I did not create Vet On Board to become another content creator. I created it because after more than two decades in veterinary life, I realized the profession had given me more than clinical experience. It had given me stories, scars, questions, lessons, and a way of seeing the world.
This is a publication built from the inside of veterinary medicine, not the outside. Every story passes through the lens of a clinician, an entrepreneur, and a person who has lived with animals as work and as life for twenty years.
Dr. Soheyl Simaei is a veterinarian, entrepreneur, educator, and founder with more than two decades of experience in clinical practice and veterinary business. He built and led veterinary ventures in Dubai before relocating to Europe.
He is now developing educational and media platforms from Lisbon, including Academia Europa (education), the Veterinary Accreditation Institute (a structured CPD platform for veterinary teams), and Veterinary Longevity (a scientific authority brand on healthspan in animals). Vet On Board is the most personal, public-facing of these projects — the editorial face of a body of work that spans clinical care, education, and scientific authority.
Most veterinary content is either commercial (hospitals advertising themselves), clinical (textbook-grade and inaccessible), or sentimental (cute pet stories without depth). Almost none of it captures what the work actually feels like — the weight of a decision, the silence of a waiting room at 8pm, the strange kinship between professionals across cities and cultures.
Vet On Board is built for that gap. It treats veterinary medicine as a serious editorial subject — worthy of long-form essays, cinematic storytelling, considered photography, and travel that tells us something about how the world actually lives with animals. The reference points are publications like Aeon, NYT Magazine, and The New Yorker, not pet-care websites.
I believe veterinary medicine is not only about treating animals. It is about understanding people.
I believe science becomes more powerful when it is explained through stories.
I believe veterinarians need more than clinical knowledge — they need resilience, identity, leadership, and meaning.
I believe travel teaches us how differently humans live with animals.
I believe the future of veterinary medicine belongs to those who combine knowledge, humanity, and curiosity.
A structured continuing-education platform for veterinary teams. Accredited courses, practice-grade assessments, and a CPD framework built by clinicians.
Visit VAI →A scientific authority brand on healthspan in animals. Citations, frameworks, and research-grounded thinking on adding healthy years to animal lives.
Visit veterinarylongevity.com →A European platform for advanced veterinary education and clinical leadership programs — building the next generation of practitioners and clinic leaders.
Visit Academia Europa →Vol. 01 begins in Lisbon — in clinics, on streets, in cafés, and in the rhythms of a life that follows a profession across borders.
Watch the Journey →