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Eva Tirado graduated from Cordoba university in Spain and intended to spend just six months in the UK gaining some experience. Having found a fulfilling career as a public health vet, she is now established in the UK, working as Export Veterinary Leader at the Food Standards Agency
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Opportunities for final-year students during Covid-19
27/04/2020
The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland have put out a call to final-year vet students asking them to help support the response to Covid-19 by keeping the food chain moving
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Going the extra mile to help farmers
14/03/2020
Dairy Vet of the Year Sarah Tomlinson is a farm vet who likes to go the extra mile. She is also passionate about helping farmers use every tool they have to eradicate bovine TB -
A taste of government
12/03/2020
Working as a government vet may not feature on many vet students’ career wish lists, but James Jewkes began to think differently about this career path following an EMS placement with the Animal and Plant Health Agency -
Working as a researcher, Sarah Mason's interest in clinical work was piqued and, as an animal lover, she chose veterinary medicine and swiftly found that she wanted to specialise
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James Hunt is a clinical anaesthetist at Cave Veterinary Referrals and a European specialist in animal welfare and behaviour medicine
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Making the switch from practice to policy
07/12/2019
Vet Catrina Prince is Lord Trees’ fourth intern, which means she has swapped clinical work for parliament -
Q&A: Tom Cardy on specialising in neurology
06/12/2019
Tom Cardy has had an unconventional career path to his current role as a specialist neurologist in private practice -
Working with all creatures great and small
30/11/2019
Sarah Chapman is co-director of Chapman Zoo Consultancy – a job with lots of variety. Here, she describes her route to specialisation. -
Derek Flaherty spent more than 20 years in academia before moving to private referral practice in 2017. He is a European and RCVS specialist in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia
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Stijn Niessen completed an internship at the University of Glasgow and a residency at the Royal Veterinary College. He is an RCVS and European specialist in small animal internal medicine
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Q&A: Isuru Gajanayake on specialising in small animal internal medicine and small animal nutrition
07/11/2019
Isuru Gajanayake qualified in Australia before moving to the UK to work in small animal practice. He is now head of internal medicine at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service -
Injuries end one career, but open up another
02/11/2019
Julian Earl’s 35-year career was spent in mixed practice until a cycling accident nearly claimed his life. He didn’t let that stop his success story -
Henry L'Eplattenier is clinical director and head of surgery at Southfields Veterinary Specialists. He is a former president of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons
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Vets Joao Almeida and Manuel Lamas set up European Wildlife Service to support conservation and zoo industries. It also offers extramural experiences for vet students
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Nicki is head of the anaesthesia service at Cave Veterinary Specialists. She is a European and RCVS specialist in veterinary anaesthesia
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Sotirios Karvountzis is a vet with an international background. He finds achieving a work-life balance elusive, although being a helicopter pilot adds another interest as well as a relatable skill
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Vet Alemu Shewakena leads by example to create a positive atmosphere at his Vets4Pets Paisley Phoenix practice, which led to his team winning ‘Practice of the Year’ at the group’s National Partner Conference
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Vet pathologist James Barnett has been awarded the ZSL Silver Medal for his outstanding work in the field of wildlife conservation involving marine mammals.
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Karen Humm is a diplomate of the American and European colleges of veterinary emergency critical care and an RCVS recognised specialist in ECC