van Erck E.

Dr. Emmanuelle van Erck graduated in 1996 from the French Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort. She obtained a PhD on respiratory function testing in horses at the University of Liège (Belgium). After working two years at the equine clinic at the veterinary school of Lyon (France), she returned to the Equine Sports Medicine Centre in Liège in 2000. She specialized in the investigation of performance and poor performance in equine athletes of all disciplines, from racing Thouroughbreds to elite endurance horses. From 2006, she contributed to developing the equine sports medicine unit in the CIRALE in Normandy (France) where she consulted as senior clinician. 
Emmanuelle was appointed « de facto » diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) in 2008. She is author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and regularly lectures at international conferences. 
In January 2010, she developed her own ambulatory referral practice in equine internal and sports medicine, based in Belgium. She is preparing the French national show jumping team for the next London Olympics.