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LeCouteur received his veterinary degree (BVSc) in 1975 from the University of Sydney in Australia. After a year in small animal practice in Sydney, he did an internship and a residency in surgery at the University of Guelph in Canada (1976 to 1978). He completed his neurology/neurosurgery residency training and a PhD in comparative pathology at the University of California, Davis. From 1984 to 1989 he served on the faculty at Colorado State University. In 1989, he returned to Australia and established a neurology/neurosurgery specialty practice in Sydney. LeCouteur returned to the USA in 1995 to assume the position of Professor of Neurology/Neurosurgery at the University of California – Davis. In 1996 he became the Director of the Neuromuscular Disease Laboratory and Clinical Electrophysiology and Radiological Sciences from 2000 to 2004. LeCouteur is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology) and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology. >From 1996 to 1999 he was President of the ACVIM specialty of Neurology, and is currently the President of ACVIM. LeCouteur's research interests include brain tumors and neuromuscular disease. Dr. LeCouteur has three orange cats (Sam, OB and Benito).Rick Lecouteur, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM
Simon Girling BVMS (Hons) DZooMed CBiol MIBiol MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Zoo & Wildlife Medicine
Simon graduated with Honours from Glasgow Veterinary School in 1994. He gained his RCVS Certificate in 1999 and then Diploma in 2002 in the field of Zoological Medicine. He is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Zoo & Wildlife Medicine and has written for many textbooks on small mammals and rabbits including the BSAVA Manual of Rabbits (2nd Edition), BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets (4th Edition) and the forthcoming Manual of Ferrets and Rodents. He is also the sole author of the first textbook purely on veterinary nursing of exotics for Blackwell Publishing (Veterinary Nursing of Exotic Pets) and co-author of the soon to be published Rabbit Medicine and Surgery for Veterinary Nurses.
Simon has worked in first opinion and referral exotic species practices in Scotland and England since 1995 and currently works as an advisor and consultant to a number of veterinary and Government organisations on the subject of exotic species medicine as well as performing referral work in this field. Simon is also President of the British Veterinary Zoological Society as well as a past and current examiner for the RCVS Certificate and Diploma in Zoological Medicine exams.
Danièlle Gunn-Moore graduated with Distinction from the R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, in 1991. After a year in small animal practice she joined The Feline Centre, University of Bristol, initially as the Feline Advisory Bureau Scholar, then the Duphar Feline Fellow, and completed a PhD study into Feline Infectious Peritonitis in 1997. After a short period as Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology, University of Bristol, she returned to Edinburgh to establish the Feline Clinic and she is now Professor of Feline Medicine. She is interested in all aspects of feline medicine; she is an internationally recognised expert in her area, lectures extensively and her work has been published widely. She is a Trustee/Director of the Feline Advisory Bureau, on the Executive Committee of the European Society of Feline Medicine, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. She shares her home with her husband and two beautiful cats; an 8 year old Bengal girl called Teaninich and 3 year old Maine Coon boy called Mortlach (both named after Scottish single malt whiskies).Professor Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore - BSc BVM&S PhD FHEA MACVSc MRCVS, RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine
Alex German - BVSc PhD CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Alex graduated with honours from the University of Bristol in 1994. He spent two years in mixed practice before returning to Bristol to undertake a PhD studying the mucosal immunology of canine enteropathies.
He then remained at Bristol University as Petsavers resident in small animal gastroenterology and internal medicine, and was awarded the RCVS certificate in small animal medicine in August 2001. In October 2002 he moved to the University of Liverpool, where he is currently the Waltham lecturer in small animal medicine and clinical nutrition.
In September 2004, he became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. His clinical and research interests include all aspect of internal medicine, gastroenterology and obesity biology.
Pete is Senior Lecturer in Radiology. He is a European Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and an RCVS Recognized Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging. Pete is a regular author, speaker and tutor on the subjects of small animal radiology, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Panagiotis (Pete) Mantis graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1994. Between 1995 and 1998 Pete completed a small animal diagnostic imaging residency at the Royal Veterinary College. After completing his residency, Pete worked in first opinion practices and referral hospitals in London providing an emergency and diagnostic imaging consultancy service. In 1999 and for a year he was part time radiologist at the Department of Clinical Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish Agricultural University in Uppsala . In 2000, he joined the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Royal Veterinary College and currently he is a Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging. Pete is a European and RCVS specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. James is a Lecturer in Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery and a European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery. He has particular interested in joint replacement, the role of physiotherapy in patient care and infection control. James graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1998. After 2 1/2 years in predominantly small animal practice on the south coast, he spent 15 months working as a house officer at Davies Veterinary Specialists. He completed a residency in Small Animal Surgery at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals in September 2005 during which time he obtained the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Radiology in 2003 and the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2004. James passed the qualifying examination for the European College of Veterinary Surgeon (ECVS) to become an ECVS Diplomat and Recognised European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery. James Grierson is now a lecturer in Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery at the Queen Mother Hospital for animals (QMHA). Karin is a Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She currently spends part of her time on clinics in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals and the rest of her time on research and teaching. 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. Dan is a Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care and Clinical Nutrition at the Royal Veterinary College. Dan completed his BSc in Biology from the State University of New York, Geneseo in 1994. He graduated from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. Following graduation he completed a Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at The Animal Medical Center, New York City. He became a Resident in Clinical Nutrition and in Emergency and Critical Care in 1999 at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA. Following completion of his residency he became a Research Assistant Professor at Tufts, and came to the RVC in his current role in 2005. Lucy has been a Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) since 2007. Lucy qualified from The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in 1999. She worked in a busy mixed practice in the New Forest for 3 1/2 years where she did predominantly small animal and equine work. She returned to the RVC in 2003 to complete a multi-disciplinary intership and subsequently a residency in Small Animal Medicine in the QMHA. Dr Pete Mantis - DVM DipECVDI FHEA MRCVS
Pete is a regular author, speaker and CPD tutor on the subjects of small animal radiology, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Mr James Grierson - BVetMed CertVR CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS
Dr Karin Allenspach - Dr med vet FVH ECVIM-CA PhD
Mr Dan Chan - DVM, Diplomate ACVECC, Diplomate ACVN, MRCVS
Miss Lucy McMahon - BVetMed(Hons) DipACVIM MRCVS
