Dr. Paul Mandigers is a European Veterinary Specialist in Neurology. After obtaining his veterinary diploma with distinction (1992), he undertook residencies in neurology and internal medicine, and both residencies were successfully completed in 1996. After passing the exam of the ECVN (European College of Veterinary Neurology) (Bern-CH, 1996) he started, after a short stay in Zimbabwe, studying for his PhD. During this time, he also worked as a veterinary specialist in companion animal practice. As of 2010, he combined private practice with his work at the university clinic. He became head/coordinator of neurology as a clinical associate professor and supervised several residencies in veterinary neurology. His research topics mainly include genetics, epilepsy, the classification and treatment of epilepsy, movement disorders, degenerative myelopathies, and infectious diseases of the nervous system. He is currently an associate professor at the Expertise Center of Genetics of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Utrecht University), which he combined with his clinical work as a specialist in veterinary neurology.