Dr. LeCouteur received his Veterinary degree from the University of Sydney, Australia, in January 1975. After a year in private small animal practice in Sydney, Australia, he completed an Internship and Residency in Surgery at the University of Guelph in Canada (July 1976 to June 1978). Dr. LeCouteur then completed a Residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of California, Davis (July 1978 to June 1980). From July 1980 through January 1984, Dr. LeCouteur completed a PhD in Comparative Pathology at the University of California in Davis. The area of study was Spinal Cord Injury. 
From January 1984 through August 1989, Dr. LeCouteur was a faculty member at Colorado State University. In September 1989 Dr. LeCouteur returned to Sydney, Australia, to establish a Specialty Practice in Neurology and Neurosurgery. In January 1995 he returned to the USA to assume the position of Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of California at Davis. Dr. LeCouteur is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology), and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology. He currently is Chair of the Board of Regents of the ACVIM and a Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of California – Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.