Given Name

Olivier

Middle Name

M.

Family Name

Lepage

Current Position

Professor,  

Head   Equine Health Centre

Organization

VetAgro   Sup,

Veterinary   campus of Lyon,

France

Nationality-Resident

Belgian

Major Interest

Noninvasive   assessment of equine bone and the effect of bisphosphonate on this tissue.   More recently he developed various equine models to assess regenerative   medicine. Clinical research is focused on wound healing therapy and on   guttural pouch disease 

Education

Qualified as a veterinarian at the University of   Liège (Belgium), he obtained a Master of Science from the University of   Montreal (Canada) and became Privat Dozent in 1998 from the University of   Bern (Switzerland).

Post-graduate Training

After   an Internship in equine medicine and a Residency in large animal surgery   (Montreal), he became ECVS Diplomate in 1994.

Professional Experience

Full   Professor in equine surgery he is, since 1998, Head of the Equine Health   Centre at VetAgro Sup, veterinary campus of Lyon (France). He served ESVOT as   Director and President and he is actively involved in ECVS. He is presently   Director for Partnerships and International Relations at VetAgro Sup.

Honors and Awards

Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium)

Teacher   of the year 1995 (Switzerland)

MERIAL   Innovation Award for Teaching (France) in 2001 and in 2003

More recent publications

1.    Monteiro SO, Bettencourt EV, Lepage   OM.  Biologic strategies for   intra-articular treatment and cartilage repair.  J Equine Vet Sc 2015, 35: 175-190.

2.    Maninchedda U, Lepage OM, Gangl M,   Hilairet S, Remandet B, Meot F, Penarier G, Segard E, Cortez P, Jorgensen C,   Steinberg R. Development of an equine groove model to induce   metacarpophalangeal osteoarthritis: A pilot study on 6 horses. PLoS ONE 2015,   10(2): e0115089. doi : 10.1371/ journal. pone.0115089.

3.    Lepage OM. Challenges associated with the   diagnosis and management of guttural pouch epistaxis in equids. Equine vet.   Educ. 2015, 28: 372-378. (doi: 10.1111/eve.12533)

4.    Maumus M,    Roussignol, G, Toupet K, Penarier G, Bentz I,  Teixeira S, Oustric D, Jung M, Lepage   O,   Steinberg R,   Jorgensen C,  Noel D. Utility of a mouse model of osteoarthritis   to demonstrate cartilage protection by IFNγ-primed equine mesenchymal stem   cells. Frontiers Immunology 2016; 7: 1-10 doi: 10.3389/fimmu. 2016.00392

5.    Jennings A, Lepage OM, Mair T, Sherlock C.   Surgical site infection after occlusion of the internal carotid artery with a   thrombectomy catheter: five cases. Equine Vet Education 2017   DOI:10.1111/eve.12746