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		Annalize Ide (Head of Pathology) BVSc(Hons) MMedVet(Path) MRCVS Annalize was born in South Africa in 1969. She qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Onderstepoort, South Africa in 1993. After qualifying she came to the UK, where she spent 18 months In mixed private practice in Southwest Wales, dealing mainly with dairy cattle, sheep and small animals. In 1995 she returned to Onderstepoort as a postgraduate student in Pathology. To read more click here
		Chris Knott BVSc. Cert. LAS MRCVS Chris was born in Oldham in 1958 and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and then Liverpool University, where he received the degree of BVSc in 1981. After qualifying, his first job was in a large mixed, mainly small animal practice in Basildon, Essex. Having kept all manner of unusual pets since early childhood, he naturally chose to specialize in treatment of exotic animals, with a particular interest in reptiles. To read more click here
		Daren Hanshaw BSc BVMS (Hons) MRVCS Daren qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1987 at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. He has had a long career as a small animal clinical practitioner, and during this time, spent 3 years working within a university veterinary hospital environment, completed locum employment throughout the UK (including a 6 month position as a technical advisor for a major pharmaceutical company). To read more click here
		David Shearer BVetMed CertSAD PhD CBiol MIBiol MRCVS David Shearer qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 1984 where he was medicine intern until 1985 and during which time he developed an interest in dermatology. He was in mixed practice in Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire for several years before working at the University of Bristol Veterinary School from 1988-1998. To read more click here
		Dominique Fournier DVM MVetSci Dipl. ACVP MRCVS Dominique qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Montreal, Canada, in 2001. She then started a residency program in anatomic pathology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), Saskatoon, Canada. She obtained her Master’s degree in the summer of 2003, studying the prevalence of Maedi-visna in sheep in Alberta. To read more click here
		Nick Woodger BSc BVet Med MRCPath MRCVS Nick followed up a BSc in Animal Virology from Edinburgh University with a veterinary degree from the Royal Veterinary College in 1994. He spent five years in general mixed practice in Suffolk before taking up a residency in Veterinary Pathology at Cambridge University Veterinary School. He attained membership of the Royal College of Pathologists by examination in 2005 following spells with Finn pathologists and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency. To read more click here
		Sandy Bjornson BVSc DipRCPath MRCVS Sandy qualified from the Bristol Veterinary School in 1967 and worked in mixed practice in Wales and East Anglia. In 1993 he took a position as Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College London. In addition to teaching he became heavily involved in the college pathology diagnostic service, which included post mortem examination of many species, including horses, biopsies and cytology. To read more click here
		Sophie Le Calvez DVM Internship SA DESV Anat Path MRCVS Sophie obtained her Veterinary degree from the University of Liege, Belgium in 2001. After qualifying she moved to Lyon in France to do a one year internship in Clinics of Small Animals at the Veterinary School of Lyon where she developed a special interest in cytology. During this year she was also working in a private veterinary practice, covering emergency duty out of hours. To read more click here
		Tom Vicek DVM PhD Dipl. ACVP MRCVS Tom Vicek qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Illinois in 1992. He completed a residency/PhD program in veterinary pathology at Louisiana State University in 1999. He then worked for three and a half years as a pathologist at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory where he studied and passed board examinations becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. To read more click here
		Mark Bestbier BVSc MRCVS Mark Bestbier graduated from the University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort (South Africa), in 1999 and moved to England. Mark has worked in mixed and predominantly small animal practice for 3 years before continuing along his preferred interest of pathology. He joined the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket in October 2002 for a 3 year residency in Equine and Small Animal Pathology. Mark joined Rest Associates in January 2006.
		Sean Haugland BVSc, DipRCPath, MRCVS Sean Haugland graduated from the University of Pretoria (Onderstepoort) in 1998 and spent 4 years working in small animal practice in the south of England. In late 2002 he began a residency in Pathology at the University of Cambridge Vet School. As well as participating in the day to day diagnostics of the Department, he was involved in research into canine mammary tumours and soft tissue sarcomas. Sean passed the examinations for the Diplomate of the Royal College of Pathologists in Autumn 2005. He joined the team at Rest Associates early in 2006.