Joost is a European Veterinary Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia (DipECVAA), Researcher and owns a consultancy company.CLINICALHis clinical interests focus on total operative care, with emphesis on patient comfort and safety, optimizing high throughput in OR units, quality management and client satisfaction.He is dedicated to re-introduce, sustain and expand the use of combined regional & general anaesthesia techniques in veterinary practice.SPEAKERJoost is a highly sought after speaker and workshop instructor for continuing professional education in the Netherlands and abroad on veterinary anaesthesia and pain management. He is co-creator of the Dog and Cat Anaesthesia App.RESEARCHJoost’s research focusses on how the brain functions while building up the pain experience, which modulatory mechanisms the brain utilizes to control and cope with acute pain and how pain may become maladaptive. He expects that further elucidating these mechanisms will result in improved pain assessment, (conditio) sine qua non effective analgesic / pain modulation therapy strategies are developed in non verbal subjects.MENTORING / TEACHING When Joost was director of the ECVAA Residency programme at Utrecht University, he restructured the anaesthesia training programme and introduced goal directed anaesthesia as clinical and educational tool to train specialists, residents/students and veterinary nursus on their respective level.His educational interest are blended learning platforms followed up by face-to-face (peer) assessment and feedback. Skills lab and scenario based learning, including soft skills (closed loop communication, non-hierarchical feedback) concurrent with patient based learning have his keen interest as well. CONSULTANCYThrough his company Primum non Nocere, Joost offers consulting on veterinary Anaesthesia. Critical Care and Pain management.