Professor Derek Knottenbelt
OBE, BVM&S, BVM&S, DVM&S, DIPECEIM, DACVIM, MRCVS
​PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Derek qualified from Edinburgh University in 1970. 

Derek's expertise in equine internal medicine is recognised internationally. He is a Diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine and of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and held a personal chair at the University of Liverpool until his "retirement" in 2010. He was then a consultant professor at the University of Glasgow and currently runs Equine Medical Solutions (www.sarcoid.co.uk). He has published a plethora of journal articles and something crazy like 12 textbooks. He received the Animal Health Trust Scientific Award in 2003, the BEVA Blue Cross Welfare Award in 2004, and received an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2005 for his services to Equine Medicine.
 
Derek founded Vets with Horsepower in 2009 and the first trip took place in 2010. The first year he had ridden a total of 500 miles before we left on tour, and a week later had increased his total mileage by 1000 miles. As Josh describes Derek, he is a "force of nature" and is tireless in his efforts to support equine welfare.

His topics of interest as a speaker include a wide range of equine medicine topics, with a special interest in dermatology and wounds, oncology, ophthalmology and neurology including headshakers but the list certainly is not limited to this!

Derek also gets the prize for the best Horsepower induced radiograph...followed shortly by ankle surgery after a bike landed on top of him in South Africa.

Derek rides a black BMW R1200RT