Dr Penny Watson
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MA, VetMD, CertVR, DSAM, DipECVIM, FRCVS
Emeritus Fellow
Formerly University Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine
Penny Watson studied veterinary medicine at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and graduated in 1989. She then spent 4 years in mixed practice getting cows out of her system before returning to Cambridge and becoming a specialist small animal physician. She holds the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Radiology and Diploma in Small Animal Medicine and is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and a European and RCVS recognised specialist. She is interested in all aspects of small animal internal medicine, particularly clinical nutrition, comparative metabolism, gastroenterology and hepatology. She completed a clinical doctorate on chronic pancreatitis in dogs in 2009 and continues to pursue research in to liver and pancreas in dogs, particularly focussing on comparative studies where dogs can offer insights in to human disease.