Education and Experience

Elise graduated with honours from Colorado State University (1998) and the Royal
Veterinary College, University of London (2003). She operates a peripatetic endoscopy
and endosurgery referral service (canine and feline) for first opinion and referral
practices across South-East England, and also runs quarterly referral clinics in the
Middle East and South-East Asia, including the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Malaysia. She lectures internationally and delivers practical endoscopy
courses across the UK, USA, Sweden, Finland, Germany, UAE, Taiwan, Thailand,
Singapore and Malaysia.
Elise has received formal postgraduate training in medical endoscopy, interventional
endoscopy and minimally invasive (‘keyhole’) surgery from leading human paediatric
and neonatal endoscopy centres as well as veterinary academic institutions in the UK
(Royal Free NHS Hampstead, London), France, Germany, Italy (Bambino Gesù
Children’s Hospital and European Endoscopy Training Centre, Rome), the United States
and Thailand (Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Children’s Hospital, Bangkok).
She divides her time between clinical work, teaching and publishing within feline
medicine, endoscopy and endosurgery. She lectures for the ISFM/University of Sydney
Distance Education Course in Feline Medicine, co-lectures on continuing education
courses in endoscopy and endosurgery at the Translational Medicine Institute,
Colorado State University, and is Visiting Professor at Chulalongkorn University, Faculty
of Veterinary Science, Bangkok. Elise has a particular passion for delivering practical
feline medicine and endoscopy/endosurgery education worldwide, for both
undergraduate and postgraduate students.
She is the recipient of the 2017 BSAVA Frank Beatty Travel Scholarship and the 2018
BSAVA PetSavers Award for meritorious contributions as a veterinary surgeon in small
animal practice, and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons for her contributions to advancing veterinary endoscopy education.