DrVilhelmiina Huuskonen

Vilhelmiina Huuskonen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVAA, EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.

Vilhelmiina Huuskonen is a board-certified veterinary anaesthesiologist. She completed her European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (ECVAA) residency at University College Dublin (UCD) and earned a PhD in veterinary pharmacology from Helsinki University, Finland.

She is currently an Associate Professor and Discipline Leader in Veterinary Anaesthesia at UCD School of Veterinary Medicine. At the UCD Veterinary Hospital, she oversees the anaesthesia department, ensuring safe and high-quality patient care. Her academic responsibilities include supervising DVMS students and ECVAA residents, teaching veterinary and veterinary nursing students, and contributing to several academic and institutional committees. She also provides anaesthesia services for Dublin Zoo as needed.

Her key interests include anaesthesia of critically ill patients (both large and small) and zoo and wildlife anaesthesia. An active member of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists (AVA) and ECVAA, she currently serves as Vice President of ECVAA.

Before pursuing veterinary medicine, Vilhelmiina worked in various roles, including proofreading books, making cotton candy at a circus, and cooking alongside Michelin-star chefs. She later followed her childhood dream, earning her veterinary degree in Budapest in 2004. After working in small animal practice in Finland, she completed a rotating small animal internship at Helsinki University and an emergency & critical care internship at Tufts University, USA.