Our Specialist internal medicine clinicians are based at ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists, Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists and Highcroft Veterinary Referrals.
The teams take a multidisciplinary approach to cases, working closely with other medical services to achieve the optimum outcomes for their patients.
The Specialist team offers internal medicine services for:
- Respiratory conditions (coughing, nasal disease)
- Gastointestinal conditions
- Urinary tract conditions (renal failure, haematuria, polyuria/polydipsia)
- Oesophageal Gastrointestinal conditions
- Haematological conditions (anaemia, thrombocytopenia, coagulopathies)
- Endocrine conditions (diabetes mellitus, hyperadrenocorticism)
- Hepatopathies, pancreatic conditions
- Infectious disease
- Gastrointestinal or respiratory foreign bodies requiring endoscopic removal
The internal medicine Specialist team use highly sophisticated facilities including endoscopy, fluoroscopy, CT and MRI, and work closely with other departments, especially soft tissue surgery, cardiology and oncology, for optimal patient care.
Please see below for clinicians at our Specialist-led referral centres
Our clinicians
Specialist
Emma Roberts
BVetMed(Hons) MVM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Specialist
Guillaume Ruiz
DVM CEAV-MI DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Specialist
Paul Higgs
MA VetMB CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Specialist
Pauline Jamieson
BVM&S PhD DECVIM-CA FHEA MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Specialist
Pieter Defauw
MVetMed PhD DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Specialist
Samantha Taylor
BVetMed(Hons) CertSAM DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Referral clinician
Paweł Bęczkowski
DVM PhD MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Resident
Alex Shirlow
MVB CertSAM PGDip(VCP) MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Certificate holder
Jennifer Stallwood
BVSc BSc(Hons) CertAVP(ECC) MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Certificate holder
Menai Heyes
MA VetMB CertAVP(SAM) MRCVS
Discipline:
Internal Medicine
Our referral centres
Specialist led
ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists
Units E & F, Telford Court, Gates Lane, Chestergates, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 6LT
Specialist led
Gilabbey Veterinary Hospital
Vicars Road, Togher, Cork, Ireland, T12 K26P
Specialist led
Highcroft Veterinary Referrals
615 Wells Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 9BE
Specialist led
Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists
Selborne Road, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 3HL