Soft tissue surgery staff

Ed Friend BVetMed CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS

Soft Tissue Surgeon

Ed graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1996. He worked in a mixed practice in Wendover, Buckinghamshire for one year, before undertaking training positions at the RVC, University of Liverpool, and University of Cambridge.

He became a Diplomate of the ECVS and a European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery in 2003. He remained at Cambridge until 2004, and from that time until this year worked in private referral practice.

Ed has served as a committee member for the Association of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery (2005 – 2007); he is an external examiner at the Royal Veterinary College (2008 to date) and is an examiner for the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery (2008 to date).

He is interested in all aspects of soft tissue surgery, but in particular enjoys ENT surgery, thoracic surgery, trauma cases and wound management.

Peter Delisser BVSc(Hons) MRCVS

Senior Clinical training Scholar in Small Animal Surgery

Peter was born in Brisbane, Australia and completed his veterinary studies at the University of Queensland. He graduated in 2002 and initially spent 2 years in mixed practice in rural Australia. He moved to the United Kingdom in 2005 and spent 18 months performing short locum positions and travelling throughout Europe. In 2007, he enrolled in the RCVS certificate in Small Animal Surgery. He then completed a small animal internship as House Officer at Davies Veterinary Specialists in Hertfordshire in 2008 and then proceeded to work as principal surgeon for a group of clinics in central London, until starting the surgical residency at Langford in July 2009. Peter enjoys all aspects of small animal surgery, but particularly wound management, fracture repair and oncological surgery.

Alberto Gines DVM MRCVS

European College of Veterinary Surgeons Resident in Small Animal Surgery.
Alberto graduated from the University of Extremadura in 1998. After four years working as a clinical assistant at the University of Extremadura, Alberto moved to UK to do a Internship in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Bristol in 2006. Alberto has been working as a principal surgeon in small animal practice in Kent before starting his Residency at the University of Bristol Veterinary School. Alberto plans to sit the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery examination and he is working towards the European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery.

Kelly Bowlt BVM&S MRCVS

ECVS Resident in Small Animal Surgery.

Kelly graduated from Edinburgh University in 2005 and following two years in small animal practice, completed an internship at the Royal Veterinary College. She joined the University of Bristol as a Small Animal Surgery Resident in 2008 and her main interests lie in surgery of trauma patients.