COLLEGE COURIER

AUGUST 2018

2 president’s message

5 college science week 2018

7 2018 college awards

8 project officer update

9 CHAPTERs

15 Timeline of events

16 successful members

22 new fellows

24 membership examinations

25 Save the date – science week 2019

26 CONTACTS

Contents

president’s messageThis is my first newsletter as President and it is terrific to be here, in a time when the ANZCVS is growing rapidly. With growth comes change and Council is reflecting on how to improve what we do and how to serve you.

We have been through a terrific and busy couple of years under the leadership of President Dr Mandy Burrows, who has refocussed us on our strategic goals of benchmarking excellence and engaging better with Members. Mandy’s enthusiasm to serve the ANZCVS, and capacity to translate service into action, provides an example of outstanding leadership.

Welcome to our new Members

June-July is examination time for the ANZCVS and a record number of candidates presented to the Gold Coast for the oral and/or practical components of their examinations in 23 Membership subjects and 10 Fellowship subjects. We are pleased to advise that the ANZCVS now has 179 new Members (having successfully passed examinations) and 12 new Fellows.

It is a terrific achievement to attain Membership of the College by examination, requiring a concerted effort over a long period of time to prove that you meet the level required in the Membership examination, especially when we consider that many

candidates may not have taken an exam for several years! It is a fabulous achievement to exceed the benchmark required to attain Fellowship, typically regarded as the level of a registered specialist in Australia and New Zealand and we send our hearty congratulations to all candidates. You can read about new Fellows and see a list of new Members here.

Science Week

Science Week was held immediately following the examination period (July 4-6) and was a hugely successful meeting. The meeting was at capacity on Thursday and Friday and nearly full on Saturday, with well over 500 delegates attending each day. This is the premiere Scientific meeting in Australia and New Zealand and provides an excellent opportunity to seek out cutting edge science across a wide range of disciplines, including (but not limited to) cattle medicine, medicine and management of laboratory animals, anaesthesia and analgesia, dentistry, oncology, dermatology, ophthalmology as well as the perennially popular “larger” groups of surgery, medicine and emergency/critical care. It was terrific to wander around between the rooms and be stimulated by a rich and diverse cross section of learning across our profession.

Science Week boasts other benefits, and I always enjoy catching up with Members and friends from around the world, my time at university and across the diverse profession. Nowhere else in my professional life as a veterinary radiologist in small animal practice can I interact with the engaging and dynamic vets of the Cattle Chapter!

For Members who cannot attend Science Week, the ANZCVS is actively looking at ways to engage with you and share the benefits of the Conference. We are pleased to announce that several lectures were recorded and are available as a Member benefit to view from the website. Click here for a link to these lectures, in subjects as diverse as behaviour, equine medicine/surgery, dermatology and avian medicine. These lectures will be available for a short time, so get in and have a look.

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president’s message continued...Science Week’s main plenary lecture is designed to be thought provoking and informative. Delivered by Dr Fiona Moir, a New Zealand psychiatrist at the University of Auckland she spoke on tackling burnout and enhancing wellbeing in the profession. Fiona’s presentation was sensational and highly engaging in a room of more than 400 delegates, as she navigated the research on burnout in the health professions and translated it into thought-provoking ideas that were pertinent to the wide cross-section of veterinary audience. Dr Moir generously allowed us to record this session and I strongly encourage you to have a look at it as it will only be available for a short time.

New Zealand Council Meetings and Social Functions

The ANZCVS Council and Board will be travelling to New Zealand in September for a series of meetings with key NZ stakeholders, including the NZVA, NZ industry groups and Massey University. On Sat 15th September we will be holding a party in Auckland and any members of the College are welcome to attend (7pm Sofitel Hotel, Viaduct Harbour). Please join us! RSPV to marketing@anzcvs.org.au. Another opportunity to engage with South Islanders will happen in Christchurch on Sat 28th September, with NZ Councillor Wayne Ricketts and myself hosting a party. Any members or potential members are welcome to attend, so get in touch and we hope to see you.

We are always open to hearing ideas on how we can engage with you and what other benefits you may like as Members,

so get in touch at cm@anzcvs.org.au

We want to hear from you

COLLEGE NZ SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH

Visit our website to watch selected Science Week lectures www.anzcvs.org.au/science-week-2018

CONFERENCEWEEKSCIENCE

Saturday 15 September 7pm to 9pm Sofitel Hotel Viaduct Harbour

Friday 28 September 6.30pm to 9pm The George Hotel Christchurch

RSVPs are essential to marketing@anzcvs.org.au

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Welcome to our new Councillors

Council has changed after the AGM and I would like to introduce two new Councillors. Dr Carolyn Guy comes onto Council as the Chief Examiner, replacing Dr Tias Muurlink. Carolyn has been on the Board of Examiners for several years and, located in Japan, is an apt example of how it is possible to be highly engaged with the College regardless of geographical location! Dr Amy Lane is a Fellow in Oncology and was successfully elected to Council in June. Amy resides in Newcastle and has been an active member in the Small Animal Medicine and Oncology Chapters.

Council farewells two long-serving members. Dr Tias Muurlink leaves Council as Chief Examiner but is staying for another year on the Board of Examiners, and Dr Phil Moses leaves Council after a 9-year term. We will miss their steadying influence and experience. Both men received service awards in July and you can read their citations here.

Thanks also to the excellent and ongoing contributions of the women and men who are on Council (Dr Bruce Smith as Treasurer, Dr Wayne Ricketts as Honorary Secretary, Dr Mandy Burrows as immediate Past President and Dr Caroline Mansfield as past President) and who guide us, and for the numerous volunteers on the Board of Examiners, Chapter executives, and examiners, as well as the capable and hardworking ANZCVS office team, who all create the wonderful fabric of the ANZCVS.

Regards,

Zoe

Dr Tias Muurlink receiving the Meritorious Service Award from Dr Mandy Burrows

Dr Mandy Burrows presents Dr Philip Moses with the Presidential Award

Dr Philip Moses accepting a Presidential Award

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College Science Week 2018Science Week 2018 was once again held 5th-7th July at the 5 star QT Hotel on the Gold Coast – sadly, the last time at this venue. The 3 day scientific programme was attended by a total of close to 600 delegates. There was a daily average of 560 participants, with 14 concurrent streams (15 on Saturday) involving 23 Chapters of the College, a record. The superb scientific content of the programme and the enthusiasm of attendees resulted in the usual robust collegiate atmosphere.

The following Chapters are to be congratulated for providing informative & innovative scientific programmes that varied in length from half a day to the full three days:

In recent years, combined sessions have emerged to pool the talent and expertise of associated Chapters to discuss controversial or topical issues. This year was no exception, taking the concept to another level, there being seven half-day sessions of collaboration between a chart-busting 17 Chapters; there was a triumvirate involving Epidemiology, Pharmacology and Public Health – another first. The increased numbers of delegates attracted to these sessions was impressive, helping to swell the coffers of the Chapters involved.

All sessions were well attended despite the abundance of CE supplied by alternative providers.

Many Chapters are to be congratulated on providing excellent proceedings. It was gratifying to see so many invited experts from all over the world.

A large number of Chapters again used the Science Week Meeting to hold their AGM’s and Annual Dinners, significantly contributing to the Gold Coast’s economy!

A Council initiative to link Science Week with Plenary Sessions continues to be popular, the sessions this year again focussing on some of the core business of the College. This year the Board of Examiners featured, with the topic ‘Initiatives and Visions of the BOE, a discussion of issues before the Board now and on the horizon’. On Friday the Chief Examiner Dr Tias Muurlink & Councillor Dr Philip Moses profiled the forthcoming Membership for Veterinarians in General Practice.

2018’s Plenary Forum was entitled ‘Tackling Burnout and Enhancing Wellbeing in the Profession’ and was delivered by Dr Fiona Moir, Senior Lecturer in the Department of General Practice and Director of Medical Student Affairs at the University of Auckland – a penetrative yet thoughtful and sensitive treatise, ensuring a very entertaining hour with over 300 people packing the auditorium.

Happy Hour was once again held in the Stingray Lounge and provided the opportunity for all delegates to interact and reinforce the intellectual feeling.

• Animal Reproduction

• Animal Welfare

• Aquatic Animal Health

• Avian Medicine

• Cattle

• Dentistry

• Public Health

• Dermatology

• Oncology

• Equine

• Emergency and Critical Care

• Epidemiology

• Feline Medicine

• Laboratory Animals

• Ophthalmology

• Pathology

• Radiology, Pharmacology

• Small Animal Medicine

• Surgery

• Unusual Pets

• Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

• Veterinary Behaviour

• Zoo & Wildlife

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College Science Week 2018 continued...The College Awards Dinner on Saturday evening – always a sell-out – was a fitting finale to the scholasticism of the week.

Twenty-four industry representatives joined us this year and all expressed that they benefited from the exposure to the delegates. Thanks to all for visiting and showing support for the trade who provide essential backing to our conference.

The success of Science Week is essentially dependant on the Chapters. I would like to add my personal thanks to the Chapter programme coordinators who did so much to develop a programme that had such a wide appeal to College members.

Interminable thanks to the College office for synchronising a streamlined event - Mary Anne, Sharon, Robyn, Thy and Lynda.

We look forward to a similar Chapter response in coming to the Gold Coast again next year and to make this meeting the focus of their scientific and social activities for the year at the exciting new venue, The Star Gold Coast. The obvious need for more appropriate seminar rooms as well as adequate break-out areas to accommodate our burgeoning numbers, necessitates our move, the third venue in Science Week’s history.

Terry King Science Week 2018 Convenor

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2018 COLLEGE AWARDSCollege Prize Dr Karen Dawson

Ian Clunies Ross Award Associate Professor Jacqui Norris

Kesteven Medal Professor John Edwards

Honorary Fellowship Distinguished Professor Nigel French

Meritorious Award Dr Tias Muurlink

Meritorious Award Dr Sharanne Raidal

Presidential Award Dr Philip Moses

Fellowship Scholarship Dr Donna White

The Geoff Robins Research Grant Dr Paul Jenkins

Membership Travel Grant Dr Abbie Tipler Dr Rebecca Weight

Paul Gotis Graham Award Dr Qicai Jason Hoon

Most Commendable Papers:AVJ Experimental Hendra virus infection of dogs: virus replication,

shedding and potential for transmission, Middleton, D.J. Riddell, S. Klein, R. Arkinstall, R. Haining, J. Frazer, L. Mottley, C. Evans, R. Johnson, D. and Pallister, J.

NZVJ Comparison of diagnostic tests for determining the prevalence of failure of passive transfer in New Zealand dairy calves, Cuttance, E. Mason, W. Denholm, K. Laven, R.

Most Commendable Paper in an International Journal

Clinical outcome and prognosis of dogs with histopathological features consistent with epitheliotropic lymphoma: a retrospective study of 148 cases (2003-2015), Chan, C.M. Frimberger, A.E. and Moore, A.S.

David Bayvel Award (Animal Welfare) Dr Kate Blaszak

Small Animal Medicine Chapter Award Dr Madeleine Roberts

Robert Holmes Award (Veterinary Behaviour) Dr Richard Seymour

Equine Chapter Award Dr Ashley Vermeulen

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Thanks to all of the speakers and Chapters who participated in the trial during Science Week to digitally capture a selection of presentations. These lectures are now available on the Science Week tab of the College website and can be found directly at https://www.anzcvs.org.au/digitally-recorded-lectures/recorded-lectures/. The recorded sessions include:

Plenary Sessions

• Dr Fiona Moir: Tackling Burnout and Enhancing Wellbeing in theProfession

• Dr Tias Muurlink, Dr Carolyn Guy, Dr Peter Bennett: Initiatives andVisions of the BOE

• Dr Philip Moses, Dr Tias Muurlink: Membership in VeterinaryPractice – Equine and Small Animal

Dermatology

• Dr Peter Hill: Mechanisms of actions of allergen immunotherapy

• Dr Allan Bell: Cheilitis: A forgotten or inadequately described signof canine atopic dermatitis

Behaviour Chapter

• Dr Michael McDowell: Personality in cats: narcissistic toddlersand more?

• Professor David J Mellor: Onset of awareness and survival-criticalbehaviours in newborn and young mammals

• Dr Michael McDowell and Dr Jane Lesslie: What can non-verbalhumans tell us about our pets? (Grimace scales and beyond)

• Dr Mark Turnwald: The Emotional-Cognitive Brain

• Dr Cam Day: The rise and rise of pedigree cats: Are therebehavioural consequences as well as medical?

Equine Chapter

• Dr Matt Stewart: Diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritisin horses

• Dr Andrew Dart: Emergency Treatment of Equine Colic

Avian Chapter

• Dr Deborah Monks: Bedside diagnostics in avian medicine

• Dr Anne Fowler: Review of avian blood transfusions

• Dr Karen Dobson: Triaging the critical avian patient

Members will have access to the Science Week recordings for the remainder of 2018. As well as being a valuable educational resource to those Members who could not attend, or those attending multiple streams during Science Week, these presentations showcase individual Chapters and will promote engagement with the wider veterinary community.

Conference proceedings for those Chapters that have made their proceedings publicly available can also be found at https://www.anzcvs.org.au/science-week-2018/science-week-proceedings-2018/. For proceedings of other Chapters, please visit the Chapter website or contact the Chapter directly.

Inaugural examinations for Membership in Veterinary Practice – Equine and Small Animal will be held in 2019 with applications now open for prospective candidates. Sample written examination papers are imminent and aim to provide prospective candidates with a representation of the depth and breadth of the examinations.

Additional projects have commenced to streamline Fellowship applications, continue digitisation of College examination processes and review requirements for maintenance of credentials. Any feedback or enquiries on the projects mentioned above or on other matters are welcomed.

Thanks, Rachel

Dr Rachel Tan Project Officer Email: po@anzcvs.org.au

Project Officer Update

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Feline Chapter

Medicine and Management of Laboratory Animals Chapter

Another year of College Science Week has passed, and with it a successful and engaging feline-filled program. The 2018 Feline Masterclass day was well attended featured a wide range of topics including petfood toxicities, subclinical bacteriuria, fungal infections, anaemia, and updates on seizure disorders in cats. There was even some surgery thrown in, thanks to neurologist Patrick Kenny’s discussion on feline hypophysectomies! The next two days of CSW 2018 saw the Feline Chapter collaborate with the Small Animal Medicine and Behaviour Chapters covering a wide breadth of topics. Congratulations to the winner of the Chapter Abstract Prize, Mark Vardanega.

Proceedings have been uploaded to the Chapter website and are available for download.

Huge congratulations must also be extended to three new Fellows, Lara Boland, Rachel Korman and Michael Linton, all of whom successfully passed their Fellowship examinations in Feline Medicine this year. This allows them to register as specialists in Feline Medicine and we warmly commend them for their hard work and success.

We also had a number of successful membership candidates this year – welcome and congrats!

Congratulations to Dr John Inns and Dr Lydia Pethick who both successfully passed their examinations in Medicine and Management of Laboratory Animals and now are members of the Chapter.

There have been changes to the Executive. Dr J. Kingham is Treasurer, and Dr M. France is Secretary and Science Week co-ordinator. Dr J. Inns remains as the website administrator and J. Ferguson as President. I will step down as Head Examiner and Dr Kingham will take this role. The CEC is yet to be appointed but, as there are no examinations scheduled for 2019, this can be determined at a later stage.

The study guidelines are due for review and currently we have a number of volunteers. This will be completed in the near future.

Some changes have been made to the Chapter executive for this year. Kath Briscoe remains as president of the Feline Chapter, but 2018 will see the introduction of Keshe Chow as the new Chapter secretary and Rachel Korman as the new Chapter treasurer. Andrea Harvey will be seguing from her prior role as secretary to a new role of ISFM Chapter liaison, and Audra Turner will side-step from her prior role as treasurer to a new role of UK/EU Chapter liaison. This will allow us to continue fostering our international initiatives, such as membership of the ISFM Academy of Feline Practitioners (available to any Feline Chapter member who joins ISFM – information can be found on the ISFM website), as well as continuing to offer membership examinations to candidates in the UK.

We are planning on increasing the number of benefits to Chapter members going forward, and as always we welcome any inputs or contributions from members. Please feel free to contact us (email addresses below) if you would like to get more involved in Chapter activities. Until then, stay tuned for some exciting new developments in the feline world.

Kath Briscoe (President – presidentfeline@anzcvs.org.au) Keshe Chow (Secretary – secretaryfeline@anzcvs.org.au) Rachel Korman (Treasurer – treasurerfeline@anzcvs.org.au)

We were actively involved in Science Week. We had a collaborative session with Animal Welfare (J. Inns and J. Ferguson) and a session for Medicine and Management of Lab Animals with talks by E. Dodemaide, J. Kingham and M. France. We are planning for a full day session at the 2019 Science Week with a possible collaborative session with the Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia Chapter.

We are considering options to add value to Chapter membership. Any input will be welcomed.

Julie Ferguson presidentlabanimals@anzcvs.org.au

Chapters

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Animal Welfare Chapter

NEW

THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENTISTS

Apply and find out more at www.anzcvs.org.au/membership

Membership in Veterinary Practice: Equine

Membership in Veterinary Practice: Small Animal

The Animal Welfare Chapter was pleased to welcome six new members following a successful examination week. This is a ‘bumper’ crop of new members and the Chapter now has over 70 members demonstrating an increased interest in animal welfare and ethics. Examinations will be held again in 2020.

The Animal Welfare Chapter had a very successful and enjoyable Science Week Program with wide ranging topics from zoos and wildlife to working animals, behaviour, laboratory animals and international perspectives of animal welfare. The diversity of the program and combined sessions with other Chapters made for a well-attended, thought provoking and interesting program. Abstracts were produced and are available on the Chapter website.

It was particularly pleasing to have Professor David Mellor give a presentation on ‘Thriving, not merely surviving: New keys for unlocking impediments to enhancing animal welfare’. David has been a wonderful supporter of the Chapter since its inception. David has now retired so Science Week was an excellent opportunity to wish him well for a most enjoyable retirement.

Every two years to coincide with membership examinations the Chapter awards the David Bayvel Award for outstanding leadership in Animal Welfare. This year the Chapter was pleased

to give this award to Dr Kate Blaszak. This is the third time the award has been offered and the two previous recipients have been Professor Andrew Fisher and Dr Helen Byrnes.

David Bayvel, who died in 2015 was one of the world’s pre-eminent experts in the fields of animal welfare and veterinary science and believed that veterinarians should have a leadership role as advocates for animals and it is fitting that an Award has been established in his name. Dr Kate Blaszak, who has been dedicated to animal welfare in the Australasia region for over 15 years is a worthy recipient.

Kate is currently a Global Advisor for Farm Animal programmes at World Animal Protection and a member of the OIE AFEO Regional Animal Strategy Advisory group and the International Coalition for Animal Welfare which represents many Animal Protection Organisations advocating for higher welfare standards to the OIE and its 182 member countries. She has contributed to welfare policy and legislative work advising several Governments. Much of Kate’s work has been in the Asia Pacific region where her work has had an impact on the welfare of many millions of animals. She is also the (voluntary) vice chair of the Board of AMRRIC.

Tanya Stephens President Animal Welfare Chapter.

Available in 2019

Learning outcomes in both subjects include:

• Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology• Preventative Health, Wellness and

Nutrition• Therapeutics• Biosecurity and Infectious Diseases• Diagnostic Imaging• Cardiovascular System• Respiratory System• Adominal Disorders• Genitourinary System• Neurology• Endocrinology• Musculoskeletal System• Surgery• Analgesia and Anaesthesia• Emergency and Critical Care• Ophthalmology• Dermatology

Each subject has other specific learning objectives. Please see Subject Guidelines for further details.

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Avian Chapter

Oncology Chapter

We welcome 11 new Members to our Chapter after successful completion of their exams at the recent Exam Week! I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to Drs Annabelle Olsson and Adrian Gallagher, our examiners, who compiled, delivered and marked all of the exam papers; to Dr Patricia Macwhirter (CEC) who worked with the examiners to ensure the best possible exam and outcomes; Deb Monks, who ran our online mentorship program; all of our individual mentors who worked with their candidates to prepare them for their exams, and to the many Members of the College who contributed questions to our exam bank. What a great result, made possible only by the efforts of so many!

We also had our first appearance at Science Week for many years. Many thanks to Karen Dobson, who organised the program and the speakers, and all of the speakers who delivered a variety of interesting papers over a 2 day program. This is a first step towards better engagement with the College, and I hope it will be just the start.

Next year’s Science Week is going to be at the Star Convention Centre in Broadbeach - quite simply, the College has outgrown the QT Hotel. (This year’s registrations had to be a capped - a College first!) The theme for Science Week is cutting edge topics - new research, techniques, unique case reports, etc. Start thinking about your contribution now!

We have also received the following invitation:

2021 World Congress of Veterinary Anaesthesia (WCVA)

International Convention Centre in Sydney Australia, August 23-26 2021.

The World Congress of Veterinary Anaesthesia is held every 3 years typically over 3 days and attracts between 500 & 700 veterinary anaesthetists from around the world. It is an excellent scientific meeting and brings “the people who wrote the books”, scientists, anaesthetists, clinicians, nurses and technicians together.

Leveraging off the WCVA scientific meeting, there is an outstanding opportunity to run a more general professional education program for veterinarians and nurses with an interest in, but not limited to anaesthesia, pain management, emergency and critical care.

The organisers believe this professional education program would support streams including Surgery, Dentistry, Ophthalmology, Small Animal Medicine, Avian, Exotics and Zoo medicine that could showcase the relevant Chapters of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists. They are inviting the Avian Chapter of the ANZCVS to participate in this Congress; this is something we will need to discuss at our AGM.

The College is also moving to restructure the CEC to give a more consistent approach to the exams, and to maximise involvement of our members in the process. We will present and discuss this at our AGM.

Until November, Bob

Bob Doneley President, Avian Health Chapter

College Science Week is always a great chance for the Australian Oncologists to come together to learn and socialise! The Saturday program commenced with a collaboration with the Surgery Chapter discussing various things related to Surgical Oncology — thank you to Dr Maureen Thomson for facilitating this. The round-table discussion and presentation of several cases was an interesting way to learn how other colleagues would approach a similar case. The afternoon session was presented by residents or registrars who are undertaking or recently completed their Fellowship training programs. The theme was Comparative Oncology and some key insights were provided on how human oncologists manage diseases we commonly see in our companion animals.

The Chapter also warmly welcomes Dr Jessica Finlay as a Fellow of the ANZCVS in Veterinary Oncology as she successfully passed her examinations.

The Oncology Chapter continues to grow and it is always pleasing to see the enthusiasm from its members in volunteering for the various roles required to keep it running smoothly. Many thanks go to the examiners for this year, Dr Anne Peaston and Dr Claire Cannon, with assistance from the CEC Liaison Dr Kathleen O’Connell. Changes to the Chapter committee include a new president – Dr Amy Lane; Secretary – Dr Laura Brockley; Treasurer – Dr Sandra Nguyen. Thank you to past president Dr Ken Wyatt for driving the Chapter forward, particularly in the ongoing examination process.

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Pharmacology Chapter

The Unusual Pet Chapter

2018 has been a busy year for the Pharmacology Chapter and I wish to thank all those involved in a highly successful and collaborative Science Week program.

Our International keynote speaker, Professor Pierre Louis Toutain, immediate past President of the European Association for Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology and visiting Professor of the Royal Veterinary College in London provided 11 outstanding talks over the three days. Topics were highly applicable across Chapters and included; population PK/PD in clinical practice, dose extrapolation, dose regimen design to minimise antibiotic resistance, antibiotic dosing in critically ill patients, PK/PD approaches for antibiotics and doping control in horses and the pharmacokinetics of topical endectocides. Recordings and presentation material from these talks will be made available to Chapter Members in the near future.

The Chapter held an unprecedented number of co-hosted sessions with Veterinary Public Health, Veterinary Epidemiology, Small Animal Medicine, Emergency Critical Care and Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia which were highly rewarding and generated many exciting opportunities for continuing collaboration. This was an excellent example of collaboration within the College. Chapters working together can best answer shared questions/challenges – so we look forward to further cultivating and strengthening the connections between our Chapters.

At the Chapter AGM, Meghan Lui was elected President Elect for 2019-20. Secretary Gail Versluis and Treasurer Richard L’Estrange were re-elected. The Executive Committee for the coming year includes Dennis Scott, Tim Hyndman, Erica Malcolm, Richard Munn, Sarah Robson, Melody de Laat. The Scientific Committee for 2019 includes Liz Shackleton and Vivian Song.

A warm welcome and congratulations to our 2 new Chapter members in 2018 – Dr Matthew Ball and Dr Stuart Kerr. Congratulations are also extended to two of our long-standing members. Dr Dennis Scott was recently awarded Life membership of the Chapter for his significant contribution as a Chapter examiner

and examination committee member and Dr Paul Mills, who recently assumed the Editor in Chief role from Dr Jim Riviere of the prestigious Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Key focus areas for the Pharmacology Chapter in 2019 include; continued development of a fellowship training programme and examination, documenting the latest phase in our Chapters history (years 20-40), refinement of our veterinary pharmacology study course (VPCS), continued development of the veterinary clinical pharmacology network (VCPN) and refocussing and promotion of the numerous undergraduate pharmacology awards funded by our Chapter.

To our committee members and examiners - your dedication and drive for continual improvement are greatly appreciated and ensures our Chapter goes from strength to strength. I look forward to working closely with you over the coming year.

Finally, on behalf of all Chapter members - I would like to extend thanks to our outgoing President, Dr Stephen Page - for his tireless work and enthusiasm in service of the Chapter.

Liz Shackleton President, Pharmacology Chapter

The Unusual Pet Medicine and Surgery Chapter would like to congratulate one candidate who passed the membership examinations this year. Our main examination year is in 2019 so looking forward to a number of candidates sitting then.

Our Chapter presented at Science Week, picking up the general theme of animal welfare which was discussed across a range of Chapters. Dr Rena MacFarlane presented on the welfare issues associated with hand-reared birds. Dr Tegan Stephens reviewed the poor knowledge of small mammal owners on the basic requirements for good nutrition, housing and preventative care. Dr Anne Fowler presented a series of case reports on the poor welfare outcomes associated with bearded dragons and freshwater turtles in the school system. Anne also presented on water quality issues that impact on the health of pet freshwater turtles.

Prof Pierre Louis-Toutain presenting at Science Week

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Small Animal Medicine Chapter

Science Week

The first week in July saw another very successful Science Week program run in combination with the Feline Chapter, Pharmacology and Diagnostic Imaging. We would like to thank and acknowledge the gold level sponsorship that was given by Hill’s Pet Nutrition for the meeting. I would like to thank all the people involved in organising and running Science week including Kate Heading, Lydia Hambrook and Mary Thompson. They have once more done a stellar effort in providing a program of top level continuing education.

The best abstract by a young speaker went to Cathy Kneipp for her work on Brucella suis seroprevalence and clinical approach in pig hunting dogs. Amy Collings took out the second prize and Benjamin Reynolds the third. This is a great opportunity to hear the research and its outcomes from around Australia and New Zealand and we look forward to next year’s presentations. We would recommend that everyone consider bringing their research to the meeting.

For 2019 we are looking for volunteers to act as convenors for Science week so that we can continue to provide the high level of presentation that we have become used to enjoying. If you are interested, please contact any of the Chapter executive. As Lydia mentions below we also need volunteers for the other chapter committees and roles. Please give some of your time to help us.

2021 World Congress for Veterinary Anaesthesia

Dr Colin Dunlop has invited the Small Animal Medicine Chapter to be involved in the 2021 World Congress for Veterinary Anaesthesia that will be held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. We have been asked for an expression of interest in providing a special interest program within the program. This is an opportunity to present at an International meeting close to home. While the focus of the meeting is anaesthesia, pain management, emergency and critical care; it is not limited to this. If you wish to comment or participate, please contact the Peter Bennett at presidentsam@anzcvs.org.au. We need a volunteer to act as coordinator and liaison for the meeting.

Examinations

The Chapter Examination Committee (CEC) is delighted to announce that two new fellows (Amanda Taylor and Gemma Birnie) and 28 new members will be joining the Small Animal Medicine Chapter following a successful 2018 examination campaign. The Chapter would also like to congratulate Madeleine Roberts who was awarded the SAM Membership Medal for an outstanding performance in the 2018 membership examinations. The CEC is greatly appreciative of the work undertaken by Dr Tim Hugo (examiner co-ordinator), the head subject examiners (Drs Caroline Mansfield and Alexa Brown), CEC liaison officers (Drs Darren Merrett and Nathalee Prakash) and all of the examiners at both fellowship level (Drs Lisa Singer, Jody Braddock, Alison Stickney and Aaron Herndon) and membership level (Drs Amanda

Ciavarella, Scott McCann, Lizzy Gan, Louise Roberts-Bailey, Else Jacobson, Jane Yu, Katrina Cheng and Brendan Gammeter).

Over the coming year, the CEC will be reviewing and amending the SAM subject guidelines as well as finalising an information package to aid membership candidates in their preparation for exams. As usual, the CEC welcomes contributions from Members and Fellows alike. Being involved in the examination process is a great method of continuing education and networking. Please contact Lydia Hambrook at red_lyds@yahoo.com.au if you would like to;

• become a member of the CEC or standards committee,

• submit feedback regarding guideline amendments or the SAMexamination process,

• volunteer to participate in the 2019 examinations as an examineror exam reviewer

• submit exam questions to the question bank, OR

• aid in the development of a ‘how to prepare for SAMmembership exams’ information package for upcomingcandidates.

If you would like download the proceedings from the SAMstream of the 2018 Science Week Program, please go to theSAM Chapter Website. If you would like to access previousproceedings or AGM minutes, please log in and then go to theChapter Repository Tab.

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Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia Chapter

Veterinary Behaviour Chapter

Science Week 2018 was another huge success for our Chapter. For the first time in a long time our program spanned the three days of conference and we hope to continue with that trend in coming years. Shared sessions with the Behaviour, Surgery and Pharmacology Chapters were especially interesting and we all learned a lot from each other about both practical and cultural aspects of our different disciplines. For the first time, the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists accredited our program, and we intend to strive for this status in future years.

We want to thank all our speakers: Jen Carter, Wendy Goodwin, Eleanor Holden, Jo Rainger and Fernando Martinez. We also want to extend a special thank you to the human anaesthetists who enlightened us with the latest developments in human anaesthesia practice in chronic pain management and high flow nasal oxygen. Thank you to Joshua Day and Adam Keys.

To finish we had an all too short panel discussion to finish off our program and brought together a specialist human anaesthetist, a specialist veterinary anaesthetist, a nurse technician and a general practice vet with memberships in anaesthesia. The topic for discussion was around the development of minimum monitoring standards for veterinary anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand and the input from the panel speakers and audience was valuable. Watch this space!

Our abstract session on the Saturday morning was again a great session for young and not so young speakers to present their research. Abstract judges Helen Keates, Peter Best and Eleanor Holden had a tough job and awarded three prizes (kindly sponsored by Boehringer):

Science Week 2018 was a fabulous experience where our small Behaviour Chapter had the opportunity to combine with Feline Medicine, Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Animal Welfare. A truly insightful mix of speakers and delegates, where I feel we all benefited from the alternative view points, and observed how together we can achieve a better veterinary experience for our patients.

Many thanks to those Chapters for their involvement this year and we look forward to many more such collaborations in the future. We were lucky enough to have speaker Dr Gary Landsberg from Canada join us to share information on the future of patient handling through the Fear Free Pets programme.

Best anaesthesia trainee speaker – Shaun Pratt “Total Intravenous anaesthesia with ketamine, medetomidine and guaifenesin compared with ketamine, medetomidine and midazolam in horses”.

Best anaesthesia (non-trainee) speaker – Wendy Goodwin “Prospective evaluation of three anaesthetic recovery scoring systems in horses”.

Judge’s favourite – Olivia Brabant “Construction of a finite element model in two large species for electrical impedance tomography application”.

This year we have great pleasure in welcoming Karen Kerr as a new member to our Chapter. Congratulations Karen. These examinations will be offered again in 2019.

Our public Chapter page on Facebook has grown to 379 followers. Please visit the Facebook page “ANCVS Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia Chapter” to stay up to date with our news and information.

Thanks go our sponsors in 2018:

• Jurox for hosting our Chapter dinner on the Friday night

• Boehringer Ingelheim for providing abstract session prize money

• AAS medical for providing the proceedings on USB sticks

• Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists as silver sponsors

• Mediquip as silver sponsors

Gabrielle Musk, President

This is a fabulous initiative whose mission is to prevent and alleviate fear, anxiety and stress in pets, something I hope all disciplines will embrace in treatment of their patients.

We welcomed 3 new members this year giving us a total of 80 members, and in the future we hope to increase interest in veterinary behaviour across both veterinary and animal behaviour professions as well as positively look to pursuing the qualification of more fellows in the years ahead.

Warm regards,

President Jess Beer Secretary Fre Hurly

2018 Abstract Prize winners Wendy Goodwin and Shaun Pratt with Judges Peter Best and Helen Keates

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AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENTISTSTIMELINE OF EVENTS IN 2018/2019

Fellowship Credentials due date 31 October

Membership examinations due date 31 October

Final date for membership examinations 30 November

College office closed for Christmas 21 December to 7 January

Examiners Workshop combined with Board of Examiners and Council meetings

8, 9 and 10 February

Applications close for College Awards 28 February

Call for Council Nominations and Board of Examiner nominations (if appropriate) in the March Courier

Council nominations closed 17 May

AGM and Ballot Papers to Member 24 May

Written Examinations 4 and 5 June

Voting for Council closes 28 June

Fellowship Practical/Oral Examinations 29 and 30 June

Membership Examinations 29, 30 June and 1 July

Examiners Dinner 1 July

Board of Examiners Meeting 2 July

Scientific Meeting 4, 5 and 6 July

AGM 5 July

Awards Dinner 6 July

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Title First Name Surname Membership Subjects

Dr Shari Cohen Animal Welfare

Dr Peter Howard Animal Welfare

Dr Katherine Littlewood Animal Welfare

Dr Bronwyn Orr Animal Welfare

Dr Natalie Roadknight Animal Welfare

Dr Rebbecca Wilcox Animal Welfare

Dr Jessica Bradley Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Johannes de Beer Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Elizabeth Jiang Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Jade Kingsley Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Rena MacFarlane Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Alexandr Mastakov Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Brett Russell Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Emma Sciacca Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Rebecca Taylor Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Andrew Vermeulen Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Feng Yi Esther Yuen Avian Health (Caged and Aviary Birds)

Dr Stephen Barton Equine Dentistry

Dr Kim Bensch Equine Dentistry

Dr Claire Dennis Equine Dentistry

Dr Janine Dwyer Equine Dentistry

Dr Simone Herbert Equine Dentistry

Dr Gregory Ireland Equine Dentistry

Dr Rachel Kent Equine Dentistry

Dr Richard Shorten Equine Dentistry

Dr Craig Simon Equine Dentistry

Dr Marnie Treseder Equine Dentistry

Dr John InnsMedicine and Management of Laboratory Animals

Dr Lydia PethickMedicine and Management of Laboratory Animals

DrJason Chi Cheung

Yew Medicine and Surgery of Unusual Pets

Dr Claire Madden Medicine of Australasian Wildlife Species

Dr Wietz Botes Medicine of Cats

Dr Chantal Celindano Medicine of Cats

Dr Yvette Crowe Medicine of Cats

Dr Nicola Frost Medicine of Cats

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DrHuey-Shan Susan

Jih Medicine of Cats

Dr Lan-Hsin Kuo Medicine of Cats

Dr Anne-Marie Moody Medicine of Cats

Dr Rachel Nugent Medicine of Cats

Dr Ying Jiao (Leah) Puk Medicine of Cats

Dr Kirra Wood Medicine of Cats

Dr John Yang Medicine of Cats

Dr Nicholas Yeow Medicine of Cats

Dr Lucie Allcutt Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Sarah Band Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Luisa Coelho Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Aneta Duszak-Kowal Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Sarah Elliott Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Eleanor Flynn Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Katerina Horackova Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Petra Lowen Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Renske Miedema Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Sandra Milburn Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Cicilia Muller Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Martina Naceradska Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Marta Planellas Bachs Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Donald Wiggins Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Claire Zentveld Medicine of Cats UK

Dr Natasha Williams Medicine of Horses

Dr Sarah Alexander Medicine of Zoo Animals

Dr Christina Cheng Medicine of Zoo Animals

Dr Nigel Dougherty Medicine of Zoo Animals

Dr Brett Gardner Medicine of Zoo Animals

Dr Anna KarinaGonzalez Argandona

Medicine of Zoo Animals

Dr Emily Kay Medicine of Zoo Animals

Dr Jessica McCutchan Medicine of Zoo Animals

Dr Fiona Cameron Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Colin Dick Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Erina Imai Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Kayoko Kuroda Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Michael Lawley Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

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Dr Fiona McConnell Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Rebecca Nilsen Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Katy Pickles Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Kate Pitt Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Thomas Rampton Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Leah Skelsey Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Julian Suchowersky Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Thomas Williams Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery

Dr Jeylan Aslan Small Animal Medicine

Dr Shallan Biddle Small Animal Medicine

Dr Abigail Brough Small Animal Medicine

Dr Xiang Choong Small Animal Medicine

Dr Sonya Estens Small Animal Medicine

Dr Thomas Fluen Small Animal Medicine

Dr Yue Gong Small Animal Medicine

Dr Anne Kicinski Small Animal Medicine

Dr Hoi Nga Hannah Kwong Small Animal Medicine

Dr Jeremy Lee Small Animal Medicine

Dr Ashley Sha Myn Lim Small Animal Medicine

Dr Jun Loh Small Animal Medicine

Dr Estelle Louarduzzi Small Animal Medicine

Dr Caitlin Mack Small Animal Medicine

Dr Gareth Moss Small Animal Medicine

Dr James Mutton Small Animal Medicine

Dr Kate Penco Small Animal Medicine

Dr Jane Pollitt Small Animal Medicine

Dr Michelle Reaks Small Animal Medicine

Dr Katelyn Reid Small Animal Medicine

Dr Rachel Reynolds Small Animal Medicine

Dr Madeleine Roberts Small Animal Medicine

Dr Aileen Russell Small Animal Medicine

Dr Natasha Snowden Small Animal Medicine

Dr Geraldine Sykes Small Animal Medicine

Dr Jo Tan Small Animal Medicine

Dr Guy Wolfenden Small Animal Medicine

Dr Morgan Woodforde Small Animal Medicine

Dr Andrea Barnard Small Animal Surgery

Dr Naomi Best Small Animal Surgery

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Dr Ewen Blaikie Small Animal Surgery

Dr Duncan Borland Small Animal Surgery

Dr Lachlan Campbell Small Animal Surgery

Dr Stephanie Colthurst Small Animal Surgery

Dr Luke Ellis Small Animal Surgery

Dr Rebecca Goldstein Small Animal Surgery

Dr William Hawker Small Animal Surgery

Dr Robert Hill Small Animal Surgery

Dr Elizabeth Hoffman Small Animal Surgery

Dr Qicai Jason Hoon Small Animal Surgery

Dr Sherri Jaques Small Animal Surgery

Dr Ryan Leong Small Animal Surgery

Dr Jillian Lok Small Animal Surgery

Dr Grzegorz Lukaszewicz Small Animal Surgery

Dr Eben Martin Small Animal Surgery

Dr Daniel McDonald Small Animal Surgery

Dr Vaughan Moore Small Animal Surgery

Dr Nima Nakahara Small Animal Surgery

DrSok Yee (Jacelyn)

Neo Small Animal Surgery

Dr Cormac O’Brolchain Small Animal Surgery

Dr Kadie O’Byrne Small Animal Surgery

Dr Perin Patterson Small Animal Surgery

Dr Kate Phillips Small Animal Surgery

Dr Ben Porter Small Animal Surgery

Dr Aaron Raney Small Animal Surgery

Dr Eamon Ryan Small Animal Surgery

Dr Tesh Smalle Small Animal Surgery

Dr Max Tori Small Animal Surgery

Dr Waylon Wiseman Small Animal Surgery

Dr Wae Ting Wong Small Animal Surgery

Dr Felix Chia Surgery of Horses

Dr Laura Cox Surgery of Horses

Dr Danielle Crosby Surgery of Horses

Dr Josephine Hale Surgery of Horses

Dr Kristen Lloyd Surgery of Horses

Dr Philippe Manchon Surgery of Horses

Dr Catherine McGuigan Surgery of Horses

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Dr Edwina Palmer Surgery of Horses

Dr Vanessa Slack-Smith Surgery of Horses

Dr Craig Stalker Surgery of Horses

Dr Ashley Vermeulen Surgery of Horses

Dr Karen Kerr Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Dr Bronwen Bollaert Veterinary Behaviour

Dr Jonathan Carruthers Veterinary Behaviour

Dr Richard Seymour Veterinary Behaviour

Dr Lauren Adorna Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Tammy Chan Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr James Cooper Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Geoffrey Dodds Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Kellie Doyle Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Lene-Marie Dramstad Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Terri Eurell Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Adi Frisch Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Chloe Harris-Brown Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Claire Lawrence Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Xiaojia Lee Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Aimee Linton Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Rachael-Kate Llewellyn Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Christine Lovatt Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Tara Morris Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Caroline Romeo Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Matthew Rosen Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Ailsa Rutherford Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Benjamin Stewart Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Suzanne Tso Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Jacqueline von Hoff Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Dr Kyaw Naing Oo Veterinary Epidemiology

Dr Susan de Burgh Veterinary Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases

Dr Anne JordanVeterinary Pathology (includes Anatomical and Clinical Pathology)

Dr Rebekah LiffmanVeterinary Pathology (includes Anatomical and Clinical Pathology)

Dr Kathy LukVeterinary Pathology (includes Anatomical and Clinical Pathology)

Dr Alison NeefVeterinary Pathology (includes Anatomical and Clinical Pathology)

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Dr Emma ToriiVeterinary Pathology (includes Anatomical and Clinical Pathology)

Dr Matthew Ball Veterinary Pharmacology

Dr Stuart Kerr Veterinary Pharmacology

Dr Nori Acevedo Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Paul Crocker Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Katrina Garrett Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Travis Jayson Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Jason Lenord Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Alexandra McGrath Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Phanuel Mponda Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Shanaka Sarathchandra Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

DrKei Wing Hannah

Shing Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

Dr Catheryn Walsh Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal)

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New fellows 2018Amanda Miller

Joycelyn tran

Gemma birnie

lara boland

Amanda TAYLOR

DAniel James

Amanda Jayne Miller graduated in 2009 from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, first class honours. Initially she worked in a busy general practice in western Sydney. In 2013 she undertook a small animal rotating internship at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH). Amanda achieved membership

to the Small Animal Medicine Chapter of the ANZCVS in 2014. Keen to pursue a strong interest in small animal surgery, she subsequently embarked on a surgery residency at SASH and achieved her second ANZCVS Chapter membership in 2015, this time in Small Animal Surgery. She became an ANZCVS Fellow in Small Animal Surgery in 2018 and will continue to grow her career at SASH.

Joycelyn Tran graduated in 2012 from The University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. In 2013, she completed a Small Animal Surgery internship at Advanced Vetcare in Melbourne. She obtained Membership to the Small Animal Surgery Chapter of the ANZCVS in 2016 during her

Small Animal Surgery Residency under the tutelage of Dr Sam Snelling. She subsequently obtained her Fellowship in Small Animal Surgery in 2018.

Gemma graduated in 2009 from Massey University with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. Initially she worked in small animal general practice on the Mornington peninsula and it was during this time she gained an interest in internal medicine. In 2012 she completed a small animal rotating internship at Sydney University.

Gemma achieved membership to the Small Animal Medicine Chapter of the ANZCVS in 2013. Subsequent to this she undertook a small animal medicine residency at Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre. Gemma is grateful for all the mentors and friendships she has gained throughout her training programmes.

Lara graduated from the University of Sydney in 2004 and initially worked in feline and general small animal practice. She completed medicine internships at the Animal Referral Hospital, Sydney and the University of Bristol. In 2008 she achieved ANZCVS membership in feline medicine. Lara completed a small animal

medicine residency at the University of Bristol in 2013 and became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in companion animal medicine in 2015. She completed fellowship training at the Universities of Bristol and Sydney, under the supervision of Dr Angie Hibbert and Professor Vanessa Barrs, and became a fellow in feline medicine in 2018.

Amanda Taylor graduated in 2007 from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, first class honours. Following graduation she completed a small animal rotating internship at Veterinary Specialist Services, Brisbane. Amanda achieved membership to the Small Animal Medicine

Chapter of the ANZCVS in 2012. In 2016 she completed a three year master’s degree and residency training programme in small animal medicine at the University of Sydney.

Dan James first worked in dairy practice in New Zealand after graduating from the University of Sydney in 2002. This was followed by a few years of mixed animal practice in Nowra, NSW and then small animal general practice in various locations in Australia and the UK. He achieved membership of the Radiology Chapter

of the ANZCVS in 2007 and the Surgery Chapter in 2008. In 2010 he undertook a small animal surgery internship at VSC (Sydney) and subsequently completed a small animal surgery residency between 2011 and 2014 at SASH (Sydney). Dan continues to practise at SASH currently.

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rachel korman michael linton

benjamin wernham

luke ingenhoff

Rachel Korman graduated from the University of Queensland in 2000 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. Initially she worked in small animal practice in both Australia and the United Kingdom before obtaining a training scholarship in feline medicine (and small animal internal medicine residency) at the University of Bristol

Feline Centre under the guidance of prominent feline specialists Professor Tim Gruffydd-Jones, Professor Severine Tasker and Andrea Harvey. Rachel achieved membership to the Small Animal Medicine Chapter of the ANZCVS in 2010. Her publications include research in the fields of feline anaemia, Haemoplasma species infection and acute phase proteins. She returned to Australia in 2012 and has been working at Veterinary Specialist Services in Brisbane where she runs the feline medicine service. Rachel achieved fellowship to the Feline Medicine Chapter of the ANZCVS this year.

Michael graduated in 2007 from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, first class honours. His first job was a rotating internship at Vet Specialists Services in Brisbane, followed by small animal practice. He achieved membership to the Small Animal Medicine Chapter of the ANZCVS. Subsequent

to this he undertook a Feline Medicine residency at Sydney Veterinary Emergency and Specialist under the primary supervision of Dr Darren Foster, with back up supervision provided by Dr Richard Malik. He would like to thank his supervisors, colleagues and family for guiding him through this journey and hopes in time he can repay others in a similar way.

Ben graduated in 2006 from Massey University with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. Ben achieved membership in Veterinary Radiology (Small Animal) in 2014. Subsequent to this he undertook a Diagnostic Imaging residency at the University of Melbourne Teaching Hospital.

fiona scholz Veterinary Dermatology

jessica finlayVeterinary Oncology

Luke graduated in 2006 from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science with honours. Luke achieved membership in Medicine of Dairy Cattle in 2013. Subsequent to this he undertook a residency at the Livestock Veterinary Teaching and Research Unit at the University of Sydney (Camden).

New fellows 2018continued...

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