Prof Gunther van Loon​
DVM, PhD, dipECEIM

Gunther van Loon graduated from Ghent University, Belgium, in 1992 and has worked at Ghent University, Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine, ever since. In 2001 he finished his PhD on “Atrial pacing and experimental atrial fibrillation in equines”. In 2004 he became ECEIM Diplomate and in 2011 Associate Member of ECVDI. In 2015 he received the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) award for ‘Clinical Research’ (Liverpool, UK) and in addition the Merial Applied Equine Research Award for outstanding research regarding ‘Advances in Equine Cardiology’, awarded by the WEVA. Gunther van Loon is Professor in Large Animal Internal Medicine at Ghent University and is head of the Equine Internal Medicine Department and the Equine Cardioteam. He is past-President of the Belgian Equine Practitioners Society (BEPS).
Gunther has a bit ‘pain at heart’ as he sold his old Yamaha XS 1100 many years ago. However, the ride with Derek’s bike during Horsepower visit at Ghent University had a very positive effect on him.