Internal Medicine
The Internal Medicine Service offers a comprehensive canine and feline medical referral service
to veterinary surgeons in general practice. Clinics are run daily from Monday to Thursday with
an emergency service available at other times.
Residents and interns work under supervision of academic staff whilst studying to obtain postgraduate qualifications.
Clients can expect to have full investigations of their pets' problems. Medicine patients are generally admitted to the hospital to facilitate a complete workup. This might include clinical pathology, radiography, ultrasonography, endoscopy or endocrine function tests. Where appropriate, if surgery is felt to be necessary, internal referrals can be made within the hospital to the Soft Tissue Surgery Service.
Diagnostic and Treatment Facilities Include:
- Flexible video endoscopy for the investigation of respiratory, urinary and gastrointestinal disease
- Intensive therapy unit for emergency and critical care
- Scintigraphy
- Fluoroscopy
- Chemotherapy
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroid cats
Special Clinical Interests Include:
- Investigation and treatment of endocrine disease
- Feline medicine
- Nephrology and urology
Clinical Trials
See Clinical Investigation Centre for details of current trials.
Key Clinicians
Karin Allenspach
Karin is a Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She currently spends part of her time on clinics in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals and the rest of her time on research and teaching.
Oliver Garden
Oliver is a Senior Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Molecular Immunology. His research focuses on regulatory T cells and autoimmune disease in dogs, mice and human beings.
Harriet Syme
Harriet is a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She is currently director of the Royal Veterinary College’s Internal Medicine residency (SCTS) programme and supervises several PhD students working on clinically-based projects.
Barbara Glanemann
Lucy McMahon
Lucy has been a Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) since 2007.
Stijn Niessen
Isuru Gajanayake
Isuru is a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Small Animal Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA).
Lucie Goodwin
Lucie is a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Small Animal Internal Medicine and is currently studying towards the ACVIM diploma. Her main interests are in feline internal medicine.
Ruth Gostelow
Rosanne Jepson
Rosanne is a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. Her main research interests include feline hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Fabio Procoli
Fabio is a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Small Animal Internal Medicine and is currently studying towards the ACVIM diploma.
David Church
David is the Vice Principal of Academic and Clinical Affairs at the Royal Veterinary College.
Adrian Boswood
Adrian is a Senior Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). He is an RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology and a European Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine.