Prof Thomas Flegel graduated from Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany in 1992. After spending a few years in different university hospitals as well in small animal practices in Berlin, Thomas became a lecturer in small animal neurology at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of NC State University in Raleigh, USA. It was followed by a residency in veterinary neurology and neurosurgery at The Ohio State University. Since then, Thomas has been leading the Service for Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Department of Small Animal Medicine of the University of Leipzig in Germany. He is immediate past president of the European College of Veterinary Neurology.