Speakers

Dr Karin Allenspach

Karin graduated from the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland, in 1993. After completing a Doctoral Thesis she stayed at the University of Zurich working as a Resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine. In 1996 Karin accepted a position as Intern in Small Animal Emergency/Critical Care at Tufts University. On completion of this programme she joined the Residency programme in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia which she completed in 1999.

After returning to Switzerland Karin worked in private referral practice while completing the examination process for the FVH title in Small Animal Medicine (a specialist title in Switzerland), and being awarded her European Diplomat in Companion Animal Medicine (DipECVIM-ca). Karin then accepted a joint position as lecturer and PhD student in Veterinary Immunology at the University of Berne, Switzerland, and completed her PhD thesis in 2005.

Karin then took up a position as Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the RVC. She continues her active research interest in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in dogs as well as general aspects of internal medicine.