Andy Kent is an Internal Medicine Specialist at Willows Referral Service in Solihull, UK. He is also an Internal Medicine Consultant for the Veterinary Information Network (VIN).
Andy graduated from the University of Bristol in 2008, he spent a few years in mixed and then small animal practice, gaining an interest in Small Animal Medicine.
In 2012 he moved to the Queens Veterinary School Hospital, Cambridge, to undertake a Senior Clinical Training Scholarship (specialist training) in Small Animal Medicine, which he completed in August 2015 before moving to the Willows Referral Service. He has been involved with VIN since 2014 and became a European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2016.
Over the past few years Andy has spent time at a renowned centre in the USA and with top human endoscopists in the UK, receiving training and gaining experience in interventional endoscopy and radiology.
He enjoys seeing a wide range of internal medicine cases, but has particular interests in gastroenterology, immune-mediated diseases, urology, endoscopy and interventional procedures.
Andy graduated from the University of Bristol in 2008, he spent a few years in mixed and then small animal practice, gaining an interest in Small Animal Medicine.
In 2012 he moved to the Queens Veterinary School Hospital, Cambridge, to undertake a Senior Clinical Training Scholarship (specialist training) in Small Animal Medicine, which he completed in August 2015 before moving to the Willows Referral Service. He has been involved with VIN since 2014 and became a European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2016.
Over the past few years Andy has spent time at a renowned centre in the USA and with top human endoscopists in the UK, receiving training and gaining experience in interventional endoscopy and radiology.
He enjoys seeing a wide range of internal medicine cases, but has particular interests in gastroenterology, immune-mediated diseases, urology, endoscopy and interventional procedures.
Professional Memberships:
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)
- European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM)
- British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA)
- Veterinary Interventional Radiology and Interventional Endoscopy Society (VIRIES)
- British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)
- Small Animal Medicine Society (SAMsoc)
- Comparative Gastroenterology Society
- Veterinary Endoscopy Society
Publications:
Bacterial cholangitis, cholecystitis, or both in Dogs. Tamborini, Jahns, McAllister, Kent, Harris, Procoli, Allenspach, Hall, Day, Watson and O'Neill. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2016
Measurement of serum 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one as a marker of bile acid malabsorption in dogs with chronic diarrhoea: a pilot study. Kent, Cross, Taylor, Sherwood and Watson. Veterinary Record Open 2016.
Prevalence of pancreatic, hepatic and renal microscopic lesions in post-mortem samples from cavalier King Charles spaniels. Kent, Constantino-Casas, Rusbridge, Corcoran, Carter, Ledger and Watson. Journal of Small Animal Practice 2016.
Naturally occurring acquired primary hypothyroidism in a cat due to lymphocytic thyroiditis. Kent, Constantino-Casas and Herrtage. Veterinary Record Case Reports 2016.
Bacterial cholangitis, cholecystitis, or both in Dogs. Tamborini, Jahns, McAllister, Kent, Harris, Procoli, Allenspach, Hall, Day, Watson and O'Neill. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2016
Measurement of serum 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one as a marker of bile acid malabsorption in dogs with chronic diarrhoea: a pilot study. Kent, Cross, Taylor, Sherwood and Watson. Veterinary Record Open 2016.
Prevalence of pancreatic, hepatic and renal microscopic lesions in post-mortem samples from cavalier King Charles spaniels. Kent, Constantino-Casas, Rusbridge, Corcoran, Carter, Ledger and Watson. Journal of Small Animal Practice 2016.
Naturally occurring acquired primary hypothyroidism in a cat due to lymphocytic thyroiditis. Kent, Constantino-Casas and Herrtage. Veterinary Record Case Reports 2016.