Rick F Sanchez
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Rick is a Lecturer in Veterinary Ophthalmology at the Royal Veterinary College. He is currently leading the new Ophthalmology service at the QMHA. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Veterinary Ophthalmology Journal and an active member of the ECVO as Chair of the Communication Committee.
Biography
Rick became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (DipECVO) in 2007. He is a Spanish national although he pursued most of his education in the United States and the United Kingdom. He 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 commenced his specialty training in the United States and later moved to the EU where he attended the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) to obtain his European veterinary qualification in 2002. Since then, Rick obtained his RCVS certificate in ophthalmology (UK) and completed his residency training at the University of Glasgow and the Eye Veterinary Clinic, in Herefordshire, England. Once he completed the exams for the Diploma of the ECVO in 2007 Rick joined a private practice in England where he headed the ophthalmology service from 2006 until 2011. He then joined the Royal Veterinary College of the University of London as a Lecturer to lead the new Ophthalmology Service at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA).
Research
He has active research interest in diseases and surgery of the cornea, as well as cataract surgery and the clinical managment of glaucoma in all species.
Clinical
He is interested in all clinical surgical and medical aspects of veterinary ophthalmology with a special interest in corneal and lens surgery.