Andrew Cushing
BVSc, CertAVP(ZM), MRCVS, Dipl. ACZM
Andrew Cushing
BVSc, CertAVP(ZM), MRCVS, Dipl. ACZM
Dr. Cushing graduated with his DVM equivalent degree from Liverpool University, England, in 2007. During veterinary school, he participated in research projects in Kruger National Park, South Africa, in free ranging buffalo and lions. After graduation, he worked in mixed practice in Yorkshire before moving to Oregon, USA, and working as a veterinarian at Wildlife Safari, a large safari park. He then worked in a practice that split time between exotic referrals and a large wildlife rehabilitation center in the UK, before commencing a residency in zoological medicine at Cornell University. During that time, he completed the certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice for zoological medicine and started a research project into West Nile virus infection in Humboldt penguins after being awarded a grant from the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. Dr. Cushing then obtained a job as clinical veterinarian at Marwell Wildlife, a primarily hoofstock zoo, in the UK where he worked for 8 months before being offered a job at the University of Tennessee as a clinical instructor in zoological medicine, which was too good an opportunity to turn down! He has completed and published various research projects, primarily in zoological species and often involving anesthesia protocols.
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Andrew Fisher
BVetMed (Hons), MRCVS
Andrew Fisher
BVetMed (Hons), MRCVS
Andrew graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2020. He spent two years in general practice, including 18 months in a busy hospital with a focus on emergency and critical care and certificate-led referrals. After this, he joined the team at Davies Veterinary Specialists, a multidisciplinary specialist referral hospital, as a rotating intern, before going on to the position of Cardiology Intern.
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Andrew Fiske-Jackson
BVSc, MVetMed, FHEA, Dipl.ECVS, MRCVS
Andrew Fiske-Jackson
BVSc, MVetMed, FHEA, Dipl.ECVS, MRCVS
Andy graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2004 and worked for the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad in Morocco for the following three months. He then worked in mixed practice for 2 years.
In July 2006 he undertook an eighteen-month internship at the Liphook Equine Hospital followed by a six-month ambulatory position. He then completed a three-year Equine Surgery Residency and Master of Veterinary Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College.
He took up the position of Staff Clinician in Equine Surgery in February 2012 becoming a lecturer in 2014, a Senior lecturer in 2017 and an Associate Professor in Equine Surgery in 2021. In 2019 he became the Deputy Head of the RVC Equine Referral Hospital.
He is an RCVS and European Specialist in Equine Surgery with a particular interest in the use of the objective gait analysis system and its role in working up poor performance cases, orthopaedic ultrasonogaphy and the role of back and sacroiliac pain in poor performance.
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Andrew Hillier
DVM, BVSc, MANZCVS (Canine Medicine), Diplomate American College of Veterinary Dermatology
Andrew Hillier
DVM, BVSc, MANZCVS (Canine Medicine), Diplomate American College of Veterinary Dermatology
Dr. Andrew (“Andy”) Hillier is originally from South Africa where he graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, (Onderstepoort) in 1982. After 2 years military service, he was in small animal primary care practice for 8 years in South Africa (Cape Town) and Australia (Perth). Dr. Hillier completed a residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of Florida from 1992-1994 and became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Dermatology in 1994. Thereafter he established his own dermatology referral practice in Australia before heading back to the US in 1996 where he was on faculty at The Ohio State University for 17 years, becoming a Full Professor and Head of the Dermatology + Otology Service. He left Ohio State in May 2013 to join Zoetis as a Senior Veterinary Specialist. Dr. Hillier has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles, edited and written books and book chapters, and lectured extensively both in the US and internationally. His primary areas of interest are staphylococcal pyoderma, antimicrobial drugs, atopic dermatitis, otitis and demodicosis.
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Andrew Leisewitz
Prof., BVSc (Hons), MMedVet(Med), PhD
Andrew Leisewitz
Prof., BVSc (Hons), MMedVet(Med), PhD
Andrew Leisewitz graduated with his BVSc degree in 1987. This was followed by an Hons in 1991, an MMedVet(Med) in 1995 and a PhD in 2006. Andrew was appointed as a senior lecturer in the then Department of Medicine at Onderstepoort in June 1990. He is been a full professor of Companion Animal Clinical Studies since 1995 and is a diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals. He has worked as a specialist clinician in the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital for nearly 30 years. He runs a dermatology referral clinic within the Onderstepoort Veterinary Hospital and in a a Johannesburg based specialist referral hospital. He has initiated a dermatology specific internship at the Faculty which will run for the first time in 2019. He is an active teacher of undergraduate and post graduate veterinary students, and is a frequently invited speaker and presenter of continuing education for the profession in the sub-region. His research focusses on understanding the mechanisms of infectious disease making use of canine babesiosis and distemper virus infection as models for this work.
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Andrew Padula
DVM, BVSC(HONS), PHD, MACVSC, DIPECAR
Andrew Padula
DVM, BVSC(HONS), PHD, MACVSC, DIPECAR
Padula Serums was founded by Dr Andrew Padula, a veterinarian with over 30 years of experience in veterinary research, industry and clinical practice.
Andrew has had a long fascination with venomous creatures and the application of the life sciences to treat their potentially lethal effects.
Andrew holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne and is currently an Honorary Senior Research Fellow within the Australian Venom Research Unit at the University of Melbourne. He holds a European veterinary specialist qualification in production animal reproduction and medicine. Andrew has published dozens of papers on snakebite in domestic animals and tick paralysis.
"How cool is it that something from one animal can be used to save the life of another animal!"
Andrew is the founder and managing director of Padula Serums, a specialised company that produces animal derived antisera for veterinary therapeutics and research purposes.
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Andrew Worth
BVSc, MANZCVS(Radiology), PGDipVCS, FANZCVS(SA Surgery)
Andrew Worth
BVSc, MANZCVS(Radiology), PGDipVCS, FANZCVS(SA Surgery)
Andrew graduated from Massey University in 1990 and has worked in both Australia, the UK and NZ as a small animal veterinarian. In 1999 he completed membership examination of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientist in Radiology. From 2000-2003 he completed a residency in small animal surgery at the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and he became a Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 2006. In 2015 he competed a PhD on Hip Dysplasia and Lumbosacral disease in German shepherd Police dogs. He is currently an Associate Professor and Registered Specialist in Small Animal Surgery at the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
He has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at veterinary conferences in Europe, Asia, the US and Australia. His current research interests include working dog orthopaedic disease, lumbosacral degeneration and biomaterials for surgery. His clinical interests include minimally invasive surgery and advanced surgical technologies. Andrew is the convenor for the NVZA Hip and Elbow Dysplasia Panels and chairman of the Massey University Working Dog Centre.
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Angela Rathman
AAS, CVT, VTS(ECC), (SAIM)
Angela Rathman
AAS, CVT, VTS(ECC), (SAIM)
Angela Rathmann has been in the veterinary field over 35 years, and entered into emergency veterinary medicine almost 30 years ago and never looked back! She obtained her CVT as well as VTS in ECC and VTS in SAIM.
Angela is well published and has been speaking internationally for over 20 years. Her passions include helping others not only learn but feel confident in interpreting acid-base disorders, electrolyte imbalances, and metabolic diseases (DKA and HHS are faves).
Angela strongly feels there is no limit to what veterinary nurses can learn! And understanding why things are happening in our patients is vital to providing excellent nursing care.
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Angela See
DVM, BVSc(hons), FANZVS, MANZVS
Angela See
DVM, BVSc(hons), FANZVS, MANZVS
Angela graduated from the University of Queensland in 2002. Since then she has completed a residency at Murdoch University in Emergency and Critical Care. Through additional studies she has become a Member of the ANZCVS in Small Animal Medicine and a Fellow in Emergency and Critical Care. Angela has worked in a number of emergency centres in Australia as well as establishing an emergency and critical care business in 2009.
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Angela Willemsen
DVM, BN, BVSc, MHlthSc(HlthProm), PhD
Angela Willemsen
DVM, BN, BVSc, MHlthSc(HlthProm), PhD
Angela, also known as The Clean Vet, is a Public Health Academic and a veterinarian who continues to provide palliative and end of life care to pets in their home. A key goal of hers is to improve infection prevention and control (IPC) in all veterinary settings. As part of this goal, in collaboration with ACIPC, she has developed a veterinary specific IPC course - thought to be the first of its kind. This goal developed as she was completing her PhD which investigated IPC in small animal practices. Angela’s drive to undertake this PhD evolved through her transition from her first career as a human based Registered Nurse to that of a veterinarian. As a veterinary IPC specialist, her experience has enabled her to provide pragmatic and contextual advice to clinicians and practice owners.
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Angelika Drensler
DVM
Angelika Drensler
DVM
1981 – 1986 Studium der Veterinärmedizin an der Tiho Hannover
Approbation 1/1987
Promotion 5/1988 in Hannover
Seit 2/1989 in eigener Kleintierpraxis/-klinik tätig, seit 2000 in Elmshorn
Fachtierärztin für Kleintiere seit 8/2013
Mitglied in der ISFM seit 2008
Seit 2012 zertifizierte „Catfriendly Clinic – Gold“ (ISFM)
Seit 10/2018 „Advanced Certificate of Feline Behaviour“ (ISFM)
Gründungsmitglied der Deutschen Gruppe Katzenmedizin (nationale Gruppe der ISFM)
Gründerin und Leiterin der AG-Katzenmedizin in der DGK-DVG
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Angelika Schoster
PD, DVM, DVSc, PHD, DACVIM/DECEIM
Angelika Schoster
PD, DVM, DVSc, PHD, DACVIM/DECEIM
Angelika Schoster erlangte 2006 Ihr Tierarztdiplom (Mag.vet.vet) von der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien, gefolgt von einem Doktoratsstudium an derselben Universität welches sie 2008 mit der Promotion abschloss. Die berufliche Entwicklung führte Sie für 4 Jahre nach Kanada an die ‘University of Guelph’, an der Sie ein Internship und eine Residency zur Erlangung der credentials für einen internationalen Fachtierarzttitel (ACVIM, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine) absolvierte. Zeitgleich absolvierte Sie an derselben Universität ein 3-jähriges post-graduelles Studium, welches Sie 2011 mit dem DVSc Titel (Doctor of Veterinary Science) erfolgreich abschloss. Im Anschluss folgte ein PhD an der Universität Kopenhagen, Dänemark, welchen Sie 2015 abschloss. Seit 2012 ist Frau Schoster am Tierspital der Universität Zürich als Oberärztin für Innere Medizin Pferd tätig, 2016 erfolgte die Habilitation. Forschungsschwerpunkte sind das bakterielle Mikrobiom von Pferden sowie klinische Themen der Pferdemedizin. Seit 2020 ist Frau Dr. Schoster Mitglied der Equinella Fachstelle, einer Früherkennungs- und Meldeplatform für Infektionserkraknungen bei Pferden in der Schweiz.
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Anita Manz
DVM, ECVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
Anita Manz
DVM, ECVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
geboren in Wien 1981
2003 zweiter Bildungsweg: Studienberechtigung für Veterinärmedizin
2004 bis 2013 Studium der Veterinärmedizin
2014 bis 2015 Rotating Internship für Kleintiere an der Veterinärmedizinischen Uni Wien
2015 bis 2019 Residency für Innere Medizin (ECVIM) an der Veterinärmedizinischen Uni Wien
seit 2020 Internistin an der Kleintierklinik Ettlingen, Tierärztliche Klinik für Chirurgie, Praxis für Kleintiere
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Anita Parkin
RVN, AVN, Dip (Surgery & ECC), VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia), CVPP, TAE
Anita Parkin
RVN, AVN, Dip (Surgery & ECC), VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia), CVPP, TAE
Anita has been a veterinary nurse for over 30 years. Working in a general practice for the first 10 years and joining Veterinary Specialist Services (VSS) in 2001. In 2017, VSS opened their 3rd practice to which Anita currently manages.
Anita has kept her Australian qualifications current including her Certificate IV in Vet Nursing, Diploma in Surgery and ECC, and is an Accredited Vet Nurse and a Registered Vet Nurse through the Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia (VNCA).
Anita’s overseas qualifications include obtaining a Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP) in 2012 through the IVAPM (International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management) and Veterinary Technician Specialty in Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 2009 recertified 2015 and 2019 through the Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia (AVTAA). She is also the proud recipient of the Steve Haskin’s scholarship award in 2018, and the Vet Nurse of the Year through the VNCA 2022 and the Earl Rippie scholarship award in 2024.
Currently Anita is the President Elect of the AVTAA, is on the VNCA’s board of directors and is also on the VSS conference committee, CPD committee (VNCA), conference committee (VNCA), exam committee (AVTAA) and the is the Chair of the National Industry Advisory Group (NIAG).
In Anita’s spare time, she likes to relax on the couch with her fur babies.
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Anja Ewringmann
DVM
Anja Ewringmann
DVM
1989-1995: Studium in Budapest und Berlin
1995-2000: Kleintierklinik FU Berlin, Arbeitsgruppe für Heimtiere, Exoten u. Wildtiere
1998: Promotion: Untersuchungen zur Klinik, Diagnose und Therapie von Infektionen mit E. cuniculi beim Heimtierkaninchen
2000-2007: Assistenz in versch. Kleintierpraxen und –kliniken
2006: Zusatzbezeichnung Heimtiere
Seit 2007: niedergelassen in eigener Praxis für kleine Heimtiere
