Staff
Jason Tupper MA VetMB CertEP MRCVS
Equine Practice Vet
Jason Tupper has specialised in equine work since qualifying from Cambridge University in 1992. Working first in Hampshire, where he developed the equine side of a mixed practice, he then went on to spend 8 years at Peter Scott Dunn's equine hospital in Berkshire. Working with both pleasure and performance horses at all levels of competition, Jason developed his interest in general practice, stud work, lameness investigation, back problems and dentistry. In 2001, Jason moved to Hertfordshire where he joined The Royal Veterinary College Equine Practice, which has grown considerably since his arrival.
Mobile phone: 07887 730648
Goncalo Esteves DVM MRCVS
Equine Practice Vet
Goncalo worked with flat racehorses and endurance horses at the Dubai Equine Hospital and for several years in Lincolnshire and Essex before joining the Royal Veterinary College Equine Practice in 2006. He particularly enjoys performance horse work, equine medicine cases and care of older horses.
Mobile phone: 07793 803837
Anna Dalton MA VetMB CertES(orth) MRCVS
Equine Practice Vet
Anna has worked in specialist equine practices since qualifying. Most recently, she worked for five years in Sydney with racehorses and competition horses. She enjoys lameness investigation, general practice and the variety of pleasure horses. In 2006, Anna joined The Royal Veterinary College Equine Practice.
Mobile Phone: 07879 494874
Nick Hart BVetMed MRCVS
Equine Practice Vet
Nick graduated from the RVC in 2003 and spent six years working predominately in the equine department of a busy mixed animal veterinary practice in Bedfordshire. He enjoys all aspects of first opinion equine practice but has particular interest in internal medicine cases, lameness investigation and dermatology. Nick is currently studying for a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Equine Practice).
Mobile Phone: 07515 068311
Emily Pearson BSc BVetMed MRCVS
Equine Practice Vet
Emily graduated from the RVC in 2006 and then spent a year working in the RVC Equine Hospital as an intern. Emily then moved to Yorkshire, where she has spent the last four years working in a predominantly racehorse and sport horse equine practice, enjoying all aspects of equine practice whilst developing a keen interest in poor performance and lameness investigations, before returning to the RVC Equine practice in December 2011. Outside of work Emily enjoys competing her own horse in Eventing at CCI* level.
07725 799964
Equine Referral Hospital Clinical Staff
Head of Equine Medicine and Surgery Group
Josh Slater
Josh is a Professor of Equine Clinical Studies at the Royal Veterinary College. He is currently the head of the equine clinical group, and is the immediate past president of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA).
Clinical Services: Equine Medicine and Equine Surgery
Equine Surgery
Roger Smith
Roger is Professor of Equine Orthopaedics at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). He currently divides his time equally between running a specialist orthopaedic service within the RVC and continuing to direct research into equine tendon disease
Clinical Service: Equine Surgery
David Bolt
David is a Lecturer in Equine Surgery. He is a Diplomate of both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons (Large Animal). His main research interests lie in cartilage and tendon healing.
Clinical Service: Equine Surgery
Justin Perkins
Justin is a Lecturer in Equine Surgery at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). He holds the RCVS Certificate in Equine Surgery (Soft Tissue), the ECVS Diploma in Large Animal Surgery and is a European Specialist in Large Animal Surgery
Clinical Service: Equine Surgery
Thomas Witte
Tom is a Lecturer in Equine Surgery. Recognised as an RCVS, American and European Specialist, his clinical interests include head and neck surgery and minimally invasive surgery. His research focuses on the biomechanics and control of the locomotor system and upper respiratory tract.
Clinical Services: Equine Surgery and Gait Analysis
William Barker
Clinical Service: Equine Surgery
Andy Fiske-Jackson
Andy is a Resident in Equine Surgery at the Equine Referral Hospital
Clinical Service: Equine Surgery
Equine Medicine
Nicola Menzies-Gow
Since 2005 Nicola has been employed at the Royal Veterinary College as a Lecturer in Equine Medicine and divides her time between clinical work, research and teaching.
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Richard Piercy
Richard is a Reader in Comparative Neuromuscular Disease at the Royal Veterinary College. He heads the Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory at the RVC. His clinical work mainly involves horses with neuromuscular problems.
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Madeleine Campbell
Madeleine Campbell is the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow in Veterinary Ethics at the RVC. She is a European and a RCVS Recognised Specialist in Equine Reproduction and the sole Partner at Hobgoblins Equine Reproduction Centre . Madeleine was the first Veterinary Surgeon to be awarded a Wellcome Trust Fellowship in Biomedical Ethics, and is using that funding to research the ethics of assisted reproductive techniques in non-human mammals. She also has a research interest in the ethics of competitive animal use.
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Bettina Dunkel
Since 2008 Bettina has been employed as a lecturer in equine medicine at the Royal Veterinary College.
Bettina's research interests are equine platelet function and coagulation as well as equine neonatology and all aspects of equine critical care.
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Imogen Johns
Imogen is a Lecturer in Equine Medicine, an RCVS Specialist in Equine Medicine (Int Med) and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Liz Finding
Liz is a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Equine Medicine investigating endothelial function in laminitic ponies
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Rosie Naylor
Having completed a residency in equine internal medicine, Rosie is currently undertaking a PhD investigating muscle protein synthesis in horses, within the Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory at the RVC. Rosie holds the ACVIM Diploma in Large Animal Internal Medicine.
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Sophie Wilford
Clinical Service: Equine Medicine
Equine Diagnostic Imaging
Renate Weller
Renate is a senior lecturer in large animal diagnostic imaging dividing her time between clinical work, research and teaching in large animal diagnostic imaging and locomotor biomechanics.
Clinical Service: Equine Diagnostic Imaging
Charlotte Avella
Charlotte is a Staff Clinician in Equine Diagnostic Imaging within the Equine Referral Hospital
Clinical Service: Equine Diagnostic Imaging
Anaesthesia
Al Taylor
Al is a Staff Clinician in large animal anaesthesia and spends the majority of his time on clinics. He holds the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Anaesthesia and is enrolled for the European Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Interests include all aspects of equine anaesthesia but specifically colic anaesthesia and post-operative analgesia and also small ruminant anaesthesia.
Clinical Services: Large Animal Anaesthesia and Small Animal Anaesthesia
Gait Analysis
Thilo Pfau
Thilo is currently focusing on the use of traditional (3D optical motion capture and force platforms) and innovative (wireless sensor technology) techniques to detect and quantify movement anomalies in animals, in lameness in horses, cows and dogs and ataxia in horses and dogs.
Clinical Service: Gait Analysis
Sandra Starke
Sandra is a PhD student in the Structure and Motion Lab, supervised by Thilo Pfau and Stephen May. Her research focuses on improving subjective and objective lameness quantification.
Clinical Service: Gait Analysis