Dr Vincent Wavreille

DVM, MS, DACVS, DECVS, ACVS Fellow Surgical Oncology

Academic Degree in Microsurgery

ABVS® American Specialist in Veterinary Surgery

Français, Anglais

Spécialité

Présentation

Le Dr Wavreille a obtenu son diplôme vétérinaire à l’Université de Liège (Belgique) en 2006 puis a parfait ses formations et expériences de manière internationale. Il reçoit les animaux de compagnies qui lui sont référés par d’autres praticiens, pour des examens et interventions chirurgicales spécialisés.

Parcours de formation

  • Diplôme vétérinaire à l’Université de Liège (Belgique) – 2006
  • Internat rotatif à l’Université de Liège (Belgique) et un internat en chirurgie à Fitzpatrick Referrals (Royaume-Uni)
  • Diplôme universitaire en microchirurgie (France) en 2011
  • Master en sciences au département des sciences cliniques de l’Université de l’état d’Ohio en 2014
  • Fellowship d’un an en oncologie chirurgicale à l’université de Floride.
Parcours professionnel
  • Professeur adjoint en oncologie chirurgicale à l’université d’Ohio de 2015 à 2020
  • Clinicien sénior du service de chirurgie l’Université de Zurich de octobre 2020 à décembre 2021
  • Chirurgien spécialiste chez Vetspecialistes depuis janvier 2022.

Ses principaux centres d’intérêt sont : 

  • Les procédures oncologiques invasives (résection tumorale menant à des procédures reconstructives complexes, chirurgies maxillo-faciales…), 
  • Les maladies neuroendocriniennes chirurgicales (tumeurs des glandes surrénales, tumeurs de la thyroïde…)
  • Les procédures de préservation des membres ainsi que les nouvelles techniques/approches chirurgicales du cancer.

Ses activités principales au sein de Vetspecialistes: 

  • Consultation, suivi et chirurgie oncologique en collaboration avec le service de médecine oncologique 
  • Consultation, suivi et chirurgie de tissus mous.
  • Consultation, suivi et chirurgie orthopédique.

Affiliations

  • American College of Veterinary surgeons (ACVS)
  • European College of Veterinary surgeons (ECVS)
  • Membre du comité ACVS Fellowship Surgical Oncology (Chair 2022)
  • Membre de la Société Vétérinaire d’Oncologie Chirurgicale (VSSO)

Publications

Fontes GS, Wavreille V, Lapsley JM, Cooper ES, Guillaumin J, Selmic LE. Thromboelastographic results and hypercoagulability in dogs with surgically treated hepatocellular adenoma and carcinoma: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology prospective study. Vet Comp Oncol. 2023 Jul 27. doi: 10.1111/vco.12924. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37496435.

Aarnes TK, Dent BT, Lakritz J, KuKanich B, Wavreille V, Lerche P, Ricco Pereira CH, Bednarski RM.
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intramuscular dexmedetomidine in dogs.
Am J Vet Res. 2023 Feb 7;84(4):ajvr.22.10.0184. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.22.10.0184. Print 2023 Apr 1.PMID: 36729900

Selmic LE, Chen CL, Lapsley J, Yaxley P, Brown M, Wavreille V, Tremolada G
Retrospective Study Evaluating Surgical Treatment and Outcome in Dogs with Septic Peritonitis Secondary to Neoplasia. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2023 Mar 1;59(2):85-94. doi: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-7306.PMID: 36853919

Dornbusch JA, Selmic LE, Sadowitz PM, Coleman M, Bednarski L, Skock B, McLoughlin M, Howard J, Wavreille V. Veterinary student urethral catheterization of small female cats and dogs using 2 urethral catheterization techniques. Can Vet J. 2022 Nov;63(11):1147-1152. PMID: 36325414; PMCID: PMC9558597.

Lapsley JM, Wavreille V, Barry S, Dornbusch JA, Chen C, Leeper H, Bertran J, Scavelli D, Liptak JM, Wood C, Shamir S, Rosenbaum C, Montinaro V, Wustefeld-Janssens B, Sterman A, Chik C, Singh A, Collins J, Selmic LE. Risk factors and outcome in dogs with recurrent massive hepatocellular carcinoma: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology case-control study. Vet Comp Oncol. 2022 Sep;20(3):697-709. doi: 10.1111/vco.12824. Epub 2022 May 15. PMID: 35488436; PMCID: PMC9546275.

Coleman M, Cook MR, Pool RR, Wavreille VA, Brown M, Selmic LE. Invasive Tendon Sheath Fibrosarcoma Causing Radial Osteolysis in a Golden Retriever. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2021 Nov 1;57(6):285-289. doi: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-7085. PMID: 34606584.

Samuels SK, Cook MR, Green E, Jennings R, Pool RR, Wavreille VA, Kisseberth WC, Selmic LE. Case Report: Metastatic Parosteal Osteosarcoma in a Dog. Front Vet Sci. 2021 Aug 24;8:715908. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.715908. PMID: 34504888; PMCID: PMC8421772.

Coleman MJ, Selmic LE, Samuelson JP, Jennings R, Huang PC, McLaughlin EM, Wavreille VA, Dornbusch JA, Lapsley J, Howard J, Cheng E, Kalamaras A, Hearon K, Cray M, Grimes J, Wustefeld-Janssens B, Kennedy K, Skinner O, Amsellem P, Boppart SA. Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography for surgical margin assessment of feline injection-site sarcoma. Vet Comp Oncol. 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1111/vco.12766. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34427379.

M, Selmic LE, Kindra C, Abrams B, Story A, Hovis K, Wustefeld-Janssens B, Park K, Grimes JA, Oblak M, Chen C, Casale S, Rollins A, Kennedy K, Wilson J, Culp WTN, Wavreille VA. Analysis of risk factors associated with complications following mandibulectomy and maxillectomy in dogs. Cray J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2021 Aug 1;259(3):265-274. doi: 10.2460/javma.259.3.265.PMID: 34242072

 Parry M, Selmic LE, Lumbrezer-Johnson S, Lapsley J, Wavreille VA, Hostnik E. Computed tomographic characteristics of cavitary pulmonary adenocarcinoma in 3 dogs and 2 cats.Can Vet J. 2021 Jul;62(7):719-724.PMID: 34219780

Chen CL, Cook MR, Brown ME, Lumbrezer-Johnson S, Hostnik ET, Lapsley JM, Lerche P, Wavreille VA, Menendez MI, Knopp MV, Linn SC, Premanandan C, Selmic LE. Case Report: Use of PET/CT to Guide Treatment in a Cat With Presentation Consistent With Hodgkin’s-Like Lymphoma. Front Vet Sci. 2021 Apr 29;8:619264. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.619264. PMID: 33996958; PMCID: PMC8116528.

 Dornbusch JA, Selmic LE, Huang PC, Samuelson JP, McLaughlin EM, Wavreille VA, Ogden JA, Abrams B, Kalamaras A, Green E, Hostnik ET, Every L, Fuerst JA, Jennings R, Premanandan C, Lorbach JN, Linn SC, Alex A, Sorrells JE, Yang L, Boppart SA Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography for assessing surgical margins of canine soft tissue sarcomas in observers of different specialties. Vet Surg. 2021 Jan;50(1):111-120.

Abrams BE, Putterman AB, Ruple A, Wavreille V, Selmic LE. Variability in tumor margin reporting for soft tissue sarcoma and cutaneous mast cell tumors in dogs: A systematic review. Vet Surg. 2021 Feb;50(2):259-272

Dornbusch JA, Selmic LE, Huang PC, Samuelson JP, Cocca C, Wavreille VA, Boppart SA. Optical coherence tomography imaging of excised canine apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma tumours. Vet Comp Oncol. 2020;10.1111/vco.12633. 

 Gasparini, M.K., Selmic, L.E., Cook, M., Brown, M. and Wavreille, V.A. (2020), Abscessation associated with an intramuscular haemangiosarcoma in a dog. Vet Rec Case Rep, 8:e000982. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2019-000982

Ogden JA, Selmic LE, Liptak JM, Oblak ML, Culp WTN, de Mello Souza CH, Grimes JA, Traverson M, Cray M, Abrams BE, Wavreille VA. Outcomes associated with vaginectomy and vulvovaginectomy in 21 dogs. Vet Surg. 2020;10.1111/vsu.13466.

Dornbusch JA, Cocca C, Jennings R, Samuelson J, Vieson M, Huang PC, Boppart SA, Wavreille VA, Selmic LE. The feasibility and utility of optical coherence tomography directed histopathology for surgical margin assessment of canine mast cell tumours. Vet Comp Oncol. 2020 Sep 20. doi: 10.1111/vco.12654

Fabelo C, Selmic LE, Huang PC, Samuelson JP, Reagan JK, Kalamaras A, Wavreille V, Monroy GL, Marjanovic M, Boppart SA. Evaluating optical coherence tomography for surgical margin assessment of canine mammary tumours, 2020 Jun 20]. Vet Comp Oncol. 2020;10.1111/vco.12632. doi:10.1111/vco.12632

Story AL, Wavreille V, Abrams B, Egan A, Cray M, Selmic LE. Outcomes of 43 small breed dogs treated for splenic hemangiosarcoma [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 20]. Vet Surg. 2020;10.1111/vsu.13470. doi:10.1111/vsu.13470

Salyer SA, Wavreille VA, Fenger JM, Jennings RN, Selmic LE. Evaluation of microwave ablation for local treatment of dogs with distal radial osteosarcoma: A pilot study [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 22]. Vet Surg. 2020;10.1111/vsu.13491. doi:10.1111/vsu.13491

Kalamaras AB, Wavreille V, Jones SC, Litsky AS, Selmic L. Impact of microwave ablation treatment on the biomechanical properties of the distal radius in the dog: A cadaveric study [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 24]. Vet Surg. 2020;10.1111/vsu.13481. doi:10.1111/vsu.13481

Dornbusch JA, Wavreille VA, Dent B, Fuerst JA, Green EM, Selmic LE. Percutaneous microwave ablation of solitary presumptive pulmonary metastases in two dogs with appendicular osteosarcoma [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 10]. Vet Surg. 2020;10.1111/vsu.13469.

Dornbusch, J.A., Selmic, L.E., Salyer, S.A., Howard, J. and Wavreille, V.A. (2020), Presumptive pyometra leading to a diagnosis of uterine neoplasia in two queens. Vet Rec Case Rep, 8: e000965. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2019-000965

Tryon E, Kalamaras A, Yang C, Wavreille V, Selmic L. Duodenal Duplication Cyst Masquerading as a Pancreatic Abscess in a Cat. Accepted, Vet Rec, March 2020.

Boston SE, van Stee LL, Bacon NJ, Szentimrey D, Kirby BM, van Nimwegen S, Wavreille VA. Outcomes of eight cats with oral neoplasia treated with radical mandibulectomy. Vet Surg. 2020;49(1):222-232.

Jerrems O, de Mello Souza CH, Wavreille V, Davids BI. Case Report: Spontaneous mural gallbladder hematoma in a dog. Can Vet J. 2020 Jan;61(1):35-38.

Abrams BE, Wavreille VA, Hettlich BF, Selmic LE. Corrective osteotomy and partial tarsal arthrodesis in two greyhounds with calcaneal malunion. Vet Surg. 2020 Dec;49(8):1600-1608.

Oramas A, Boston S, Wavreille V. The outcome for feline non-hypersecretory thyroid carcinoma after thyroidectomy. Can Vet J. 2020;61(7):719-723.

Abrams BE, Selmic LE, Howard J, Horvath SJ, Bednarski L, McLoughlin MA, Wavreille VA. Randomized controlled trial to evaluate a novel two-catheter technique for urethral catheterization in anesthetized healthy female cats and small dogs. Am J Vet Res. 2020;81(5):448-452. doi:10.2460/ajvr.81.5.448

Abrams, B, Wavreille, VA,  Husbands, BD, et al.  Perioperative complications and outcome after surgery for treatment of gastric carcinoma in dogs: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology retrospective study of 40 cases (2004–2018). Vet Surg. 2019 Aug;48(6):923-932. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13239. Epub 2019 May 29.

Abrams B, Selmic L, Wavreille V: Segmental Mandibulectomy as a Novel Adjunct Management Strategy for the Treatment of an Advanced Cholesteatoma in a Dog. Can Vet J. 2019 Sep;60(9):995-1000.

Souza CM, Boston SE, Bacon N, Wavreille V, Skinner Owen: Ventral mandibulectomy for removal of oral tumors in dogs: Surgical technique and results in 19 cases. Vet Comp Oncol. 2019 Sep;17(3):271-275. doi: 10.1111/vco.12472. Epub 2019 Jul 1.

Dent B, Bednarski R, Wavreille V, Lerche P, Ricco Pereira C, Lakritz J, Kukanich B, AarnesT. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic effects of oral transmucosal and intravenous dexmedetomidine in dogs. Am J Vet Res. 2019 Oct;80(10):969-975. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.80.10.969.

 Dent B, Wavreille V, Selmic L: A novel technique for ventral orbital stabilization: the temporalis fascia transposition flap. Description of the technique and report in one dog. Vet Surg. 2019 Aug;48(6):1058-1063. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13162. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Bertran, J., Martinez, M., Breit, M., McLoughlin, M. A., Ham, K. L., Warry, E. and Wavreille, V., Laryngeal chondronecrosis after radiation therapy in a dog. J Small Anim Pract. 2018 Dec;59(12):783-787. doi: 10.1111/jsap.12783. Epub 2017 Nov 30.

Wavreille V, S. E. Boston, C. Souza, K. Ham, G. Chanoit, D. Rossetti, J. Takacs, and R. Milner. Outcome after Pneumonectomy in 17 Dogs and 10 Cats: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology Case Series. Vet Surg. 2016 Aug;45(6):782-9. doi: 10.1111/vsu.12517. Epub 2016 Jul 11

Bertran J, Wavreille V, Ham KL, McLoughlin MA, Adin CA. Suture-Free Ureterovesical Anastomosis Using a Microvascular Anastomosis System: Canine Cadaveric Study. Vet Surg. 2015;44(6):731-6.

Wavreille V, Fitzpatrick N, Drost WT, Russell D, Allen MJ. Correlation between histopathologic, arthroscopic, and magnetic resonance imaging findings in dogs with medial coronoid disease. Vet Surg. 2015;44(4):501-10.

Wavreille V, Adin CA, Arango J, Ham KL, Byron JK, McLoughlin MA. Suture-free technique for canine ureteral resection-anastomosis using a microvascular anastomotic system: a cadaveric study. Vet Surg. 2015;44(1):17-22.

Vincenti S, Aeschlimann L, Brunner A, Vidondo B, Wavreille V, Bicanova L, Soto S. Combined cross-sectional and tangential margin evaluation of different tumor types in dogs and cats. Front Vet Sci. 2025 Oct 20;12:1629994. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1629994. PMID: 41190165; PMCID: PMC12580621.

Sayag D, Jacques D, Thierry F, Castell Y, Aumann M, Gauthier O, Wavreille V, Tselikas L. Combination of CT-Guided Microwave Ablation and Cementoplasty as a Minimally Invasive Limb-Sparing Approach in a Dog with Appendicular Osteosarcoma. Animals (Basel). 2023 Dec 9;13(24):3804. doi: 10.3390/ani13243804. PMID: 38136841; PMCID: PMC10740973.

Conférences

ECVS Congress 2023, Cracow, Poland
Oral presentation: Feline mammary tumours
Round Table: Tumour margins – do they really matter?
What is possible, what is ethical?

ESVONC Congress 2023, Alicante, Spain
Oral presentations: Lymph nodes mapping (vets program)
Insulinomas (vets program)
Liver tumors (vets program)
The Journey of soft tissue sarcoma (nurses program)
The wonders of chest wall reconstruction – is a flail chest a fail? (nurses program)

ACVS Webinar (enseignement en ligne). Minimally invasive limb sparing techniques. Janvier 2021

Salyer S, Wavreille V, Fenger J, Jennings R, Selmic LE. Clinical Evaluation of Microwave Ablation Therapy in Dogs with Distal Radius Osteosarcoma. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2019, Las Vegas

Kalamaras A, Wavreille V, Jones S, Selmic LE. Impact of microwave ablation treatment on the biomechanical properties of the distal dog radius: a cadaveric study. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2019, Las Vegas

Cray M, Selmic LE, Kinda C, Abrams BE, Story A, Hovis K, Wustefeld-Janssens B, Park K, Grimes J, Oblak M, Chen C, Casale S, Rollins A, Kennedy K, Culp W, Wavreille V. Analysis of risk factors associated with common complications following mandibulectomy and maxillectomy procedures in dogs. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2019, Las Vegas

Story A, Wavreille V, Abrams B, Cray M, Egan A, Selmic LE. Outcome and prognostic factors in small breed dogs diagnosed with splenic hemangiosarcoma. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2019, Las Vegas

Abrams B, Wavreille V, McLoughlin M, Howard J, Selmic LE. Evaluation of a Novel Technique for Urethral Catheterization in Healthy Anesthetized Female Cats and Small Breed Dogs. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2019, Las Vegas

Abrams B, Putterman AB, Ruple A, Wavreille V, Selmic LE. Variability in Tumor Margin Reporting for Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumors in Dogs: a Systematic Review. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2019, Las Vegas

Ogden J, Selmic LE, Oblak M, Grimes J, de Souza C, Traverson M, Culp W, Liptak J, Wavreille V. Outcomes and complications associated with vaginectomy and vulvovaginectomy in 21 dogs. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2019, Las Vegas

Sarah E Boston, Lucinda L van Stee, Nicholas J Bacon, David Szentimrey, Barbara M Kirby, Sebastiaan van Nimwegen, Vincent A Wavreille: Outcome After Radical Mandibulectomy for the Treatment of Oral Neoplasia in Eight Cats. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2018, Phoenix 

Wavreille V, Boston SE, Souza C, Ham K, Chanoit G, Rossetti D, Takacs J, Milner R. « Outcome after pneumonectomy in 17 dogs and 10 cats: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology Retrospective Study. » Présentation au congrès VSSO, Napa, CA, February 2016.

Bertran J, Wavreille V, Ham K, McLoughlin M, Adin C: Suture-free Technique for Ureteroneocystotomy using a Microvascular Anastomosis System: A Canine Cadaveric Study. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2015, Nashville, TN.

Wavreille V, Adin C, Arango J, Ham K, Byron J, and McLoughlin M: Suture-free Technique of Canine Ureteral Resection-anastomosis With a Microvascular Anastomotic Coupler System. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2014, San Diego, CA.

Wavreille V Adin C, Arango J, Ham K, Byron J, and McLoughlin M: Suture-free Technique of Canine Ureteral Resection-anastomosis With a Microvascular Anastomotic Coupler System. Poster présenté à la journée Advances in Veterinary Medicine Research 2014, Columbus, Ohio. 

Wavreille V, Fitzpatrick N, Russel D, Drost T, and Allen M: Correlation Between Histopathology, Arthroscopic and MRI Findings in Medial Coronoid Disease in Dogs.

  • Présenté au congrès VOS 2013
  • Présenté au congrès ECVS 2013

Nikolaou C, Fitzpatrick N, Isaza Saldarriaga JF, Correa Velez S, Wavreille V,

Ash K, Ochoa JJ: The effect of configuration and radiographic positioning on Measurements of deformity Magnitude in a dog with a complex antebrachial growth deformity: comparison between Radiographic and 3D Computer modeling measurements. Présentation au congrès VOS 2011.

Fitzpatrick N, Nikolaou C, Ochoa JJ, Isaza Saldarriaga JF, Correa Velez S, Ash K, Wavreille V, Szanto Z: True spherical dome osteotomy using a novel blade design in a dog with an antebrachial growth deformity – Planning and Execution of Technique. Présentation au congrès VOS 2011.

Fitzpatrick N, Caron A, Wavreille V: Bi-oblique dynamic proximal ulnar osteotomy: surgical technique, computed tomographic assessment of radio-ulnar congruency over 12 weeks and clinical outcome in 87 dogs. Présentation au congrès ACVS 2011.

Fitzpatrick N, Wavreille V and Nikolaou C: True spherical dome osteotomy for acute correction of sagittal and frontal joint axes in dogs with angular and rotational antebrachial deformities (13 limbs), Présentation au congrès ECVS 2010.

Fitzpatrick N, Ash Kr, Wavreille V, Buttin P, Yeadon R and Hamilton M: Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis using two perpendicularly oriented plates for the treatment of tibial fractures in cats, Présentation au congrès World Veterinary Orthopaedic 20100.

Séminaire Virbac, Avril 2025, Grand-Saconnex, « Thérapie chirurgicale du mastocytome ».

Formation VetCoop, Mars 2025, Nyon, « Main dans la main vers une réussite chirurgicale ! ». Presentation orale: Les principes de chirurgie oncologiqueVetPro Akademia, International Oncology Congress, Mars 2025, Varsovie, Pologne »Master Class »: Chirurgie thoracique.

Presentations orales: Chirurgie du foie et des voies biliaires et chirurgie des glandes surrénales