Description
Tissue banking is a relatively new area in veterinary medicine but is founded on ethical donor programmes and high quality tissue processing to provide tissue grafts for veterinary surgeons. Tissue banks also assist in the delivery of regenerative medicine solutions such as stem cell therapies. This webinar will discuss the whole process of tissue banking, from donation through to clinical use of grafts, such that vets and vet nurses can feel informed when discussing the subject with clients and colleagues.
John Innes qualified from University of Liverpool in 1991. He was at the University of Bristol Veterinary School for 10 years where he completed his surgery training in small animal orthopaedics, becoming a recognised specialist of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2001. During his time in Bristol, John spent three years studying for a PhD in canine osteoarthritis at the Rheumatology Unit of the Bristol Medical School and this was awarded in 1997. In 2001, at the age of 33, he was appointed professor of small animal surgery at University of Liverpool and he was head of the Small Animal Division from 2001-2009. John has published over 60 peer-reviewed research papers and won research awards in excess of £2.5 million. Clinical interests include all areas of small animal orthopaedics. In 2009, Professor Innes co-founded Veterinary Tissue Bank (www.vtbank.org), Europe’s first veterinary tissue transplant supplier.