Prof. HOBI Stefan

Stefan graduated from the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland in 2007. After two years as a veterinarian in dermatology, and a doctoral thesis about hypersensitivity disorders in cats, he completed a 15-month internship in a large small animal hospital in Switzerland. To bring his great passion closer, he then commenced a three-year residency in animal dermatology at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.

He has published in various international journals including the British Journal of Dermatology where he collaborated with human dermatologists reporting new clinical signs associated with Orthopox virus.

He has given presentations to students and veterinarians ranging from small audiences to large international audiences, including at the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in Vancouver, Canada.

For the past five years he has been working at the CityU Veterinary Medical Centre (former PAVC) in Hong Kong. He has numerous other roles including Committee member of the Asian College of Veterinary Dermatology, program co-chair of the ECVD-residents education day and tutor in the Distance Education Course in Veterinary Dermatology at the Centre for Veterinary Education, Sydney University in Australia.

Dr. Hobi has a research interest in the pathogenesis and treatment of allergic diseases of different animals, and he also has a great passion for infectious diseases, in particular staphylococci and malassezia subspecies, their resistance pattern and the transmission between humans and animals as part of the One Health concept. He would also like to gain more insights into some of the genodermatoses.

External Talks

Parasites In Dogs And Cats, 60 Minutes, Veterinary Students
Munich, Germany (24.05.2011)

Case Presentation, Work Up And Discussion, 90 Minutes,
Veterinary Students, Munich, Germany (08.06.2011)

Diagnostics In Veterinary Dermatology, 60 Minutes, Veterinary
Students, Munich Germany (21.06.2011)

Case Presentation And Discussion, 90 Minutes, Veterinary Students,
Munich, Germany (11.01.2011)

Clinical Picture In Dogs With Adverse Food Reaction, 20 Minutes,
General Practice Veterinarians, World Congress Veterinary
Dermatology Vancouver, Canada, Precongress Symposium (25.07.2012)

Case Presentation And Discussion, Food Allergy In A Dog, 30
Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (22.10.2012)

Case Presentations And Discussion, 9 Hours, General Practice
Veterinarians, ESAVS China Course, Shenzhen, China (28.11.12-02.12.2012)

Joint Scientific Symposium, Study Presentation, 15 Minutes,
General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (10.04.2013)

Intense Work Shop Dermatology, Leishmaniasis, 1 Hour,
General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (25.04.2013)

Emergency Cases In Dermatology, 1 Hour, Veterinary Interns,
Munich, Germany (28.06.2013)

Intense Work Shop Endocrinology, Otitis Externa, 45 Minutes,
General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (10.07.2013)

Sampling In Dermatology, Bavarian Federal Chamber Of
Veterinarians, 1 Hour, General Practice Veterinarians, Munich,
Germany (28.07.2013)

Adverse Food Reactions In The Dog, 1 Hour, Dog Breeders,
Augsburg, Germany (26.10.2013)

Intense Work Shop Dermatology, Dermatophytosis, 75
Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (15.01.2014)

Intense Work Shop Dermatology, Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus,
60 Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (16.01.2014)

Intense Work Shop Dermatology, Hepatocutaneous Syndrome, 45
Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (16.01.2014)

ECVD Congress, Invited Presentation Clinico-Pathological
Correlation, 20 Minutes, Veterinary Dermatologists, Salzburg, Austria (11.09.2014)

FECAVA Congress, Efficacy And Safety Of Rush Immunotherapy
With Alum-Precipitated Allergens In Canine Atopic Dermatitis, 15
Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians, Munich, Germany (07.11.2014)

Seminar For General Practice Veterinarians, Peace Avenue Veterinary
Clinic, Food Allergy In dogs, 45 Minutes, General Practice
Veterinarians, Hong Kong, China (26.05.2016)

ISVD Precongress-Day, Case Presentation Histopathology, 15
Minutes, Dermatologists/Histopathologists, World Congress of
Veterinary Dermatology, Bordeaux, France (31.05.2016-04.06.2016)

The Itchy Infected Skin, 2 Hours, General Practice Veterinarians, City
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (22.08.2017)

Otitis Externa In Dogs, 45 Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians,
Utrecht Vet Event, Utrecht, Netherlands (08.06.2018)

Feline Skin Diseases, 45 Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians,
Utrecht Vet Event, Utrecht, Netherlands (08.06.2018)

Canine Pyoderma, 45 Minutes, General Practice Veterinarians,
Utrecht Vet Event, Utrecht, Netherlands (08.06.2018)

Poster Presentations

Clinical features and causes of pruritus in cats: a multicenter study of
feline hypersensitivity dermatoses.
Poster presentation at the 24th ESVD/ECVD annual congress, 2010,
Florence, Italy.

Efficacy and safety of rush immunotherapy with alum- precipitated
allergens in canine atopic dermatitis.
Poster presentation at the 20th FECAVA annual congress, 2014,
Munich, Germany.

ESVD (European Society of Veterinary Dermatology)

ECVD (European College of Veterinary Dermatology)

AiCVD (Asian College of Veterinary Dermatology)

AiSVD (Asian Society of Veterinary Dermatology)

ISVD (International Society of Veterinary Dermatopathology)

VSB (Veterinary Surgeons Board of Hong Kong)

Program co-chair ECVD-residents education day (Since January 2018)

Online Teacher, Distance Education Course In Veterinary
Dermatology, Centre For Veterinary Education, Sydney University,
Sydney, Australia (Since January 2018)

Chair Examination Committee AiCVD (Since March 2019)