Current Position

Chief Executive Vet Professionals Ltd; Specialist Feline Clinician at Nantwich Pet Vets

Education and Experience

BVSc – University of Bristol
RCVS CertSAM 1997
PhD (feline immunodeficiency virus) 2001
RCVS DSAM(Feline) 2002
RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine since 2003: one of only 13 UK Practising Recognised Specialists in Feline Medicine

Employment history
• 2022-current (ongoing): Specialist Feline Clinician, Nantwich Pet Vets, Nantwich, CW5 5SF. Lead feline clinician (first opinion and internal medicine referrals) three days a week
• 2007-current (ongoing): Chief Executive, Vet Professionals Ltd, a company I founded in 2007. Vet Professionals offers a number of services including ‘Zoom’ referrals for cat owners around the world, online clinical research studies, publication of books aimed at veterinary professionals and pet owners, free to access technical advice for veterinary professionals and pet owners via the company website www.vetprofessionals.com, provision of online and ‘face to face’ continuing professional development courses for veterinary professionals and pet owners, consultancy advice for pet food and pharmaceutical companies, invited lecturer at national and international conferences and meetings in the UK, US, Europe, Japan, Australia
• 2005-2007: Established and directed the First Opinion and Referral Feline Clinic, Downland Veterinary Group, Emsworth, Hampshire October 2004 – December 2006.
• 2001-2004: Lecturer in feline medicine at the University of Bristol, UK: 2001-2004
• 1997-2000: Wellcome Trust Funded Research Training Scholar, University of Bristol, 1997-2000 resulting in a PhD (2001)
• 1996-1997: Fort Dodge Feline Fellow, University of Bristol. 1996-1997. Clinical research and education post
• 1994-1996: Feline Advisory Bureau (now International Cat Care, www.icatcare.org) funded resident, University of Bristol. 1994-1996.
• 1993-1994: Small Animal Intern, Royal Veterinary College, London, 1993-1994

Teaching Experience

Many years of experience of teaching under graduate and post graduate vets and nurses within a University environment as well as continuing professional development programmes.

Research

Clinical research and especially online surveys of pet owners and clinicians, many published studies visible on this page of my website: https://www.vetprofessionals.com/site/research-study-results; collaborator with academic institutions around the world, most recently University of Saskatchewan, Ohio State University, University of Edinburgh

Areas of interest include senior cat health and behaviour, stress associated with clinic visits, chronic kidney disease, hypertension