Speakers

Alan is a Partner of the St David’s Poultry Team Ltd based in Exeter. This is a National Practice with bases in the UK and Ireland. Alan has focussed his veterinary career within the game bird sector for the last fourteen years. His approach is very holistic with attention to controlling disease through improved management rather than solely focussing on treatment strategies.

Alasdair Hotston Moore is Head of Referral Surgery at Bath Veterinary Referrals.

He qualified from Cambridge in 1990. Following graduation, he joined Bristol Vet School, first as Intern in Small Animal Medicine and subsequently as CSTF Resident in Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery. He was Lecturer and latterly Senior Clinical Fellow in Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery at Langford from 1997 until leaving in 2009.

Alasdair accepts cases in all areas of Soft Tissue Surgery. He speaks on his subject area nationally and internationally and has published widely in academic and professional journals.

Alison graduated from Writtle College in 2005 with a BSc (hons) in Equine Science and qualified as a small animal VN in 2009 whilst working in mixed practice in Bristol. In 2010 she moved to Langford Vets to work as a surgical nurse. During this time she has achieved the Dip AVN (small animal). For a few years she worked as a clinical teaching nurse for the University of Bristol, teaching practicals and lectures to undergraduate VNs in the Veterinary Nursing and Bioveterinary degree course. She moved back into clinical nursing in 2018, returning to the theatre team, becoming Head Theatre Nurse in 2019.

Alison is an RCVS and European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, having gained the ECVS Diploma in Small Animal Surgery in 2005. She works part time in private referral practice for Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists near Winchester, Hampshire and spends the rest of her time as a CPD Lecturer. She is Associate Editor for JSAP and secretary for AVSTS, both of which are voluntary roles.

Alix qualified from the University of Glasgow in 2002 and then spent two years in small animal practice in south Wales. After finishing a rotating internship at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket she returned to the Vet School in Glasgow in 2005 to do a residency in Internal Medicine. She obtained her RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Medicine in 2007 and her European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2011. She also has a Masters in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Glasgow for her work in hearing testing in companion animals. She has worked as a referral clinician in both Internal Medicine and Oncology and joined the University of Glasgow Internal medicine service as a clinician/teacher in 2013. She enjoys all aspects of internal medicine and in particular the investigation of swallowing disorders and kidney diseases.

Amy qualified in 2008 and after a brief spell in referral nursing, she returned to a head nurse/ clinical team leader role in a busy first opinion practice in Bristol. She is currently a Lecturer in Veterinary Practice (Anaesthesia), at Bristol University, Langford. She enjoys all aspects of nursing, but has a special interest in anaesthesia and analgesia, having completed the NCert(A&CC), followed by the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Veterinary Nursing through the Royal Veterinary College. Amy Is currently in the final year studying towards the Masters Degree in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia through Edinburgh University.

An graduated from the University of Ghent (Belgium) in 2004. In 2005 she obtained a certificate (CEAV) in small animal internal medicine in France. After a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the National Veterinary School of Alfort in France, An returned to the University of Ghent to complete a residency in veterinary neurology. Finally, she joined the QVSH in 2009 and successfully passed the examination for the diploma of the College of Veterinary Neurology in 2011.

Ana Jacinto graduated from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, in Vila Real, Portugal. She then spent several years working in general practice in Portugal before undertaking an internship at Cambridge University. This was followed by a residency in small animal internal medicine at the University of Edinburgh where Ana continued to work as a locum lecturer. She worked in the internal medicine service in a busy referral veterinary hospital in Paris, France and in a large referral centre in Hertfordshire, England, before joining the IDEXX team as an internal medicine consultant. Ana is a European Diplomate in Veterinary Small Animal Medicine (DipECVIM-CA) and has the RCVS Specialist title in Small Animal Medicine (Internal Medicine).

Ana is Head of the Veterinary Oncology Service and is particularly interested in biologic behaviour and therapy of lymphoma and advanced carcinomas and sarcomas. She is particularly interested in development of new therapies against cancer (such as metronomic therapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitors and new cytotoxic drugs) and investigation of biologic markers that can be prognostic for cancer. Ana is also interested in assessment of quality of life in patients with cancer and in providing training to undergraduates and general practitioners in oncology with the goal of increasing the veterinary care of pets with cancer in the country.

RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

After graduating from Liverpool in 2009, Andrew spent two years in mixed practice in the Midlands and Ireland. Then spent two and a half years in first opinion small animal practice. Andrew passed his BSAVA PGcert small animal surgery in 2014. After completing a one-year internship then a three year residency here at SCVS, he passed his ECVS exams in 2018 making him a European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery.

Andrew qualified from Bristol University in 2002 and spent 4 years in mixed practice in Devon. He then spent 5 years at Edinburgh University, completing a rotating internship, a research fellowship, and a residency in cardiopulmonary medicine. He was awarded the RCVS certificate in Veterinary Cardiology in 2007, and the ECVIM-CA diploma in Cardiology in 2012. Having spent three years working in Industry, he is now one of two European Specialists in Small Animal Cardiology at Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists near Winchester.

Andy graduated from the University of Bristol in 2009 and subsequently spent 18 months working in a busy first opinion practice in Nottingham. Following that, he relocated to Bournemouth to undertake a rotating internship at SCVS in 2011. Andy returned to the University of Bristol in 2012 to complete a residency programme in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, and became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging in September 2015.

Andrew Perry graduated from Liverpool University, UK, in 2000 and worked in mixed and small animal practice until 2011 when he began an alternate pathway residency in dentistry and oral surgery at Eastcott Referrals, Swindon, UK . Andrew became a Diplomate of the European Veterinary Dental College in 2018.
Andrew’s clinical and research interests are focused toward oral surgery, particularly reconstruction techniques and oncologic surgery. Andrew, additionally, co-supervises a full time residency program based at Eastcott Referrals.

Balazs trained in Budapest (DVM and internship), Missouri (Fulbright scholarship) and Kansas (ACVP) and currently is a senior lecturer in clinical pathology at the Royal Veterinary College. He is responsible for the clinical service and the residency training programme. He is active in undergraduate, graduate (both vet med and vet nursing), and continuing education.

Barbara graduated with an integrated Master’s in Veterinary Medicine from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal in 2009. After graduation, she worked for a year in a small animal practice in Portugal. In 2011 Barbara moved to the United Kingdom to undertake a one-year rotating internship at a referral practice in Swindon followed by three years working in general practice. In 2015, she began a four-year senior clinical training scholarship in Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Glasgow’s Small Animal Hospital. During her residency, Barbara obtained the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice in Diagnostic Imaging in 2017 and a Master’s degree investigating canine oesophageal disease in 2019. After completing the residency Barbara moved to the northeast of England to work in a multidisciplinary small animal referral practice and gained a Diploma in Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging in February 2020.

Becky is a graduate of Mississippi State University. She did her small animal rotating internship at the University of Tennessee and residency in comparative ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since finishing her residency in 2019, she has been teaching as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Mississippi State University.

Becky is particularly interested in ocular manifestations of systemic disease, and really enjoys corneal and cataract surgery. She really loves teaching and engaging with students as well as referring veterinarians.

Bob is the Clinical Director of the Oak Beck Veterinary Hospital in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. His special interest is dentistry and he has concentrated on this field for over 25 years. He was a founder member of the British Veterinary Dental Association. He is a RCVS Council member and Past President of the Hospital Association, but is best known as the creator of Pet Smile Month with over 1600 practices taking part.

Chris graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2007. After 2 years in small animal practice, he started his postgraduate first as an intern and then a resident in Veterinary Cardiology at the University of Liverpool. Chris is a European Specialist in Small Animal Cardiology and has been an RCVS recognised specialist in Veterinary Cardiology since 2016. He is currently working at Willows Referral Service in the West Midlands, U.K. His research and clinical interests are around interventional procedures and congenital heart disease.

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Claire graduated from the University of Bristol in 2005 with a BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Nursing and Practice Administration. Following graduation, Claire joined a multidisciplinary referral hospital where she went onto lead various departments including surgery and medicine before becoming a head nurse and, finally, clinical nursing training manager. During this time Claire's passion for feline medicine and surgery grew and I 2015 Claire left to take up the role of a Lead Nurse primarily in Feline Medicine and to help set up another multidisciplinary hospital in Hampshire, where she was instrumental in obtaining gold Cat-Friendly Clinic status as well as obtaining her diploma in feline nursing. Claire's main interests are feline medicine/ surgery, and emergency and critical care.

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Daniela qualified from the University of Milan, Italy, in1998. Having completed a rotating internship she successfully undertook an ECVS residency in Munich, Germany, where she worked until 2007 as a senior clinician and lecturer. After 3 years working in referral practice in Italy, she moved to the UK to work as a Soft tissue Specialist within private and academic referral clinics. She achieved RCVS status in 2014 and GPCert in 2018. Daniela has undertaken advanced training in Interventional radiology which is one of her main interests, together with oncological and respiratory tract surgery. She is an is an active member of the ECVS and serves on its Credentials Committee.