Vladimír Jekl graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (VETUNI Brno) in Brno, Czech Republic (2002). He received his Ph.D. doctorate in exotic companion mammals in 2006. He practises exclusively medicine for exotic animals and has been an EBVS® European recognised specialist in zoological medicine (Small mammal medicine and surgery) since 2009. In 2016, he was awarded the title of associate professor at VETUNI Brno, where he now works in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy. Since 2017, he has been co-owner of Jekl & Hauptman Veterinary Clinic - Focused on Exotic Companion Mammals, a clinic that specialises exclusively in exotic companion mammals. He has lectured extensively in Europe and some in the USA and Asia, has published more than 450 articles in regional and international journals and books, including chapters in the BSAVA manuals; Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th ed.; Practical Veterinary Dental Radiography; BSAVA Manual of Rodents and ferrets; BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Surgery, Dentistry and Imaging and he is editor of the VCNA Exotic Animal Practise issues – Respiratory Medicine and Reproductive Medicine. He is one of the main tutors for the EVDS course on small mammal dentistry, Exotic Pets – Small Mammal: Diagnostic Imaging and Medicine, and the ESAVS Clinical Case Management Exotic Pets Medicine. His current areas of specialisation are dental disease, internal medicine, diagnostic imaging, and soft tissue surgery in small mammals.