaker at the Chronic Diseases Seminar for the veterinary practitioner. Ophthalmology section: Chronic diseases of the eye Ashfdord International Hotel, Ashford Kent, England, UK November 6th 2007
Speaker at the Chronic Diseases Seminar for the veterinary practitioner. Ophthalmology section: Chronic diseases of the eye Holiday Inn Express, Greenwich Peninsula, London, England, UK September 25th 2007
Speaker at the Northern Greece Veterinary Association Meeting. Ophthalmology day Thessaloniki, Greece, December 2nd, 2006
Speaker at the Chronic Diseases Seminar for the veterinary practitioner. Ophthalmology section: Chronic diseases of the eye Cumbernauld, Scotland, UK November 2004 Tutor for the Ophthalmic Surgical Skills for General Practice Course Glasgow University, Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK June 2004
Speaker at the Basic Ophthalmology Course for General Practice Glasgow University, Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK April 2004
Tutor for the Ophthalmic Surgical Skills for General Practice Course Glasgow University, Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK December 2003
Tutor at the Equine Medicine and Surgery Meeting at the University of Glasgow’s Weipers Centre for Equine Welfare, in association with the Veterinary British Equine Association Glasgow Unversity, Glasgow, Scotland, UK March 2003
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