I graduated from the Veterinary Faculty of University College Dublin in 1983, in the era before pagers, mobile phones, and computers. I worked for 2 years in mixed practice in Ireland where it did not take me long to realise that my main interest was in equine practice. I got my first exposure to equine practice on the racetracks of Sydney and the stud farms of New Zealand
The next few years involved traveling around the world, from Sussex to Hokkaido, and from Chantilly to Kentucky as an equine vet. I returned to Australia in the early nineties and spent a few great years in Perth, in Western Australia. I lived near the Indian Ocean, only a 20 minute drive from the practice.
I returned to Europe in the late nineties and worked in practice in the UK and became a partner in Troytown Equine Hospital in 2003. Over the years, I have obtained two Royal College certificates – one in Equine Stud Medicine and another in Equine Orthopaedics. I also became a member of the Equine Surgical Chapter of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists by examination.
I enjoy all aspects of equine medicine and surgery but my main fields of interest are reproduction, foal and yearling development and orthopaedic surgery, especially arthroscopy.
