About Training

KYON is committed to providing the best possible instructional and educational resources to our clients. We strongly recommend instructional training. KYON sponsors instructional courses to facilitate the introduction of KYON techniques into clinical practice.

While each course is slightly different, all KYON courses include: the theoretical basis for the procedure, practical exercises, live and/or video transmission of surgery, presentations from experienced surgeons, and a comprehensive kit of educational materials. We hold instructional courses throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. KYON courses offer a rotating international faculty of veterinary orthopedic opinion leaders from both major universities and private practice.

If you would like KYON to hold an instructional course at your university, please contact us.

Our commitment to education culminates, each year, with the KYON Symposium. We are continuously improving our products and refining our procedures. The annual KYON Symposium is a wonderful opportunity for KYON to share what’s new and for veterinary surgeons to pool experiences, share tricks and tips, reflect and review successful and adverse cases, and develop relationships with veterinary surgeons from all over the world.

“Great course by people who care.”

“Excellent, could not have been better, fantastic instructors”

“To date, this has been the most useful, hands on CE I have had the pleasure to be a part of. Keep up the good work!”

“Great program. One of the best continuing Ed meetings I have attended. The TTA meeting I attended 3 years ago was also very good.”

“I’m very pleased the course provided so much background, eg history, theory, biomechanics, development of TTA, rather than just a “how to” session.”

“Spectacular experience. Would definitely recommend it. Very pleasant speakers – fun!”

“You guys put on awesome program together, you can tell the love and pride that each member of your team has for the Kyon products. I am definitely a Kyon fan now. Thank you.”

“Very good ratio of instructor to student. No down time waiting for help. Can be talked through procedure step by step. Nice.”

“KYON is a great company that cares about helping solve problems we veterinarians face every day. I appreciate all you have done for our profession.”

KYON Events are made possible thanks to the contributions of numerous surgeons, whose presentations, course instruction, feedback, and counsel drive the evolution of all KYON procedures. Special thanks

• Randy Acker, DVM – Sun Valley Animal Center
• Dennis Aron, DVM, DACVS – Fido’s Surgeon
• Michael Bauer, DVM, DACVS – Colorado Canine Orthopedics & Rehab
• Scott Bertrand, DVM, DACVS – Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center
• Jeffrey Berzon, DVM, DACVS – Veterinary Specialists of CT
• Jason Bleedorn, DVM, DACVS, Clinical Assistant Professor – University of Wisconsin
• Peter Böttcher, DVM, DECVS – University of Copenhagen
• Robert Botte, DVM, DACVS – Mobile Veterinary Surgical Specialist
• Randy Boudrieau, DVM, DACVS, DECVS – Tufts University
• Kenneth Bruecker, DVM, MS, DACVS – Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group
• Laura Culbert, DVM, MS, DACVS – Northstar Vets
• Daniel Damur, DVM, DECVS – Tierklinik Masans
• Jacek DeHaan, DVM, DACVS – Affiliated Veterinary Specialists
• Terry Dew, DVM, DACVS – Azzore Veterinary Specialists
• Zelimir Dokic, DVM, DECVS – Chirurgische Überweisungspraxis
• Erick Egger, DVM, DACVS – Valley Emergency Pet Care
• Joseph Glennon, DVM, DACVS – Veterinary Specialties Referral Center LLC
• Sarah Goldsmid, BVSc, MVetClinStud, FACVSc – Animal Referral Hospital
• Tomas Guerrero, Dr. med. vet., DECVS – St. George’s University
• Michael Guilliard, MA, VetMB, Cert SAO, FRCVS – Mike Guilliard Orthopaedics Ltd.
• Peter Haase, DVM – CARE Animal Hospital
• Kent Harrington, KYON
• Ian Holsworth, BVSc, MANZCVS (Surgery), DACVS – VetSurg
• Joop Hopmans, DVM – Diergeneeskundig Centrum Hopmans
• Geoffrey Hutchinson, DVM, MS, DACVS – Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital
• Sune Jerre, DVM – Jennyhill Djurklinik
• Kiyoshi Kawase, DVM – Kawase Veterinary Hospital
• Stanley Kim, BVSc, MS, DACVS – University of Florida
• Nicolas Kipfer, Dr. med. vet. – Dr. N. Kipfer Kleintierchirurgie
• Daniel Koch, Dr. med. vet., DECVS – Daniel Koch Small Animal Surgery Referrals
• Michael Kowaleski, DVM, DACVS – Tufts University
• Otto Lanz, DVM, DACVS – Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
• Federico Latimer, DVM, MS, DACVS – Veterinary Surgical Center
• Mark Levy, DVM, DACVS – BluePearl Veterinary Partners
• Nicholas Marion, DVM, PhD – Riverview Veterinary Clinic
• R. Brian Martin, DVM, MS, DACVS – MedVet Indianapolis
• Robert Martin, DVM, DACVS – Southern Regional Veterinary Specialists
• Salvatore, Maugeri, DVM – Dott. Salvatore Maugeri Ortopedico Veterinario
• Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg, Dr. med. vet. – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• Nate Miller, DVM, DACVS – Colorado Canine Orthopedics & Rehab
• Pierre Montavon, Prof., Dr. med. vet., Head of Small Animal Surgery – University of Zurich
• Peter Muir, BVSc, MVetClinStud, PhD, MANZCVS, DACVS, DECVS – University of Wisconsin
• Turlough O’Neill, MVB, MVS, MACVSc, CertSAS, DECVS, MRCVS – North East Veterinary Referrals
• Junya Ogawa, DVM – Ogawa Animal Hospital
• Jeffrey Peck, DVM, DACVS – Affiliated Veterinary Specialists
• Bruno Peirone, DVM, PhD, Assoc. Prof. – University of Turin
• Ingo Pfeil, Dr. med. vet. – Tieraerztliche Klinik Preschnerheide
• Antonio Pozzi, DVM, MS, DACVS, Assistant Prof. – University of Florida
• Raymond Prata, DVM, DACVS – Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group
• Catherine Reese, DVM, DACVS – Animal Medical Center Emergency and Referral of New England
• Andrew Robinson, BVSc, CertVR, certSAO, CertVA, DECVS, FRCVS – Dovecote Veterinary Hospital
• Victor Saltzman, DVM – Happy Valley Animal Hospital
• Thomas Scavelli, DVM, DACVS – Garden State Veterinary Specialists
• Susan Schaefer, DVM, MS, DACVS – University of Wisconsin
• Christian Schwandt, Dr. med. vet., DECVS – Tierklinik Haar
• Jonathan Speelman, BSc, BVMS, MANZCVS, MRCVS, DACVS – Peace Avenue Veterinary Clinic
• Phil Stearns, KYON
• John Stephan, DVM, DACVS – Utah Veterinary Center
• Preston Stubbs, DVM, DACVS – Mile High Veterinary Surgical Specialists
• Guy Tarvin, DVM, DACVS – VCA Animal Specialty Group
• Slobodan Tepic, Dr. Sci., Dipl. Ing, KYON
• Kelley Thieman, DVM, DACVS – Texas A&M University
• Andrew Torrington, BVMS, CertSAO, CertAVP, MRCVS – Torrington Orthopaedics
• Claudio Venzin, Dr. med. vet, DECVS – University of Zürich
• Geert Verhoeven, Dr. med. vet, DECVS – Dierenkliniek Randstad
• Aldo Vezzoni, DVM, DECVS – Clinica Veterinaria Vezzoni
• Luca Vezzoni, DVM – Clinica Veterinaria Vezzoni
• Katja Voss, Dr. med. vet., DECVS – University of Sydney
• Frank Wagner, Dr. med. vet., DECVS – Tierklinik Norderstedt
• Urs Weber, DVM, DECVS – Tierärztliches Überweisungszentrum
• Joseph Weigel, DVM – University of Tennessee
• Kirk Wendelburg, DVM, DACVS – Animal Specialty Group
• John Wight, DVM – SurgeryVet
• Tsutomu Yamaguchi, DVM – Fabre Animal Medical Center