Current Position

Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine

Education and Experience

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
– Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, UK
– November 2022 – present

Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
– Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
– November 2021 – May 2022

Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
– Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
– November 2016 – October 2021

PhD
– Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
– March 2013 – June 2019

Medicine Consultant for IDEXX Laboratory
– July 2011 – February 2013
– IDEXX, Wetherby, UK

Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
– May 2009 – June 2011
– Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, UK

EDUCATION

PhD
– University of Melbourne Australia
– December 2019

Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (GCUT)
– CSHE, University of Melbourne Australia
– December 2019

Melbourne Teaching Certificate (MTC)
– CSHE, University of Melbourne Australia
– September 2015

Specialist Certificate in Teaching for Graduate Researchers (SC-TGR)
– CSHE, University of Melbourne Australia
– June 2013 – June 2014

Residency of Small Animal Internal Medicine
– July 2005 – June 2008
– Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland DACVIM (SAIM) – 2008
– School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Doctoral thesis (canine atopic dermatitis)
– August 2004 – June 2005
– Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Dr. med. vet. – 2008

Internship (small animal)
– April 2003 – June 2004
– Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Teaching Experience

Teaching 3rd year veterinary students (lectures) and final year student (small group teaching).
Teaching residents and interns. involved in continuing education for specialists and generalits.

Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (GCUT)
– CSHE, University of Melbourne Australia
– December 2019

Melbourne Teaching Certificate (MTC)
– CSHE, University of Melbourne Australia
– September 2015

Research

PUBLICATIONS (Peer reviewed – six most recent) – h-index 12
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-8749

1. Atypical presentation of bladder urothelial carcinoma (inverted) with associated abdominal carcinomatosis in a dog. doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.70432Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
2. ACVIM–Endorsed Statement: Consensus Statement and Systematic Review on Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Enteropathy in Dogs. doi.org/10.1093/jvimsj/aalaf017
3. Successful treatment of Pseudoescherichia vulneris associated acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea with a single faecal microbiota transplantation in a dog. DOI: 10.1002/vrc2.70076
4. Influence of bodyweight on prednisolone pharmacokinetics in dogs. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326586.
5. Clinical Guidelines for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Companion Animals. Adv in Small Anim Care. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.yasa.2024.06.006
6. Evaluation of Ki-67, goblet cell and MUC2 mucin RNA expression in dogs with lymphoplasmacytic and granulomatous colitis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2024.110740

Awards

2019: Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) – Most Commendable Paper published in an International Journal in 2018