Jürg Bolliger graduated in 1992 from the Veterinary School in Zürich. He worked in private practice and pursued post-graduate training in veterinary ophthalmology at the European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies. From 1994 until 1997 he was enrolled in the residency program in veterinary ophthalmology under the leadership of Prof. Bernhard Spiess DipACVO-ECVO at the university of Zürich. 1996 he completed the basic science course in veterinary ophthalmology at the university of Florida. In 1998 he successfully passed the certifying examination of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmology (ECVO). He presently practices veterinary ophthalmology in a small animal clinic in Switzerland.