Welcome to the European College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.
Founded in 2014,our mission is to promote and develop the young and dynamic specialty of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (ECC) throughout Europe. This includes maintaining a list of European Specialists in Veterinary ECC and overseeing post-graduate training programmes.
The college is run by an Executive Committee
Latest News
20/04/2023: ECC Clinician position at Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists, Hampshire, UK is being advertised on the Employment page
19/04/2023: Residency Position in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, Nantes, France is being advertised on the Employment page
08/04/2023: Medivet, Lausanne, Switzerland are advertising for an ECC Specialist on the Employment page
20/03/23 Animal Referral Centre, Auckland, New Zealand are advertising for an ECC Specialist on the Employment page
07/03/23: The Ralph Veterinary Referral Centre and Dick White Referrals, both based within the UK, advertising residency positions on the Employment page
11/11/22: Animal Referral Hospital (ARH) are advertising ECC specialist positions on the Employment page
7/11/22: Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor in Emergency and Critical Care position at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, USA is being advertised on the Employment page
31/10/22: The 2022 Policies and Procedures can be found here
18/10/22: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Emergency and Critical Care positions at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine are being advertised on the Employment page
04/10/22: Consultant in Emergency and Critical Care position at Dick White Referrals, Cambridge/ Newmarket, U.K is being advertised on the Employment page
04/09/22: Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH) are advertising Criticalist positions at 3 of their hospitals in Australia. Please see the Employment page for further information.
19/08/22: University of Pennsylvania (Penn Vet), USA, are advertising a Faculty Position (Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Academic Clinician) on the Employment page
5/08/22: Lumbry Park in the UK, are advertising 2 ECC intern positions. Please see the Employment page for further information.
15/7/22: Job opportunities at Sydney Veterinary Emergency and Specialists and Perth Veterinary Specialists are being advertised on the Employment page
6/6/22: Boarded or Board Eligible Emergency and Critical Care Specialist, Stockholm Sweden position is being advertised on the Employment page
6/6/22: Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care -University College Dublin, Ireland is being advertised on the Employment page
6/6/22: Clinician in Emergency and Critical Care - Langford Vets, University of Bristol, U.K is being advertised on the Employment page
4/5/22: Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Specialist (Criticalist) at PetICU, Queensland, Australia is being advertised on the Employment page
25/4/22: Specialist in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care position in Sydney, NSW, Australia is being advertised on the Employment page
06/04/22: Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Residency position at CENTRE HOSPITALIER VÉTÉRINAIRE FREGIS, Arcueil (Paris) – France. Further information is found on the Employment page
20/03/222: Small Animal residency position at University of Liège, Belgium. Further information is found on the Employment page
20/03/22: As Dr. Daniel Chan has announced his intention to step down in his role as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care after almost 12 years of service, the VECCS Board of Directors appointed a committee to make the recommendation for a replacement. This committee consists of VECCS, ACVECC and ECVECC members and we are opening the search for anyone who is interested in this role. Further details are found on the Employment page
23/02/22: Residency position in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, Nantes, France. Further information is found on the Employment page
14/02/2022 - Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH), Australia -are advertising for ECC specialists on the Employment page
22/12/2021 - Animal Referral Hospital, Sydney, Australia and Animal Referral Centre, Auckland, New Zealand are both advertising for an ECC specialist on the Employment page
14/12/2021 - ECC Residency and internship positions at Vets Now, UK are advertised on the Employment page
27/10/2021 - A number of veterinary positions based in Australia and New Zealand (ECC specialist, Internal medicine specialist, ER vet and hospital director roles) are now advertised on the Employment page
8/10/2021 Vets-Now Hospital in Glasgow are advertising for an ECC Specialist (or residency-trained clinician) on the Employment page
28/09/2021 University of Edinburgh are advertising ECC residency positions on the Employment page
05/07/2021 Massey University are advertising a Senior Lecturer in ECC position on the Employment page
05/07/2021City University of Hong Kong are advertising for an ER Veterinarian and ECC specialist on the Employment page
08/03/2021 An ECC Residency at CHV-Fregis (Paris) has been advertised on the Employment page
26/02/2021 An ECC Residency and internships at University of Liège have been advertised on the Employment page
15/01/2021 Happy New Year! Vetsuisse Faculty in Bern, Switzerland are advertising a position for an ECC specialist
21/12/2020 City University Veterinary Medical Centre Hong Kong are advertising a position for an Emergency Veterinarian
16/12/2020 SASH (Sydney, Australia) are advertising a position for a board certified or board eligible candidate
26/11/2020 Ocean State Veterinary Specialists, East Greenwich, Rhode Island are advertising a diplomate position and an ECC residency
05/10/2020 A residency opportunity at R(D)SVS (University of Edinburgh) has been published.
11/06/2020 A job opportunity at Bern University has been posted
01/05/2020 A job opportunity (PhD/clinical) at Liège has been posted
03/12/2019 Details of a course for April 2020 in Biostatistics and Epidemiology for EBM at Alfort have been added to our Related Meetings page
20/06/2019 New 2019 Constitution and Policies & Procedures documents have been added to the site
16/01/2018 Updated Fees and Deadlines Page
04/05/2017 Updated Fees and Deadlines Page
21/06/2016 Updated Membership Application page
14/11/2015 Diplomate List updated
22/02/2015 Our Logo