Michiel Kraijer graduated from the University of Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2000.

He worked for a year in small animal practice in the Netherlands, before becoming FAB Resident at the Feline Clinic of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh.  His interest in feline medicine developed when he was a student and was stimulated while seeing practice in three feline-only small animal hospitals in the United States.  In 1998 Michiel set up a foundation with the aim of increasing interest in feline medicine among Dutch vets.  The foundation still organises yearly symposia about advances in feline medicine.  Michiel is currently in the second year of his residency and is enrolled in the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons certificate exam, which he is hoping to pass this year.