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Wear Referrals Appoints Talented New Clinical Director

4 years ago
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29th May, 2020 16h27

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Linnaeus Group


A highly qualified veterinary specialist has been appointed clinical director at one of the most prominent small animal hospitals in the north of England.

Wear Referrals, in Bradbury, County Durham, has appointed Ben Harris to lead its clinical services with a clear mandate to ensure the state-of-the-art referral centre continues to deliver the very best of care for clients, patients and referring vets.

Ben’s roll call of professional achievements is certainly impressive, aside from his numerous post-nominals (MA VetMB CertSAM FLS DipECVIM-CA MRCVS), he is a European and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Ben’s passion for the profession is clearly apparent as he describes his career and wider interests: “My special interests within the wider scope of internal medicine include uronephrology, hepatology, and immune-mediated disease. 

“I’m on the committee of the International Society for Comparative Hepatology, which is a group of veterinary specialists with expertise in liver disease. 

“I am also a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London – the world’s oldest biological society – of which Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace were Fellows. It exists to promote and share scientific knowledge across many biologic disciplines.

“I completed a two-month externship at the renowned University of Pretoria Veterinary School Hospital in South Africa to gain further experience of infectious diseases in dogs and cats.

“I’ve also studied the behaviour of gibbons in the rainforests of central Borneo, living in a small camp in the rainforest for two months, miles from the nearest settlement.

“That led to an MA in biological anthropology and to me teaching primate behaviour to students at Cambridge University, while I was doing my veterinary degree.”

Wear’s hospital director Darren Stubbs is convinced Ben will be a key asset in keeping the practice at the pinnacle of the profession.

Darren said: “Ben’s role as clinical director is to drive and maintain the highest clinical standards in all disciplines.

“This involves ensuring an evidence-based multi-disciplinary approach, supporting a process of continuous learning, fostering a collegiate atmosphere, running and responding to clinical audits, organising journal clubs and supporting clinical research projects.”

Ben, who graduated from Cambridge University veterinary school in 2002, spent the first seven years of his career in a private veterinary practice in London, developing his interest and skills in internal medicine.

He completed an ECVIM residency training programme in small animal medicine at the University of Cambridge, during which he conducted clinical research and taught graduate students.

He went on to create an ECVIM-accredited residency training programme at his previous specialist veterinary referral centre and led the training of medicine residents. Alongside his clinical work, Ben was Head of Quality and Governance.

He regularly participates in and presents at international conferences and CPD events and has authored peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.

Away from work, Ben sings in a cathedral choir, is a keen cook, avid gardener and botanist, enjoys weight training, wine-tasting, and he’s just taken up archery.


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