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
Andy Fiske-Jackson
Andy is a Staff Clinician in Equine Surgery at the Equine Referral Hospital. He holds the ECVS Diploma in Large Animal Surgery and Masters in Veterinary Medicine.
Clinical Service: Equine Surgery
Equine Medicine
Richard Piercy
Richard is Professor of Comparative Neuromuscular Disease at the Royal Veterinary College. He is an RCVS recognised specialist in Equine Internal Medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He directs the Comparative Neuromuscular Disease Laboratory at the RVC. His clinical work mainly involves horses with neurological and neuromuscular problems.
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
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. Nicola was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011.
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. She divides her time between clinical activities as a medicine clinician in the Equine Referral Hospital, teaching of undergraduate students, and research activities.
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 Services: Equine Diagnostic Imaging and Gait Analysis
Stephanie Dakin
Stephanie is a Staff Clinician in Equine Diagnostic Imaging in the Equine Referral Hospital.
Clinical Service: Equine Diagnostic Imaging
Anaesthesia
Al Taylor
Al is a Staff Clinician in Anaesthesia and spends the majority of his time in the Equine Referral Hospital providing anaesthesia services for all equine and farm animal cases. He also spends time in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals keeping his small animal anaesthesia skills up to date. 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 inertial sensor based technology (as well as traditional kinetics and kinematics) to detect and quantify movement anomalies in animals. This covers a range of tasks and animals with the main emphasis on lameness and ataxia in horses. He is supported in this undertaking by his PhD students (currently Sandra Starke and Emil Olsen) and a number of undergraduate students who undertake their research projects with him. In addition, his work also includes lameness quantification in cows and dogs. He is collaborating with Veterinarians in the Equine and Small Animal Referral Hospital as well as internationally.
Clinical Service: Gait Analysis