Pat Macwhirter
BVSc(Hons), MA, PhD,MANZCVSc (Canine Medicine), FANZCVSc (Bird Medicine)
Pat Macwhirter
BVSc(Hons), MA, PhD,MANZCVSc (Canine Medicine), FANZCVSc (Bird Medicine)
Pat was a pioneer in pet bird medicine, being the second person in Australia to become a registered specialist in the field. She established her clinic, Bird Vet Melbourne in 1981, sold it in 2015 and now works with fellow bird vet Dr Matt Gosbell at Greencross Vets, Springvale. She has a fascination with connections between birds, animals, nature and people and how these have influenced ‘big history’. She has kept birds most of her life, owns ‘Harewood’ a remarkable heritage property and, along with her vet degree, holds a PhD in Australian evolutionary history.
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Patricia Hagenbucher
DVM
Patricia Hagenbucher
DVM
Patricia Hagenbucher ist Tierärztin und Diplombiologin. Sie hat in Mainz, Straßburg (F), Basel (CH) und Kaiserslautern Biologie und Biotechnologie studiert und im Jahr 2011 mit dem Diplom abgeschlossen. Das Studium der Tiermedizin hat sie in Gießen und Knoxville, TN (USA) absolviert und 2017 die tierärztliche Approbation erhalten. Bereits während des Studiums war Frau Hagenbucher als Studentenbotschafterin für die Firma ROYAL CANIN tätig und hat hier erste Erfahrungen in der Kleintierdiätetik und Ernährungsberatung gesammelt. Von 2017 bis 2022 folgten Stationen in der Kleintierpraxis, woraufhin sie sich seit 2022 als Scientific Trainer ausschließlich der klinischen Diätetik von Katzen und Hunden bei ROYAL CANIN widmet.
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Patrik Zanolari
Prof., DVM, FVH für Wiederkäuer, Dipl. ECBHM, CAS HE Unibe
Patrik Zanolari
Prof., DVM, FVH für Wiederkäuer, Dipl. ECBHM, CAS HE Unibe
Patrik Zanolari studierte Veterinärmedizin an der Universität in Bern. Er arbeitete zuerst in einer Nutztierpraxis und war anschließend Assistenztierarzt an der Nutztierklinik der Universität Bern, wo er auch doktorierte (Prokinetic effects of erythromycin on myoelectric activity of the spiral colon of dairy cows).
Er absolvierte ein Residency-Programm an der Wiederkäuerklinik in Bern und qualifizierte sich als Spezialist für Buiatrik (Fachtierarzt FVH für Wiederkäuer seit 2007 sowie Diplomate des European College of Bovine Health Management seit 2009). Es erfolgten weitere Spezialisierungen auf dem Gebiet der Kleinwiederkäuer- sowie der Neuweltkamelidenmedizin mit anschliessender Habilitation im Fach Wiederkäuermedizin (Infectious diseases in South American camelids - Impact on disease control in domestic ruminants and on public health in Switzerland).
Von 2007 bis 2020 arbeitete er in Teilzeit beim Beratungs- und Gesundheitsdienst für Kleinwiederkäuer und ist seit 2011 als Dozent und stellvertretender Leiter der stationären Wiederkäuerklinik angestellt.
Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich der Kleinwiederkäuer- und Neuweltkamelidenmedizin. Er ist auch in der Fort- und Weiterbildung für Tierhaltende und Züchter/-innen sowie für Tierärzt/-innen aktiv.
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Paul Aldridge
BVSc, Cert SAS, MRCVS, RCVS, Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery
Paul Aldridge
BVSc, Cert SAS, MRCVS, RCVS, Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery
Paul graduated from Liverpool University, and after a short time in mixed practice, moved to a small animal hospital in Manchester. He has worked in Manchester since then, and is currently a referral clinician at Vets Now Referrals where he sees both soft tissue and orthopaedic cases.
Paul is widely involved in providing CPD to vets and nurses, both in the UK and internationally, and is co-author of the textbook ‘Practical Emergency and Critical Care Nursing’. Pauls clinical interests include trauma patients and emergency surgery.
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Paul Cunningham
DVM, MANZCVS (ECC)
Paul Cunningham
DVM, MANZCVS (ECC)
My name is Paul Cunningham, & I am an emergency veterinarian & founder of Ready Vet Go - Pet Ambulance & Mobile Urgent Vet Care. Originally from the United States, I received my veterinary education at Oklahoma State University & followed this with a rotating medicine & surgery internship at Michigan State University. I practiced with a multi-speciality vet hospital group in Detroit, Michigan for several years before moving to Australia to continue my professional endeavour’s and live in one of my favourite countries on earth. I have a clinical focus on shock stabilisation & management of electrolyte disturbances. My latest project is the foundation a human-grade veterinary ambulance service in Melbourne, Victoria called Ready Vet Go.
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Paul Mills
Prof., BVSc, PhD, MANZCVSc, Grad Cert Ed, MPhil (Vet Ed)
Paul Mills
Prof., BVSc, PhD, MANZCVSc, Grad Cert Ed, MPhil (Vet Ed)
Prof Paul Mills graduated from the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland in 1987 and has worked in mixed practice and as an emergency clinician. His PhD investigated the effects of inflammation of the kinetics of drugs administered to racing animals before working as a Scientific Office at the Animal Health Trust in England, pioneering work on the effects of nitric oxide on equine pulmonary function and EIPH. Prof Mills has also worked as a Regulatory Veterinary Officer in Queensland Racing, a National Health & Medical Research Council Senior Research Officer at the Princess Alexandria Hospital. He attained membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Science in Veterinary Pharmacology and is currently a Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology at the School of Veterinary Science at The University of Queensland. Prof Mills consults for various organizations, including the Australian Crime Commission and Australian Racing authorities, with over 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers to date, with a focus on transdermal drug delivery and clinical pharmacology. He is a Scientific Editor for The Veterinary Journal and the Australasian Editor for Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
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Penny Dobson
DVM, BVSc, MNZACVSc
Penny Dobson
DVM, BVSc, MNZACVSc
Penny graduated from the University of Qld in 1986 and has practiced across Sydney in areas as diverse as Guildford, Double Bay, Waverley, Stanmore, Five Dock, Rose Bay and Denistone. Penny was admitted to the New Zealand and Australian College of Veterinary Scientists by examination in Canine Medicine in 1991 and has a special interest in veterinary nutrition. She was the Secretary of the AVA Sydney Metropolitan Practitioners Branch for twelve years and currently works as a full time senior nutritional consultant for Hills Pet Nutrition as well as a part time clinical veterinarian. Penny grew up on acreage surrounded by animals and has always maintained a multicat household. Penny and Paul have a beautiful 13 year old daughter Olivia and a young and boistrous female black and white domestic cat Clarice.
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Penny Thomas
BVSc Hons1, MANZCVS, FANZCVS
Penny Thomas
BVSc Hons1, MANZCVS, FANZCVS
Dr Penny Thomas graduated from the University of Sydney in 2011 and initially spent time in mixed practice in the NSW Hunter Valley. She went on to undergo her internship and residency training at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital in Sydney. During the course of her training she spent time at Colorado State University, The Animal Health Trust in the UK, University of Madison Wisconsin and time in the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse in Sydney. She obtained her memberships in Small Animal Medicine from the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in 2015.
She became a Fellow of the college in 2019 and is a Registered Specialist in Veterinary Oncology. She has recently undergone postgraduate study in Psychology and has helped mentor many recent graduate veterinarians. Penny has a passion for providing educational materials and mentorship to her fellow veterinarians, and veterinary nurses and believes that the patients quality of life is by far the most important part of cancer treatment.
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Peri Lau-Gillard
DVM, CertVD, DipECVD, MRCVS
Peri Lau-Gillard
DVM, CertVD, DipECVD, MRCVS
Mrs Lau-Gillard graduated in 1996 as a Veterinary Surgeon from the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.
After completing her doctor thesis in 1999, she moved to the UK in 2000 and worked at two small animal practices in Nottingham as an assistant.
From 2001 - 2004 she has worked as a Scholar in Veterinary Dermatology the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket and was rewarded at the end of the training program the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Dermatology.
In 2005 Mrs Lau-Gillard moved to the South West coast in the UK and worked for several years as a clinician and teacher at the Dermatology Service at Bristol University. During that time she had completed an ECVD recognised residency training programme. In the beginning of 2011 Mrs Lau-Gillard started her veterinary dermatology consultancy service in the South West/UK and in 2012 she successfully took the examination to become a Diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Dermatology.
Her main interest is canine and feline dermatology, particular allergic skin and ear disease.
In her private time Mrs Lau-Gillard enjoys walking her three dogs Buster, Dylan and Millipede in the beautiful Somerset country side. She is also a keen runner, attends regular classes in the gym and ballroom classes with her husband.
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Pete Mantis
DVM, DipECVDI, FHEA, MRCVS
Pete Mantis
DVM, DipECVDI, FHEA, MRCVS
Pete is a European Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and an RCVS Recognized Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging. He is a regular author, speaker and tutor on the subjects of small animal radiology, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Pete is Senior Lecturer in Radiology at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
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Peter Bennett
DVM, BVSc, FANZCVS (Canine Medicine), DACVIM (Oncology, Small Animal Internal Medicine)
Peter Bennett
DVM, BVSc, FANZCVS (Canine Medicine), DACVIM (Oncology, Small Animal Internal Medicine)
Dr Bennett is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. After time in general practice he completed residency training in small animal medicine in 1999 and then joined the faculty of Purdue University in Indiana where he was trained in oncology. He is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Canine Medicine) and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology, Small Animal Internal Medicine). Peter is a member of a consensus statement committee for the American College on Veterinary Internal Medicine on the topic of Chemotherapy Safety.
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Peter Best
DVM
Peter Best
DVM
Peter graduated in veterinary science in 1976, completed a Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia at the University of Sydney in 1977 and the Fellowship of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 1982. Peter is a registered specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesiology and is held in high regard by the veterinary profession for his surgical ability. Peter's clinical skill was acknowledged by the Australian Veterinary Association by his appointment as "Small Animal Practitioner of the Year" in 1991. An avid reader of the scientific journal "Nature", Peter's brain has continued to expand to the point where it has displaced most of the hair from the front of his head! Although now retired, Peter is still well known and active in both the industry and local community.
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Peter Huggard
DVM, EdD, MEd(Couns), MPH
Peter Huggard
DVM, EdD, MEd(Couns), MPH
Peter is an honorary senior lecturer in the Division of Social and Community Health in the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland. His teaching and research interests are in the area of therapeutic communication, loss and grief, vicarious traumatisation, and self-care. Although almost fully retired from the University, Peter maintains his links through teaching on some programmes and supervision of Master’s and Doctoral students. His activities outside of academic life include work as a Director for a large aged care organisation, time with grandchildren, performing in a Ukulele band, and working as a front line Ambulance Officer.
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Peter Irwin
BVetMed, PhD, FANZCVS, MRCVS
Peter Irwin
BVetMed, PhD, FANZCVS, MRCVS
Peter graduated in veterinary science from the Royal Veterinary College, London University in 1982 and has a PhD from James Cook University (1991) for studies into canine babesiosis in Australia. Peter has worked in academia in Australia and overseas for more than 30 years as a teacher of companion animal medicine and as a researcher in the fields of veterinary parasitology and medical microbiology. He is an internationally recognized expert in vector-borne diseases. His current research concerns tick-borne infections of companion animals, wildlife and humans in Australia. Peter is appointed Professor Emeritus at Murdoch University and currently lives in Sunshine Coast, SE Queensland, where he works part time at a specialist hospital.
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Peter Weisser
DVM
Peter Weisser
DVM
Studium der Tiermedizin an der Universität Zürich. Anschließend Promotionsstudium an der II. Medizinischen Tierklinik in München – Sonographie des Harnapparates des wachsenden Kalbes. Nach der Promotion drei Jahre Tätigkeit als praktizierender Tierarzt in zwei verschiedenen Großtierpraxen in der Schweiz. Danach drei Jahre Beschäftigung als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Gynäkologischen Tierklinik der Universität München. Seit 2004 selbständiger Tierarzt und Mitbegründer der Tierklinik im Fürtli, Schweiz. Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte Chirurgie / Orthopädie, Geburtshilfe, Kälberkrankheiten, Innere Medizin.
