Yvonne R.A. van Zeeland, DVM, MVR, PhD, DECZM (Avian, Small Mammal) was named the 2021 T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year. Dr. van Zeeland is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Zoological Medicine at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She earned her doctorate from Utrecht University in 2004, then completed an internship in companion animal medicine at Utrecht followed by a residency in avian medicine. Throughout her career, Yvonne has shown a special interest in parrot behavior, which led her to become a Tinley and International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC)-certified parrot behavior consultant. Yvonne’s research primarily focuses on feather-damaging behavior in grey parrots. After successfully defending her thesis in 2013, she obtained a PhD for these graduate studies.