Jens Häggström

Jens Häggström completed his veterinary training in 1990 and earned his doctorate in 1996. He was appointed Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Companion Animals in Uppsala in 2000 and was appointed Professor in the same discipline in 2003. He has been a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA) since 1998. He has authored and co-authored numerous original research articles in international peer-reviewed journals, as well as congress abstracts and textbook chapters. He has served as lead investigator for the SVEP, QUEST and EPIC trials, all of which investigated the effects of different drugs on myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs. He was also a panel member for the 2009 and 2019 ACVIM consensus statements on myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs and the 2020 ACVIM consensus statement on feline cardiomyopathy.