Iain Keir, BVMS, Diplomate ACVECC

I currently serve as Medical Director at AVETS, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have done so for 4 years. Our hospital see’s 15,000 cases annually, 70% of which are seen by our Emergency and Critical Care team.

I graduated from the University of Glasgow, School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004 and subsequently complete a small animal internship at the Royal Veterinary College, London. After a couple of years in Emergency Practice, I completed an ECC Internship at Tuft University, Boston before returning to the Royal Veterinary College, London for an ECC residency from 2008-2011.  I am board certified by both the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and European College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. 
My research areas include the use of high flow nasal oxygen therapy and we have published the first series of articles documenting the use of this therapy in veterinary patients; in addition we are exploring methods of improving the use of low flow oxygen systems. My other areas of expertise is in organ dysfunction in sepsis and the role antibiotics play in limiting organ dysfunction and improving outcomes in patients with sepsis.
In August 2019, I will be moving to Sydney, Australia to serve as Head of Critical Care Medicine, at Small Animal Specialty Hospital (SASH).