THREE LEADING SPECIALISTS JOIN EXPANDING NORTH DOWNS HOSPITAL
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Internationally-recognised veterinary hospital North Downs Specialist Referrals (NDSR) has added three leading clinicians to its team of experts.
NDSR, based in Bletchingley, near Redhill, in Surrey, has welcomed a soft tissue surgeon and two neurologists with the arrivals of Josep Aisa, Veronica Mortera and Francesca de Strobel.
Hospital director Terry Emmerson said: “We are delighted to add Josep, Veronica and Francesca to our highly trained and caring team, which is now one of the largest groups of recognised Veterinaries in the UK and Europe.
“We are proud of our level of care which, allied to our state-of-the-art facilities, further demonstrates our commitment to excellence in the treatments we provide for our patients and the service we provide to their owners and referring vets.”
Specialist Josep Aisa, who boasts almost 20 years of veterinary experience, has arrived at North Downs from Glasgow University, where he spent four years as a lecturer focusing on soft tissue procedures.
He has authored numerous scientific papers and given presentations to international veterinary meetings, specifically on orthopaedic conditions.
Josep has a keen interest in oncological surgery and also boasts a broad area of expertise including orthopaedics.
Veronica Mortera has just finished a three-year residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery at Bristol University where she specialised in spinal surgery and inflammatory diseases of the brain.
In 2014, she completed an internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Glasgow University where she authored a paper on MRI abnormalities in dogs with portosystemic shunts.
Veronica also spent three months in Geneva with the World Health Organization helping in the development of Public Health guidelines.
Joining Veronica in the neurology department is Francesca de Strobel, who earned a PhD from the University of Padua, in Italy, after writing a thesis on intervertebral disc degeneration in a large animal model.
Francesca began work as a Small Animal Veterinarian and Clinical Assistant in Neurology at the University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital before moving to the UK in 2014 to begin an internship in neurology at Dick White Referrals, where she completed a three-year residency programme in small animal veterinary neurology and neurosurgery
She enjoys all aspects of neurology and neurosurgery, with a particular interest for spinal surgery, metabolic and intracranial disorders.
NDSR, which is part of the rapidly-expanding Linnaeus Group, is in the process of extending its facilities by up to 25 per cent. The expansion will see added consultation rooms, extra theatre and procedure rooms, more kennels, new staff facilities and extended vet space, along with a new meeting room.
A central imaging suite will be created, comprising of new state-of-the-art MRI and CT scanners, as part of the major investment.
Mr Emmerson said: “These are very exciting times at NDSR as work on the new extension begins and the plans actually start to take shape.
“It’s definitely a powerful illustration of our commitment to offer the very best service possible to all our patients, both in terms of facilities and equipment and in our clinical care.”
To find out more about NDSR, visit www.ndsr.co.uk.
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