Experienced & Professional Specialists
We are all about skin…..and other things! Our team of Specialists are all highly qualified and will be able to help you with your difficult cases. Or you can choose to talk to one of us specifically if you have an unusual pet, a farm animal, a zoo animal or your pet has a behavioural problem or a specific skin or ear problem perhaps related to allergy, skin cancer or hormonal skin disease. Just click on the link below.
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Sue Paterson M.A. VetMB. DVD DipECVD FRCVS
Sue Paterson is recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and by the European College of Veterinary Dermatology as a Specialist…
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John Chitty BVetMed CertZooMed MRCVS
John Chitty BVetMed CertZooMed MRCVS ( seen here with my wire-haired dachshund “ Slug” )
John qualified from the Royal Veterinary College…
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Sarah Heath BVSc PgCertVE Dip.ECAWBM(BM) CCAB FHEA FRCVS
Sarah spent four years in mixed general practice before setting up Behavioural Referrals Veterinary Practice in 1992. Sarah is an RCVS and…
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Ariane Neuber, DrMedVet, CertVD, Dipl ECVD, MRCVS
RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology. Ariane completed her veterinary medicine degree at the University of Munich and after…
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Ian Ramsay BVSc PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA FHEA MRCVS
Professor Ian Ramsey graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1990 and gained his PhD from the University of Glasgow in 1994. He gained…
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Janet Littlewood MA PhD BVSc(Hons) DVR DVD MRCVS
Janet graduated from the Bristol Veterinary School in 1977 and then completed an Internship at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. After…
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Molly Varga BVetMed CertZooMed DZooMed(Mammalian) MRCVS
Molly gained her RCVS Certificate in Zoological Medicine in 2001 and her Diploma (Mammalian) in 2007. Her special interests are rabbit medicine…
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Peter Forsythe BVM&S; DVD MRCVS
Peter Forsythe BVM&S; DVD MRCVS spent 14 years in general practice before specialising in veterinary dermatology. He founded the Dermatology…
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Hilary Jackson BVM&S; DVD DACVD MRCVS
Hilary Jackson BVM&S; DVD DACVD MRCVS joined the Dermatology Referral Service in March 2006. For the 10 years prior to that she held the post…
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What is a RCVS Specialist?
All veterinary surgeons undertake a broad based training for 5 – 6 years at Veterinary School before they qualify as a general practitioner. Recognised specialist veterinary surgeons undertake further extensive, additional training for 3 – 4 years in their chosen speciality to become a Recognised Specialist. These vets are the equivalent of Consultants in human medicine. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) only allows veterinary surgeons with these further qualifications to call themselves specialists. In addition to these post graduate qualifications RCVS specialists have to prove they are active within their field and up to date with the most recent knowledge.
Indepth and up to date training
They also have to re-accredit every 5 years to prove to the RCVS that they are still working to the required standard. Depending on where Specialists train they can be RCVS, European or American Specialists and some consultants have dual qualifications. It is because of the extensive training and re-accreditation that Specialists undergo that they have a much greater depth of knowledge and experience in their particular speciality than primary care vets in general practice. They have experience in diagnosing and managing difficult and rare cases and are ideally placed to help you make your pet more comfortable.