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Associate Prof. Dr. Olivier Levionnois

Dipl. ECVAA, PhD

DKV

Phone
+41 31 684 22 87
E-Mail
olivier.levionnois@unibe.ch
Postal Address
Vetsuisse Fakulty
Universität Bern
Departement für klinische Veterinärmedizin
Klinische Anästhesiologie
Postfach
3001 Bern

Employments:

Since 2021                Assoc. Prof.
                                  Anaesthesia Section, Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2017-2021                 Senior Lecturer (Dozent)
                                  Anaesthesia Section, Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2013-2016                Clinical Instructor, Lecturer and Research Assistant (Oberassistant)
                                  Anaesthesia Section, Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2012                          PostDoctoral Research Collaborator (financed by the Swiss National
                                  Fonds for research grant)
                                  Pharmacology department
                                  Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway.
2008-2011                 Clinical Instructor, Lecturer and Research Assistant (Oberassistant)
                                  Anaesthesia Section, Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2006-2007                 Veterinary Assistant
                                  Anaesthesia Section, Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2002-2005                 Resident for the ECVAA
                                  Anaesthesia Section, Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2001-2002                 Internship
                                  Equine hospital
                                  Veterinary University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.
2000-2001                 Internship
                                  Private equine referral practice
                                  Clinique du Lys, Dammary-les-lys, France

Promotions:

2021                          Associate Professor in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia,
                                  University of Bern, Switzerland
2016                          Habilitation/Privatdozent  (Venia docendi) in Veterinary
                                  Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy
                                  "Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic investigation of spinal
                                  antinociception and its modulation during general anaesthesia
                                  in domestic large animals"
                                  Anaesthesia Section, Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2011                          PhD (Doctoral degree philosophiae doctor)
                                  "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of ketamine as an
                                  analgesic for rational intravenous infusion in ponies"
                                  Graduate School of Cellular and Biomedical Sciences
                                  University of Bern, Switzerland
2007                          Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia
                                  and Analgesia (ECVAA)
2006                          Dissertation (Doktor der Veterinär-Medizin)
                                  "Use of opioids for horse analgesia with particular interest on
                                  epidural administration"
                                  Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern, Switzerland
2003                          Thèse (Doctorat en médecine vétérinaire)
                                  "La morphine au coeur de l’analgésie équine: les voies intra-
                                  articulaires et épidurales"
                                  École Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes (ONIRIS), France

Graduation:

2001                         Graduation of Veterinary studies
                                 École Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes (France)

  • Pharmacokinetics of analgesics
  • Antinociceptive effects of analgesics, mainly by the use of the nociceptive withdrawal reflex model
  • General anaesthesia in horses
  • Target-controlled infusion for anaesthetics in dogs
  • Monitoring Depth of Anaesthesia, EEG
  • Ethics of analgesia in food animals
  • Perianaesthetic pulmonary ventilation (dogs, horses)