José Prazeres has been a professor and researcher in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal, since 2008. He is a veterinarian who graduated from the Technical University of Lisbon, UTL, Portugal, in 1985 and completed a master’s degree in veterinary science in 2014 at Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal. His professional career as a veterinarian surgeon began at Macau Trotting Club/Macau Jockey Club in 1985-1990. Since then, he has been working as clinical director of Equine Private Hospital. He is the clinical director of the Equine Veterinary Teaching Hospital in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal. He was a founding member of the Portuguese Association of Equine Veterinarians (APMVE). For six years he was a board member of the Portuguese Veterinarian College (OMV), and since 2009 has been an FEI official veterinarian. He is involved in several projects in equine medicine.