Veterinary Ramblings Season 15: Get to know our new guests!

The new season of Veterinary Ramblings is here, and starts this Thursday! If you’re a regular listener, you know that this podcast has become the go-to show for veterinary professionals. This year they’ve got some exciting guests lined up—you won’t want to miss it!

Dr Karen Hiestand

Karen trained as a vet in New Zealand and practiced in both NZ and the UK for nearly 10 years while also volunteering in many more countries. She has further experience working within leading animal welfare organisations and veterinary education and remains heavily involved in animal welfare charities as an advisor, educator and trustee. Karen […]

Dr Sean McCormack

Dr Sean McCormack is a vet, conservationaist and presenter! Graduating from Dublin vet school in 2010, Sean spent the first six years of his veterinary career in domestic, exotic pet, and zoo animal practice. In 2016, Sean left clinics to work in pet nutrition and have more time for media and wildlife conservation work. He […]

Dr Nathalie Dowgray

Nathalie graduated from Massey University, New Zealand in 2002. In 2012 she sat the Membership exams for the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Feline Medicine and is an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Feline Medicine. She received a post-graduate diploma in international animal welfare ethics and law from Edinburgh University in 2016 […]

Dr Sean Wensley

Sean Wensley is a Senior Vet at the UK veterinary charity, the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA). He chairs the Animal Welfare Working Group of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe and was President of the British Veterinary Association from 2015 – 2016. He has contributed to animal welfare and conservation projects around the […]

Dr Mark Hedberg AKA The Expat Vet

Mark Hedberg is also known as The Expat Vet. Born in Oregon, western USA, Mark grew up in Saudi Arabia and moved to Budapest for his veterinary degree. He finished University in 2006, got married, and moved back to Saudi to work in the vet clinic he had originally volunteered in. After three years, he […]

Chris Wilson

Originally from Aberdeen, Chris Wilson graduated from Glasgow Uni in 2012. However, he nearly didn’t go to vet school and considered a career in competitive swimming instead! He started work in Aberdeenshire in independent mixed practice for 2 years before working abroad for charities in India and Thailand. Whilst abroad, Chris treated lots of different […]

Janika Patel AKA @janikathevet

Janika is a British-Indian Vet born and raised in South London. After graduating from Nottingham Vet School, she worked in independent practice and Vets4Pets. During her career, she has developed a keen interest in ECC, internal medicine and hospital practice after working at a clinic with its own Out Of Hours service. She is currently […]

Francisco Gomez / More Than Just A Vet Podcast

Born in Malaga, Spain, Francisco qualified in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Córdoba. Initially, he travelled to the UK for 6 months, however, that turned into 15 years (and counting)! He has been a Veterinary Surgeon at Lawrence Veterinary Centre since 2007, with a short break in between whilst living in Norfolk and a […]

Fabian Rivers AKA Dready Vet

Fabian is the lead exotics vet at an independent practice in Birmingham and has written, featured and given talks to a variety of veterinary and non-veterinary publications, universities and initiatives. He is also one of the vets on the Pets Factor, a children’s TV show on the CBBC, and was more recently the presenter on […]