Dr. Erik Bergman graduated from the Veterinary Faculty of Ghent, Belgium, in 1996. Directly after graduation, he worked in the Department of Equine Reproduction and Obstetrics in Ghent, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. A. de Kruif. After working in Australia for a season as a theriogenologist, he moved his work to Lienden, The Netherlands. In 2000, Erik was one of the founding partners of Lingehoeve Diergeneeskunde, a mixed-referring hospital. In 2003, Erik became a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR).

Over the years, his interest switched towards equine orthopedics. He was the founder of equine scintigraphy in the Netherlands and, besides being a clinician, he became responsible for advanced diagnostic imaging. In 2006, he developed a technique to image the equine stifle using Contrast Computed Tomography (CT). In 2008, Erik was one of the first ISELP certified members (The International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology).

In 2010, Dr. Bergman became an associate member of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (LA-ECVDI). With this title, he teaches imaging residents. Erik was responsible for the diagnostics and orthopedic imaging of sport horses at multiple equine events, such as the World Equestrian Games in Caen in 2014, European Championships in 2015, Olympics: Rio de Janeiro (2016), Tokyo (2021) and Paris (2024).

In 2015, Erik was  co-founder of the Sporthorse Medical Diagnostic Centre (SMDC), which is a center of excellence for sport horses where a multidisciplinary team (qualified equine veterinarians (orthopedic-, internal medicine- and dental specialists), physiotherapists, and farriers) examine and treat (sport) horses daily.

Since 2021, Erik is vice-president of the ISELP and is responsible for lecturing different ISELP modules all over the world. In 2022, he was recognized as a Diplomate of the ECVSMR (equine sports medicine and rehabilitation) and completed his MBA program at Erasmus University of Rotterdam.

SMDC joined the Altano group in 2019, and Erik is actively involved in making this group a global veterinary equine corporate.