MEET THE ZOETIS LEARNING ACADEMY SPEAKERS

Ian Wright BVMS MSc MRCVS Head of ESCCAP UK and Ireland

Ian is a practicing Veterinary surgeon and co-owner of the Mount Veterinary Practice in Fleetwood. He has a Master’s degree in Veterinary Parasitology, is head of the European Scientific Counsel of Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP) UK & Ireland and guideline director for ESCCAP Europe. Ian is regularly published in peer review journals, an editorial board member for the Companion animal journal as well as peer reviewing for journals such as JSAP, Companion animal and Veterinary Parasitology. He continues to carry out research in practice including work on intestinal nematodes and tick borne diseases.

Myles McKenna MVB MVetSci MVetMed DACVIM DECVIM-CA MRCVS Global Director of Clinical Consultations, Zoetis UK Ltd

Myles graduated from University College Dublin in 2013. After some time in general practice he completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Cornell University, USA. He then undertook a Masters of Veterinary Science at the University of Edinburgh, before completing a residency in small animal internal medicine at the Royal Veterinary College. Since completing his residency he has worked in private referral practices in the UK and Australia, and as faculty at University College Dublin. In 2021 he joined Zoetis as the director of the global consultation service. He is an American, European and RCVS specialist in small animal internal medicine. His primary areas of interest are nephrology and haematology.

Prof. Ralf Mueller DipACVD FANZCVSc (Dermatology) DipECVD

Prof. Ralf S. Mueller graduated in Munich/Germany, completed his doctoral thesis in 1987, and worked in several large and small animal practices before completing a residency in veterinary dermatology at the University of California/Davis in 1992. In 1992 he moved to Melbourne/Australia to work with his partner and wife Dr. Sonya Bettenay. Together, they created the first, purpose-built specialist practice in Australia. During that time, Dr. Mueller was concurrently consulting and teaching at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital/University of Sydney. Ralf and Sonya established (and continue to conduct) the Distance Education Program in Veterinary Dermatology of the Centre for Veterinary Education of the University of Sydney. In 1999, Ralf became Assistant Professor in Veterinary Dermatology at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/Colorado State University. In 2004, he accepted a position as chief of the veterinary dermatology service at the University of Munich/Germany. His main research interests are allergies and ectoparasites. He has published over 250 studies, articles, book chapters and books and given more than twelve hundred seminars, lectures and talks all over the world.

Nathalie Dowgray BVSc, MRCVS, MANZCVS (feline), PGDiP IAWE, Head of ISFM

Nathalie graduated from Massey University, New Zealand in 2002. In 2012 she sat the Membership exams for the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Feline Medicine and is a RCVS advanced Practitioner in Feline Medicine. She received a post graduate diploma in international animal welfare ethics and law from Edinburgh University in 2016 and a PhD in the ageing of cats at the University of Liverpool in 2022. Nathalie’s areas of interest are all things feline including health screening, musculoskeletal disease and age-related disease. Nathalie joined iCatCare as Head of ISFM in August 2020. 

Dr Andy Rose BSc BVetMed MRCVS (Vetfit)

Andy Rose co-founded Vetfit in 2017 with Charlie Mays in order to break down barriers to wellbeing in the veterinary profession, through our favourite medium, exercise! Andy has been an Officer in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps for the last 5 years, doing a mix of clinical and command jobs.

Sophie Duguid BVMS MRCVS. National Veterinary Manager, Diagnostics, Zoetis UK Ltd

Sophie obtained her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Glasgow in 2007. Since graduation she has pursued a career in companion animal practice and has worked as a veterinary surgeon in a variety of settings, ranging from general first opinion practice to referral hospital work and subsequent emergency and critical care out of hours cover. Realising her passion for all things medicine brought Sophie to Zoetis UK Ltd in 2014 where she has further developed her interests, namely in the fields of internal as well as feline medicine, immunology and biochemistry. Sophie continues to work occasional weekends in first opinion practice as she lists the consult room as one of her favourite places.

Louise Longstaff BVSc PGCertVBM CertAVP MRCVS National Veterinary Manager Parasitics and Biologicals, Zoetis UK Ltd

Louise graduated from Bristol University in 2009 and spent 5 years in companion animal practice where she developed a keen interest in feline medicine. In 2014, she started the Zoetis Feline Scholarship at Bristol University, working on various areas of feline research and publishing papers in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. In 2015 she began her post at Zoetis, where she continues to maintain her passion for increasing awareness and understanding of all aspects of feline medicine and infectious diseases.

Michelle Greaves BVMS CertAVP(VD) MRCVS. Veterinary Consultant, Zoetis UK Ltd

After graduating from Glasgow University in 2007 Michelle worked in mixed practice in the North of Scotland before moving to a small animal practice in South Yorkshire where she spent 6 years, during this time she gained her RCVS certificate in veterinary dermatology. She moved into an industry veterinary role in 2015 and is enjoying working for Zoetis as a Zoetis Veterinary Consultant. Michelle is on the BVDSG committee as PR Secretary. She enjoys all things dermatology, but has a particular interest in atopic dermatitis, antimicrobial resistance, and the pharmacology of dermatological therapies.

Jonny Lambert BVetMed MRCVS National Veterinary Manager, Zoetis UK Ltd

Jonny graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1999 working in both general and latterly referral practice. He has subsequently worked in Industry for a number of years in a range of technical, business and leadership positions as well as different species areas including companion animals, equine and poultry. His clinical interests include dermatology, vaccinology internal medicine and antimicrobial stewardship. He is particularly passionate about creating new solutions and innovation in veterinary medicine. Jonny is the National Veterinary Manager-technical lead-for the UK Business for the Dermatology and Antibiotic portfolios. Outside of work he is frequently busy with his two children, football coaching and trail and fell running.

Jayne Clark BVSc BSc(Hons) GPCertSAM MRCVS Veterinary Consultant, Zoetis UK Ltd

Jayne graduated from Liverpool University in 2005 and worked as a small animal vet in clinical practice for 10 years in the East of England, covering both first opinion practice and emergency work as part of a busy out of hours service. She moved into an industry role in 2015 and joined Zoetis in 2020 as a veterinary consultant for the Eastern region. She has particular interests in anaesthesia, analgesia and geriatric medicine, which she has been able to develop further during her time with Zoetis.

Prof John Innes BVSc PhD CertVR DSAS(orth) FRCVS - CVS Referral Director

John Innes is a RCVS Specialist in small animal orthopaedics and was formerly professor of small animal surgery at University of Liverpool (2001-2013). He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed papers and several textbook chapters in the areas of osteoarthritis and orthopaedics. John was President of the European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics (ESVOT) 2014-2016 and he was awarded Fellowship of RCVS in 2016 for ‘meritorious contributions to knowledge’. Professor Innes has recently been elected Chair of RCVS Fellowship Board. John has been Referrals Director for CVS since 2013 overseeing eight specialist-led hospitals.

Dr Charlie Mays BSc(Hons) BVetMed MRCVS (Vetfit)

Charlie Mays is a practising farm vet and proud Co-founder of Vetfit. Since starting at the RVC in 2010 Charlie has always been involved in making sport and exercise accessible to all. To him, Vetfit has the potential to influence attitudes of hundreds of veterinary professionals and practice owners towards mental and physical health by providing practical, achievable strategies to manage stress and improve wellbeing.

Charlotte Davison BSc(Hons) Area Business Manager (Ruminants), Zoetis UK Ltd

Charlotte is an Area Business Manager for Zoetis leading a team of Account Managers in Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the Ruminants Business Unit. She worked for DEFRA during the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001 and has held various management positions in both human and animal healthcare companies. A mother of 2 young girls, an incontrollable cat and with a lawyer partner to support, Charlotte is keen to raise the awareness of looking after mental health and wellbeing in the workplace and keeping that work-life balance high on the agenda. She is a qualified mental health first aider and one of the Zoetis Mental Health and Wellbeing Champions.

Lucy Berriman Poultry Key Account Manager, Zoetis UK Ltd

Lucy is a Key Account Manager for Zoetis Poultry, covering the UK and Ireland. She has worked within the poultry industry since graduating from Harper Adams University, with a short break travelling the US, NZ and Australia. She currently lives in East Yorkshire with her puppy, Moose and cat, Milo. Lucy has a passion for improving colleagues’ mental health and providing coping strategies to help day to day. She is a qualified mental health first aider.

Edward Ferguson BSc PhD MRSC Director of Regulatory and Quality, Zoetis UK Ltd

Edward is the Regulatory and Quality Director for Zoetis in the UK. After a PhD in parasitology, trace element nutrition and immunology, Edward spent 7 years in CROs performing studies in safety and metabolism, primarily in support of novel animal medicines and MRL submissions before joining Pfizer Central Research in 1996. He has 25 years’ experience in Animal Health Regulatory Affairs in commercial and previously Research and Development environments in Zoetis and its predecessor Pfizer Animal Health. Edward is a very keen supporter of NOAH and is currently the Chair of the Technical and Strategic Affairs Committee, the Business and Trade sub-committee and an ex-officio member of the NOAH Board.

Dr Jamie Crittall BVSc MRCVS Senior Commercial Director & Co-founder of Virtual Recall

Jamie is Co-founder of Virtual Recall which provides iRecall® and OurVet.Shop™. iRecall® is the U.K.’s most successful client communication solution and operates in over 1,850 clinics across 3 continents. OurVet.Shop™ enables veterinary practices to provide their very own home delivery service to their clients. Since Zoetis’ acquisition of Virtual Recall (July 2020), he was appointed Senior Commercial Director within Zoetis’ Digital Practice Services Business Unit. In addition, Jamie owns and runs a 145-year old family-owned multi-branch veterinary practice in Surrey. He has also had a 20 year career in media, appearing regularly as a vet on The Big Breakfast; Sky News and co-presented Pet Rescuers and Pet Rescue Roadshow. He regularly broadcasts around the country and is a regular speaker at UK veterinary business, technology and marketing seminars, conferences and events. Jamie is an active Trustee of the Petplan Charitable trust.

Rhona Holland Senior Manager Learning & Development, Zoetis UK Ltd

Rhona joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1992 following a 13 year career as a biomedical scientist in the NHS. Her roles focussed on the launch and management of speciality medicines- in the areas of Oncology and Endocrinology firstly with Pharmacia and then with Pfizer following acquisition. Rhona moved into Zoetis (formally Pfizer Animal Health) in 2009 and after spending time as a Corporate and Area Business Manager moved into Learning and Development. Throughout her career her passion was people development and she have always taken a keen interest in the training and coaching of the people reporting to her.
Her current role as Senior Learning and Development Manager is the development and implementation of a learning strategy across the UK, Ireland and Nordics. The curriculum includes modules for all employees, from initial inductions to leadership programmes for our managers. Rhona has worked directly with vet practices on the creation and delivery of bespoke training programmes to enhance the effectiveness of their staff in communicating with customers.

Rob Pope BVetMed (Hons) MANZCVS (VetECC) PgCert (Vet Ophth) PhD MRCVS

His name is Rob Pope, but you might know him as Forrest Gump.
Forrest Gump, when you think about it, is probably the world's best known ultra-athlete and in 2018, Rob became the first person to answer one of the most asked questions in ultrarunning:
“Could Forrest have actually survived his epic run?” Well, according to Rob, he could, after he himself retraced Forrest's route from ALA-BAMA(!), running over 15,600 miles in 422 days, crossing America almost five times and finishing at the same spot Forrest did in Monument Valley. He returns to BSAVA for the first time since he said "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now", having written about his and America's story in the bestselling book "Becoming Forrest".
Rumour has it he's brought his running shoes with him. Surely that can only mean one thing? Maybe he'll reveal all at the end of his talk...

Dr Samantha Taylor BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MANZCVS FRCVS

Sam graduated from the Royal Vet College and completed internships in private referral practice before starting a Feline Advisory Bureau Residency at Bristol University. She was awarded the European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2009. In 2011 she became an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine and in 2019 was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for outstanding contributions to the profession. She is an Associate Member of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Feline Medicine).
Sam is the International Society of Feline Medicine Academy of Feline Practitioners Lead and Consultant and also works in clinical referral practice at Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists in Hampshire. Sam was editor of the BSAVA journal Companion as well as ISFM Feline Focus, is a visiting lecturer in Internal Medicine at Surrey University Veterinary School, is an editorial board member for JFMS and coordinates the ISFM International Guidelines. She has written books, book chapters and papers on internal medicine topics and enjoys a mix of clinical work, writing and lecturing.

Dr B. Duncan X. Lascelles, BSc, BVSC, PhD, FRCVS CertVA, DSAS(ST), Diplomate ECVS, Diplomate ACVS

Dr. Lascelles’ research program (Translational Research in Pain [TRiP]) develops methods to measure pain associated with spontaneous disease in animals, and seeks to understand the underlying neurobiology. His work improves pain control in companion animals, and facilitates analgesic development in human medicine through proof of concept studies in companion animals, and discovery of relevant mechanisms involved in specific, naturally occurring painful disease states. He has a particular interest the measurement of movement in relation to pain, and in the role of neurotrophins and neurotrophic factors, and downstream signaling, in pain states. He has devoted considerable time over the last 20 years to advancing our understanding of osteoarthritis in cats, particularly how to diagnose, measure and successfully treat the pain associated with the condition.
He is director of the Comparative Pain Research and Education Centre (CPREC). He has authored over 200 peer reviewed research papers and reviews, ~300 research abstracts, and ~ 30 book chapters. He is co-founder of AniV8, a company dedicated to developing innovative methods of measuring pain through the use of sensors.

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