Professor Stefan HOBI

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Biography

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.

Research

Prof. 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.

Selected Publication

• Role of the environment in the development of canine atopic dermatitis in Labrador and golden retrievers.
  Meury S, Molitor V, Doherr MG, Roosje P, Leeb T, Hobi S, Wilhelm S, Favrot C. Vet Dermatol. 2011 Aug;22(4):327-34.


• Clinical characteristics and causes of pruritus in cats: a multicentre study on feline hypersensitivity-associated dermatoses.
  Hobi S, Linek M, Marignac G, Olivry T, Beco L, Nett C, Fontaine J, Roosje P, Bergvall K, Belova S, Koebrich S, Pin D, Kovalik M, Meury S, Wilhelm S, Favrot C. Vet Dermatol. 2011 Oct;22(5):406-13.


• Establishment of diagnostic criteria for feline nonflea-induced hypersensitivity dermatitis.
  Favrot C, Steffan J, Seewald W, Hobi S, Linek M, Marignac G, Olivry T, Beco L, Nett C, Fontaine J, Roosje P, Bergvall K, Belova S, Koebrich S, Pin D, Kovalik M, Meury S, Wilhelm S. Vet Dermatol. 2012 Feb;23(1):45-50.


• Adverse food reactions in dogs and cats, clinical signs
  Hobi S CanadianVet; Vol 7; No 5; Sept/Oct 2012.


• Efficacy and safety of rush immunotherapy with alum-precipitated allergens in canine atopic dermatitis.
  Hobi S, Mueller RS. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere. 2014;42(3):167-73.


• Neurogenic inflammation and colliquative lymphadenitis with persistant orthopox virus DNA detection in a human case of cowpox virus infection transmitted by a domestic cat.
  Hobi S, Mueller RS, Hill M, Nitsche A, Loscher T, Guggemos W, Stander S, Rjosk-Dendorfer D, Wollenberg A. Br J Dermatol. 2015 Aug;173(2):535-9.


• Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis infection in a dog from Germany with multifocal alopecia, exfoliative dermatitis, hypercalcaemia and subsequent sebaceous atrophy.
  Hobi S, Bettenay S, Mueller RS, Majzoub M, Moser I. Vet Rec Case Rep2015; 3.


• The effects of a topical lipid complex therapy on dogs with atopic dermatitis: a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
  Hobi S, Klinger C, Classen J, Mueller RS. Vet Dermatol. 2017 Feb 20.


• Vitamin D shows in vivo efficacy in a placebo-controlled, double-blinded, randomised clinical trial on canine atopic dermatitis.
  Klinger CJ1, Hobi S, Johansen C1, Koch HJ2, Weber K1, Mueller RS1. Vet Rec. 2018.


• Successful management of feline pemphigus foliaceus with pentoxifylline and topical hydrocortisone aceponate.
  Hobi S, Beatty JA, Sandy JR, Barrs VR.
  Veterinary Medicine and Science. 2022 Feb 25.


• Malassezia: Zoonotic Implications, Parallels and Differences in Colonization and Disease in Humans and Animals.
  Hobi S, Cafarchia C, Romano V, Barrs VR.
  Journal of Fungi. 2022 Jul 4;8(7):708.


• Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome: much more than a surgical problem.
  Mitze S, Barrs VR, Beatty JA, Hobi S, Beczkowski PM.
  Veterinary Quarterly. 2022 Dec 2;42(1):213-23.

Book Chapters

• Advances in Veterinary Dermatology, Volume 7, Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology, Vancouver, Canada, July 24-28, 2012, Work Shop Report: Challenges in Otitis

Other Roles

• Member administrative and education committee of the WAVD (representative for AiCVD)


• Vice President AiCVD (representative for AiCVD)


• Chair Examination Committee AiCVD


• Organization ECVD resident's day


• Tutor, Distance Education Course in Veterinary Dermatology,Centre for Veterinary Education, Sydney University

Award

• ECVD Resident Award 2022