OUR EDUCATION LEADERS

Qualifications: DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS, ACVS Founding Fellow MIS (thoracoscopy/laparoscopy)

Biography:

Dr. Boel Fransson, DVM, PhD, DACVS, is a Professor of Small Animal Surgery at Washington State University (WSU). She earned her DVM (1992) and PhD (2003) from Uppsala University, completed a Small Animal Surgery residency at WSU (2003), and became an ACVS Diplomate the same year. A founding ACVS Fellow in Minimally Invasive Surgery (2017), she co-edits Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy (2015, 2021) and has authored over 80 scientific publications. Dr. Fransson developed the Veterinary Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (VALS) program and specializes in minimally invasive, oncologic, reconstructive, vascular, thoracic surgery, and supraspinatus tendinopathy. Her research focuses on laparoscopic skills training, minimally invasive surgery, and systemic inflammatory response in canine pyometra.