Veterinary Anaesthesia School for Veterinary Technicians, Nurses and Veterinarians

Olivia d'Anselme is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (since 2024). She graduated from the École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA) in France and trained in Argentina, Singapore, England, and Switzerland, completing a residency at the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Zurich. Her clinical focus is large animal anaesthesia, particularly anaesthesia protocols and locoregional techniques in cattle. She is multilingual in Spanish, French, English, and German.

Isabelle Iff has been a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia since 2006 and is a recognized European specialist. With additional training in animal acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, osteopathy, and Chinese herbal therapy, she combines conventional anaesthesia with complementary medicine. She works as a senior clinical anaesthetist at the Bern Veterinary Hospital and runs her own company.

Marta Kantyka is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. She graduated from Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Poland) in 2011, completed an anaesthesia internship at the University of Pennsylvania, and a residency at the University of Zurich. Her primary interests are intensive care and critical care anaesthesia.

Moriz Klonner is a board-certified veterinary anaesthetist who completed his residency at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. He has worked in both university settings and large referral clinics, gaining extensive clinical and academic experience. His main research interests are endotracheal intubation and loco-regional anaesthesia, with several publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is passionate about education and lectures nationally and internationally.

Peter Kronen is the founder of VAS-International and founder and director of VASTA, the only internationally operating executive school for veterinarians and nurses in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia. Trained at the Universities of Pisa, Munich, Harvard, Cornell, and UC Davis, he served as head of service at the University of Berne before founding VAS-International. In 2023, he was rated 3rd in Entrepreneur Mirror's global innovative entrepreneurial rating.

Vincent Marolf has been a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia since 2015. He trained at the Universities of Bern and Liège, where he completed a PhD on dexmedetomidine in canine ultrasound-guided locoregional anaesthesia. Since 2017 he has been at Medi-Vet SA in Lausanne, leading anaesthesia services and the French-speaking VASTA school, and recently founded the Medi-Vet SA Research Institute.

Dr. Kyriaki Pavlidou (Kelly) is a veterinary anaesthesiologist and intensive care specialist based in Thessaloniki, Greece, with over 15 years of clinical, academic, and research experience in small animal anaesthesia, analgesia, and intensive care. She holds a PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MSc in Medical Research Methodology. She heads the Anaesthesia & ICU at Plakentia Veterinary Clinic and has taught in VASTA courses since 2023.

Elisabeth Ranninger is a board-certified veterinary anaesthetist and Senior Clinician in Anesthesiology at the University of Zurich. She graduated from Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio in Madrid and completed an anaesthesia internship at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by an ECVAA residency at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich. Her clinical and research interests include locoregional anaesthesia in small animals, perioperative pain management, and refinement of anaesthetic techniques.

Prof. Ioannis Savvas is Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where he earned his DVM and Doctoral Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia. He has trained at Cornell University, the Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, and Ghent University. His research focuses on gastro-oesophageal reflux during anaesthesia, perioperative analgesia, shock, and pulmonary atelectasis. He also runs the Pain Service at the school's Companion Animal Clinic.

Barbara Steblaj is a board-certified veterinary anaesthetist with extensive international experience across Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean. Her clinical expertise centres on the perioperative management of high-risk patients, and her research focuses on the role of microcirculation in anaesthesia and disease. She holds the Harvard BOK Higher Education Teaching Certificate and is deeply engaged in teaching veterinary students and technicians.

Gunter Wiese is an experienced veterinarian with more than 30 years of expertise in large animal, equine, and companion animal practice. Certified in Veterinary Chiropractic (IVCA), he combines clinical practice, practice ownership, and vocational education with a strong commitment to evidence-based patient care and mentoring future veterinary professionals.