Andrea Harvey
FAB Clinical Assistant in Feline Medicine, University of Bristol

Andrea graduated from Bristol University Veterinary School in 2000 and spent a year and a half in small animal practice.

In 2002 she returned to Bristol University to undertake a three year residency in feline medicine, funded by the Feline Advisory Bureau. Having thoroughly enjoyed her residency at Bristol and working together with FAB, she was delighted to be appointed as FAB Clinical Assistant in Feline Medicine at Bristol Veterinary School, in April 2005.

Andrea gained the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Medicine in 2003. She passed the first part of the European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2004 and, having sat the final part of the examination this summer, is currently awaiting her results. Andrea successfully completed her RCVS Diploma in Feline Medicine in July.

Angie Hibbert
FAB Resident,
University of Bristol

Angie Hibbert graduated from Bristol University in 2000 and worked in small animal practice for four and a half years. During this time she spent nine months as a locum to fund her travels around Australasia. Working in a large practice in Bristol , her interest in feline medicine developed and she particularly enjoyed working up and managing geriatric medical cases.

Angie's own cat companion is Fizz who was brought into her first practice following a road traffic accident. His owners were unwilling to pay for any treatment and were considering euthanasia. Thanks to a colleague's surgical skills and Angie's tender loving care, Fizz is now a fit feline who has been happy to accompany her around the country on locum job.

Angie took up her post as FAB Resident at Bristol in January 2005.

Kerry Simpson
FAB Lecturer,
University of Edinburgh

Kerry Simpson has been appointed FAB Lecturer at Edinburgh University, from where she graduated in 1998.

After two years working in small animal practice in Lincolnshire , she returned to the university to study for a PhD, studying the effects of various feline geriatric diseases on the heart. She first developed an interest in feline medicine as an undergraduate student and was able to work in predominantly feline practice after graduation.

Kerry acquired Whisky, a rescue cat, when she was a veterinary student. Whisky was then a weak and timid four week old kitten, but is now nine years old and full of character.

Sam Taylor
FAB Resident,
University of Bristol

Sam trained at the Royal Veterinary College and since graduating in 2002, has worked as an intern in general practice and in referral practice.

She has a particular interest in feline geriatrics and in medicine, especially oncology.

Sam plans to sit her certificate in Small Animal Medicine later this year.

Anita Schwartz
FAB Resident
University of Edinburgh

Anita graduated from the University of Munich, Germany in 2000 and subsequently worked at the university small animal clinic for 6 months. She
then spent two years at the University of Georgia, USA, where she conducted a research study on feline immunodeficiency virus. After this Anita
completed a rotating small animal internship at Michigan State University. Following her time in the USA she worked as the Fort Dodge Feline Fellow at
the Feline Centre at the University of Bristol.

Anita has lived with cats since her childhood, which is why she developed a particular interest in feline medicine. Internal medicine has been her primary focus since the first clinical semesters in veterinary school and her special interest lies in feline infectious diseases and management of geriatric patients.

Yaiza Forcada
FAB Feline Medicine Resident at Liverpool University

Yaiza was appointed as the FAB feline medicine resident at Liverpool University in November 2005.

She qualified from Madrid University in 2002. After a period spent in private practice, she did an internship in small animal medicine at the veterinary teaching hospital at Madrid University. In June 2004, she moved to the UK to do an internship in small animal medicine at The Royal Veterinary College, where she performed a study together with Gillian Gibson about feline blood type prevalence in the UK. She is currently studying for the RCVS certificate in Small Animal Medicine and also for the ECVIM diploma in small animal internal medicine.

Yaiza has always had a love of cats and feline medicine. Currently her main interests within feline medicine are haematology and gastroenterology. Regrettably, she has no cats of her own at present, but hopefully this will change when she has a bit more time on her hands.

Mark W. Jackson
FAB Hill’s Lecturer in Feline Health and Welfare

Mark received his DVM from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1987.  After 2 years in general practice he returned to the UW where he completed an Internal Medicine residency, a residency in Clinical Nutrition and a PhD in human clinical nutrition.  He taught Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition at UW, the University of Bristol in England for two years and then joined the faculty at North Carolina State University for 7 years.  During that time he pursued his research and clinical interests in the areas of metabolic and endocrine disorders.  He spent 5 years working in collaboration with investigators at Duke University developing and refining methods for neonatal intensive care and gene therapy for inherited disorders of metabolism.  He then spent two years in the corporate setting as an Internal Medicine specialist before joining the Internal Medicine team at the University of Glasgow as the FAB Hill’s Lecturer in Feline Health and Welfare in 2006.  He is also currently Deputy Associate Dean for Clinics at Glasgow.