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Companion Animal Ocular Surgery
Module 7 - Enhance your skills in companion animal ocular surgery, focusing on advanced diagnostic work-up, surgical techniques, and perioperative care to effectively manage ocular disorders in dogs and cats.
This course is a part of
Companion Animal OPHTHALMOLOGY - Advanced course - Module 7
The purpose of this course is to extend the student’s knowledge, skills and competences within the approach to, assessment and management of the companion animal ocular patient in need of surgery.
The course will extend the students assessment and management of companion animal ophthalmic patients in need of surgery and plan the perioperative management of the patient including special anesthesia and analgesia requirements, as well as pre- and post-surgical treatment.
For more details about the course, please refer to the course curriculum.
Read more about the specialisation tracks and the Master's programme on the main page:
Course Directors on Companion Animal Ocular Surgery
Annemarie Thuri KristensenProfessor |
Michala de Linde HenriksenDVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVO |
Course details on Companion Animal Ocular Surgery
Dates and examination
Course dates 2026
9 -13 November 2026
Course dates 2028
13 - 17 November 2028
The course is available every second year.
Examination
Please find dates and details about the exam in the exam schedule.
Learning outcomes
Having completed the course, the student must be able to:
Knowledge
- Understand the etiology, pathophysiology and clinical appearance of ocular disorders in companion animal patients with focus on surgical intervention.
- Understand the influence of surgical ocular disorders in companion animal patients on the selection of correct surgical approach.
- Use and continue to develop common and typical surgical techniques in the treatment of ocular disease in companion animal patients with focus on saving vision versus acute symptom relief.
- Explain, reflect about, and discuss a problem oriented and evidence based work-up and treatment plan for companion animal patients with surgical ocular disease.
- Define and identify relevant anatomical structures.
Skills
- Perform atraumatic microsurgical techniques in particular with regards to tissue handling and minimal invasive diagnostics in regard to companion animal ocular disorders including entropion, third eyelid prolapse (‘cherry eye’), distichiae, corneal ulceration/corneal perforation, and intraocular foreign body.
- Evaluate, plan and perform reconstructive surgery used for breeds with eyelid diseases as entropion.
- Assess companion animal ocular patients perioperatively with focus on treatment effect, complications and prognosis, including adjuvant therapy.
Competences
- Evaluate, plan and manage a diagnostic work-up for a companion animal patient with an ocular disease in need of surgical intervention.
- Plan advanced therapy/procedure for companion animal ocular patients with focus on saving vision versus acute comfort relieve.
- Independently obtain, evaluate and elaborate on evidence based new knowledge within companion animal ocular surgery.
- Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist and non-specialist peers and lay persons involved in companion animal surgical ocular patient management.
Admission criteria
You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course:
- Hold a degree in Veterinary Medicine.
- Hold one of the following certifications:
- DVA Certificate in Small Animal Diseases (equivalent to the 4 compulsory courses of the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science).
- Swedish / Norwegian / Finnish specialist in diseases of dogs and cats.
- Equivalent competences.
- Have a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience from companion animal practice.
- Be proficient in English.
Find detailed information about the formal requirements for this course.
Read more about admission on the main page of Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science.
Tuition fees
EU/EEA citizens*
Single course student: 36,500 DKK
Master student: 33,000 DKK
Non-EU/EEA citizens
Single course student: 40,740 DKK
Master student: 37,240 DKK
Tuition fees include course materials and lunch/coffee. Books are not included in the tuition fees and must be purchased by the participants.
*Citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland is entitled to a subsidised tuition fee, due to EU legislation, hence the difference in price.
Location
University of Copenhagen
University Hospital for Companion Animals
Dyrlægevej 16
1958 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Contact
Christine Gulstad
Study Administration Officer
Tel.: +45 35 32 12 73
Annemarie Thuri Kristensen
Professor
DVM, PhD, DACVIM-SA, ECVIM-CA and Oncology
Professor Annemarie T. Kristensen is the Study director at Master Companion Animal Clinical Sciences as well as lecturer at the compulsory part of the Masters programme and at the Internal Medicine, Surgery and Oncology specialisation tracks.
Clinical and research interests: Clinical and comparative veterinary research, especially diagnostic, pathogenetic, and therapeutic aspects of hemostasis, thrombosis, inflammation and cancer.
Post doctoral research associate at The Platelet Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota.
Worked for six years with research within hemostasis, thrombosis, angiogenesis and atherosclerosis at Novo Nordisk A/S. In 2000 recruited as Associate Professor in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Studies, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen. Since 2007 full professor Companion Animal Clinical Oncology. Since 2004, Section Head, Medicine, Oncology and Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Dept. of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Director ECVIM- internal medicine and oncology residency programmes. Study director, Master Companion Animal Clinical Sciences and Vice chair Danish Research Council for Technology and Production.
Michala de Linde Henriksen
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVO
Dr. de Linde Henriksen is a veterinary ophthalmologist from Colorado State University (CSU). She has an extensive publication list (see below) and is a highly experienced speaker with in the area of veterinary ophthalmology.
Background
Dr. de Linde Henriksen is originally from Denmark where she received her DVM degree in 2005 from University of Copenhagen. Her comparative ophthalmology residency was performed at University of Florida and her PhD in equine ophthalmology is from University of Copenhagen/University of Florida. Dr. Henriksen has worked as an assistant professor in comparative ophthalmology at CSU since July 2017. She came to CSU from University of Minnesota where she worked as a clinical assistant professor in comparative ophthalmology for four years (2013-2017).
Dr. Henriksen loves mountain hiking with her French bulldog ‘Frieda’ and her chocolate Labrador ‘Alma’ in her spare time.