Current Position

Consultant in Oncology
Head of the Oncology Department

Education and Experience

Owen is an RCVS, American and European specialist in veterinary oncology. Before his residency, he spent almost 10 years in general practice, undertaking large and small animal work, both in the UK and in India. He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (chapter of small animal medicine), and holds a Master’s degree based on research into canine lymphoma.

His clinical interests include, improving the treatment of cancer in veterinary medicine, haematopoietic malignancies, diagnostic utility of signalment and clinical presentation in veterinary oncology, and prognostication of veterinary cancer.

Research

Roberts E, Shirlow A, Cox A, Davies O. Multiple myeloma involving the gastrointestinal tract in an English Springer Spaniel. Vet Med Sci. 2022 Nov;8(6):2273-2276. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.927
Davies O, Taylor AJ. Refining the “double two-thirds” rule: Genotype-based breed grouping and clinical presentation help predict the diagnosis of canine splenic mass lesions in 288 dogs. Vet Comp Oncol. 2020;1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/vco.12574
Purzycka K, Peters LM, Desmas I, Davies O, Chang Y-M, Lara-Garcia A. Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors for canine multicentric non-indolent T-cell lymphoma: 107 cases. Vet Comp Oncol. 2020;1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/vco.12589
Davies O, Szladovits B, Polton G, Garden OA, Leo C, Lara-Garcia A. Prognostic significance of clinical presentation, induction and rescue treatment in 42 cases of canine centroblastic diffuse large B-cell multicentric lymphoma in the United Kingdom. Vet Comp Oncol. 2018;16:276–287. https://doi.org/10.1111/vco.12378
Davies O, Spencer S, Necova S, Holmes E, Taylor A, Blackwood L, Lara-Garcia A: Intranasal melanoma treated with radiation therapy in three dogs, Veterinary Quarterly (2017), 37:1, 274-281, https://doi.org/10.1080/01652176.2017.1387828