Roundtable Panel Discussion ‘Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’ (25/06/25)

Liz graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2006. She started her veterinary career in mixed practice in the East Ridings of Yorkshire, UK. However, she soon realised that she wanted to pursue a Specialist career. In 2008, Liz joined the University of Cambridge to undertake a rotating internship and then moved to the University of Manchester in 2009 to start a PhD. Her PhD focused on pathophysiology of heart failure and ageing, and was undertaken in the medical department. She gained her thesis in 2013 before starting a residency at the University of Edinburgh (where she met Scott and Andy). In 2016 Liz joined the University of Liverpool as a lecturer and subsequently senior lecturer. She was awarded her Diploma in 2017 and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2019.   In 2020 she took the leap into private practice and joined Chestergates Veterinary Specialists based in Chester, UK. She also had her first child that same year (it was very busy!). She has been at Chestergates ever since, and has been  promoted to Clinical Director and now Senior Clinical Director. She was awarded FRCVS for her Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice in 2022.

Scott graduated from the University of Edinburgh Veterinary School in 2007. He initially worked for the PDSA before taking up a Senior Veterinary Surgeon position with Vets Now in Edinburgh in 2010. In 2012, Scott began his residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, following a year as a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy and Physiology. He completed his residency in 2016 alongside a Master’s degree focused on the pathogenesis of canine liver disease and has since worked exclusively in referral-level clinical practice. Scott is currently based in Canada and undertakes his clinical work at Westcoast Animal Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital on Vancouver Island, where he sees internal medicine referral cases. In addition to his clinical work, Scott has created and delivered a Postgraduate Certificate in Small Animal Emergency Medicine in association with the University of Chester. In 2023, he was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (FRCVS) in recognition of his meritorious contribution to clinical practice.

Jose graduated from the University of Lisbon in 2005 and completed a cardiology residency at the University of Zurich, becoming an ECVIM-CA Diplomate in 2014 and an RCVS Specialist in Cardiology in 2015. He worked as a Senior Lecturer at Zurich before completing a PhD on feline HCM at the Royal Veterinary College and a Master’s in Cardiovascular Pathology at the University of Padua. Currently, he is a Professor and Head of Cardiology at the University of Cambridge. José founded and directs the Feline HCM Clinic- a dedicated centre for the diagnosis and longitudinal study of cardiomyopathies in cats. His clinical and research focus includes feline cardiomyopathies and cardiac imaging. DVM, PhD, MSc (Cardiac Pathology), DECVIM (Cardiology), AFHEA, MRCVS, EBVS® European and RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Cardiology