Speaker bio page for Marianne Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan
Marianne Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECEIM, Spec. KNMvD Equine Internal Medicine
Bio
Prof. Marianne M. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan graduated in 1982 cum laude at Utrecht University. She obtained her PhD in 1990 on the thesis "Heart rate and blood lactate in exercising horses". In 1982-1983 she worked part-time in a general practice and part-time at the Department of Large Animal Medicine, Utrecht University.
Between 1995 and 2005 she was head of the Equine Internal Medicine Clinic. Between 2002 and 2008 she was president and past-president of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine and now she is a honorary member of this college.
Presently she is president of the Board of Animal Arbitrage of the Netherlands, chair of the Laryngeal Hemiplegia Committee of the Royal Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN), Veterinary Advisor of the Dutch National Equestrian Federation (KNHS) and vice-president of the Netherlands Equine Veterinary Association.
In 2013 Marianne Sloet became professor of equine internal medicine at Utrecht University in the Department of Equine Sciences. Her main interests are equine exercise physiology, equine dermatology, forensic medicine and equine emerging diseases.
