Alison Lambert BVSc MMRS MRCVS
Alison Lambert qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Liverpool and entered practice for several years before pursuing a career in business, first with Hill’s Pet Nutrition and then MARS. In 2001 Alison founded the company Onswitch, which works to understand what consumers with pets are doing and why. Onswitch are Market Research Society Company partners and members of the Mystery Shoppers Providers Association, and Alison is a member of the Market Research Society. Alison is a visiting lecturer at the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, covering customer and veterinary business understanding. |
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Liz Leece BVSc CVA DipECVAA MRCVS
After graduating, Liz Leece spent a brief period in small animal practice before returning to the University of Liverpool to complete an HBLB Residency in veterinary anaesthesia, attaining the RCVS Certificate in 1996. After spending some time working in practice, Liz returned to anaesthesia at the Animal Health Trust, where she became head of anaesthesia in 2006. She then moved to the University of Cambridge in 2010. Liz holds the European Diploma in Anaesthesia and Analgesia and is an RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia. She has published several research papers and book chapters, and is currently junior vice president of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists. |
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Tiziana Lembo DVM MSc PhD
Tiziana Lembo undertook training in veterinary medicine at the University of Milan, Italy. Subsequently, she completed a Master’s degree in international animal health and a PhD in veterinary epidemiology at the former Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh. Tiziana is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Glasgow Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine. Her research is focused on applied infectious disease epidemiology with a specific interest in zoonotic pathogens in developing countries. She has worked mainly in Tanzania on diseases such as rabies, bovine tuberculosis, anthrax, canine distemper and foot-and-mouth disease. |
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Philip Lhermette BSc(Hons) CBiol MSB BVetMed MRCVS
Philip Lhermette completed a BSc in Animal Physiology at the University of Nottingham in 1977 and graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1982. After five years in mixed practice he founded Elands Veterinary Clinic in Sevenoaks, Kent. Philip has studied endoscopy and endosurgery since 1995 and laser surgery since 2001. He trained with Dr David Sobel of Metropolitan Veterinary Consultants in the USA and has received advanced training in human minimally invasive surgery at the Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital. He has pioneered many minimally invasive techniques, including laparoscopic ovariohysterectomy and laser surgery in the UK and currently runs an endoscopy referral service. He is special lecturer in veterinary endoscopy and endosurgery at the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Harvey Locke BVSc MRCVS
Harvey Locke graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1969 and has been in full-time clinical practice ever since. He was the founding partner of Woodcroft Veterinary Group, an eighteen vet small animal hospital practice in Cheshire, offering first opinion, referral and emergency clinic services. Harvey has been actively and continuously involved in veterinary politics for over twenty five years. He is a past president of the BSAVA and has served on numerous BVA and RCVS committees. He is also a past vice president of the Union of European Veterinary Practitioners. Currently, he is president of the British Veterinary Association. |
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Mike Martin MVB DVC MRCVS
Mike Martin qualified from University College Dublin Veterinary School in 1986. He worked for two years in mixed practice in Cornwall and for four years at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh. He has been in referral practice for the last twenty years and has published over forty scientific peer-reviewed papers. He is a frequent CPD lecturer within Europe and has presented his clinical research at specialist cardiology meetings in both Europe and the USA. He is co-author of Cardiorespiratory Diseases of the Dog and Cat (2nd edition) and author of Small Animal ECGs: An Introductory Guide (2nd edition). He is a recipient of BSAVA awards: in 1993 the Dunkin Award; in 2000 the Melton Award; in 2006 the Petsavers Award; and in 2010 the Dunkin & Blaine Awards.
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Tracy Mayne VHA CVPM MBVNA CertSANutrition RVN
Tracy Mayne was brought up on a farm in Cornwall and her working life started in a large mixed veterinary practice in her home county. Tracy qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1994 from Bicton College. She left Cornwall to further her career and spent a few years working in London as a company administrator. She returned to practice as a practice manager for a large veterinary group and spent the next five years learning as much as she could about running a veterinary practice. In 2004 Tracy passed her CVPM and in the same year left to join the Vets4Pets Support Team. In 2007 she left the support team and opened Redditch Vets4Pets as the veterinary nurse partner. |
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Samantha McMillan VTS(Anesthesia) DipAVN(Medical) RVN
Samantha McMillan qualified whilst working in a small animal general practice. She has worked in several university and referral hospitals over the last eight years. She gained the RCVS Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (Medical) in 2006 and the Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anesthesia qualification in 2007. Until recently, Samantha has been working as an anaesthesia nurse at Davies Veterinary Specialists before transferring to the position of head theatre nurse at The Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge. Samantha’s main interests include anaesthesia, surgical nursing, pain assessment and management and critical care of surgical patients.
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Sandra McCune VN BA PhD
Sandra McCune holds a PhD in ethology from the University of Cambridge, and currently serves as the director of the human--companion animal bond research programme at the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition in Leicestershire. She has written numerous publications on various aspects of cat and dog behaviour, cognition and welfare, environmental enrichment, and on the relationship between people and pets. Sandra is an animal behaviour expert, and has studied both feline and canine behaviour. |
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Lisa Milella BVSc DipEVDC MRCVS
Lisa Milella graduated from the University of Pretoria in 1997 before moving to the UK. After a few years in small animal practice she developed an interest in dentistry and started an alternative pathway training programme for the European Diploma, which she obtained in 2011. Lisa is the principal of a dedicated dentistry and oral surgery referral clinic in Surrey. Lisa is also the past president of the British Veterinary Dental Association.
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Daniel Mills BVSc PhD CBiol FIBiol FHEA CCAB DipECVBM-CA MRCVS European & RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine
Daniel Mills graduated from the University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science and became the first individual to be recognised by the RCVS as a specialist in veterinary behavioural medicine. His main areas of research interest concern animal cognition and emotional regulation, especially as it relates to animal behaviour problems and their modification. Daniel still consults at the specialist behaviour referral clinic and is programme leader of the MSc in clinical animal behaviour offered at the University of Lincoln.
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Suzanne Murphy BVM&S MSc(Clinical Oncology) DipECVIM-CA(Oncology) MRCVS
Suzanne Murphy graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1986 and, after a ten-year period in general practice, has worked at the Animal Health Trust since 1997, where she is currently head of the clinical oncology unit. Suzanne has a particular interest in canine mast cell tumours. Her Master’s dissertation was a large retrospective study of canine mast cell tumours, which contributed towards gaining an MSc with distinction in Clinical Oncology from the University of Birmingham in 2001. She was awarded the DipECVIM-CA (Oncology) in 2007 and became a RCVS Recognised Specialist in 2008.
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Ariane Neuber DrMedVet CertVD DipECVD MRCVS
Ariane Neuber graduated from the University of Munich, Germany and, after working in small animal practice in Germany and the UK, she returned to the veterinary school to complete her doctorate. Following an internship at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, she took a senior clinical scholarship in veterinary dermatology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh. She passed her RCVS certificate in 2002, her European Diploma in 2005 and obtained RCVS Specialist Status in 2008. Ariane currently provides an independent veterinary dermatology referral service, Derm4Pets, out of referral centres in the north west of London.
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Elizabeth Ormerod BVMS FRSA MRCVS
On qualifying from the University of Glasgow, Elizabeth Ormerod ran the university’s veterinary charity clinic for three years, becoming attuned to the human--animal bond (HCAB). She has introduced HCAB programmes to schools, nursing homes, hospitals and prisons, and studied their effects. She and her husband, a veterinary pathologist, own a bond-centred companion animal practice. Elizabeth lectures on the HCAB at UK veterinary schools and trains postgraduates on the SCAS course on animal-assisted interventions. As a Churchill Fellow she visited centres of excellence throughout the USA. Elizabeth is co-founder of Canine Partners and is chairman of the SCAS.
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Charlotte Pace BA(Hons) VTS(Cardiology) RVN
Charlotte Pace qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2003, whilst working in practice in London. In the same year she moved to the Royal Veterinary College to work as a medical nurse. In 2006 she became the dedicated cardiology nurse for the Queen Mother Hospital. In 2010 she passed American Veterinary Technician exams and became the first nurse to hold the Cardiology qualification outside the USA.
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Gerry Polton MA VetMB MSc(Oncology) DipECVIM(Oncology) MRCVS European Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Oncology
Gerry Polton graduated from the University of Cambridge Veterinary School in 1997, after which he initially worked in first opinion practice. He entered specialist practice as a clinical oncologist in 2002. Gerry was awarded an MSc in clinical oncology by the Institute of Cancer Research at Birmingham University in 2003. He became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and a European Veterinary Specialist in Oncology in 2010. Gerry is a popular speaker, renowned for his stated aim, the demystification of veterinary cancer.
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Roger Powell MA VetMB DipRCPath FRCPath DipACVP MRCVS
Roger Powell graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2000 and, after three years in mixed practice, returned there to complete a residency in clinical pathology. Following this, he worked for a brief period at Cambridge Veterinary School, gaining both the RCVS and American Diplomas in Clinical Pathology in 2007 and then fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2009. In 2008 he opened PTDS, an independent veterinary diagnostic laboratory that works alongside specialists and first opinion vets. His keen interests are cytology and haematology but he enjoys teaching and discussing all aspects of clinical pathology and diagnostic testing with vets.
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David Prydie BVMS CertSAO CCRT MRCVS
David Prydie graduated from the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine in 1981 and obtained his Certificate in Small Animal Orthopaedics in 1991. David has worked in first opinion and orthopaedic referral practice throughout the UK. In 2009 David obtained his Certificate in Canine Rehabilitation from The Canine Rehabilitation Institute, an affiliate faculty to Colorado Veterinary School. He currently runs a dedicated referral physiotherapy practice in Cheshire. David is secretary of the British Veterinary Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Association and his particular interests are canine sports medicine and the management of canine osteoarthritis.
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