Yves Rossier, DVM, is a professor of equine sports medicine and a researcher at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Montreal, the FEI Head Veterinarian in Canada, as well as serving as an FEI Veterinary Committee member and current chair of the EC Equine Medication Control Committee.
Yves, 61, has had an illustrious career which has seen him serve as Veterinary Clinic Team Leader at the 2012 Olympic Games, Foreign Veterinary Delegate for the 2014 World Equestrian Games and Veterinary Advisor at the 2018 WEG, and President of the Veterinary Commission for the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto. He has worked diligently behind the scenes making sure the equine athletes’ health and welfare is maintained and that veterinary standards and FEI regulations are upheld at Canadian venues including Spruce Meadows, The Royal Horse Show, and Bromont.
In 2008, the work that Yves and his team researched on how to perform ultrasound-guided injections of the sacroiliac (SI) region in horses was presented at the International Congress of World Equine Veterinary Association. The traditional techniques for injection of the SI region are based on unreliable external landmarks and are sometimes challenging. The group’s work on ultrasonographic guidance showed that needles could deliver medicine more accurately.