Jean-Marie DENOIX
Professor, DVM, PhD, Founder ISELP, DECVSMR.

Academic Background

For more than forty years, Pr J-M Denoix has been interested in the biomechanics, diagnosis and management of equine lameness. After his PhD research on the biomechanics of the equine distal limb in 1987, he moved to the Veterinary School of Alfort in 1988 to become head of the Anatomy and Equine departments. He is the founder of CIRALE (Center of Imaging and Research on Equine Locomotor Affections) in Normandy, France in 1999, founder of ISELP (International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology) in 2006 and ALAPILE (latinoamerican counterpart) in 2012. In 2013 he became Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sport Medicine and Rehabilitation (ACVSMR) and is a founding Diplomate of the European College of the same speciality (ECVSMR). In 2018, he set up a rehabilitation unit at CIRALE where residents are trained.

Jean-Marie has been an invited speaker at many international meetings in more than 30 countries around the world. He has published many articles on diagnostic imaging and pathology of equine musculoskeletal conditions and wrote four books on the anatomy, biomechanics, exercise and rehabilitation of the equine locomotor system. In 2021, as a recognition of his career and achievements in the field of biomechanics and lameness in horses, he has been invited to present the ‘John Hickman Plenary lecture’ at the BEVA meeting and the State of the Art lecture (‘Milne Lecture’) at the AAEP convention. In his spare times, he breeds and trains racing Standardbred trotters.