Ophthalmic team

Michael is a 1995 graduate from the University of Bristol. He gained the RCVS Certificate in Ophthalmology in 2011, and then became recognised by the RCVS as an ‘Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Ophthalmology’ in 2015. He has recently spent the last few years dedicated to referral-only ophthalmology veterinary work. He is a member of the RCVS British Association of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (BrAVO) and the International Equine Ophthalmology Consortium (IEOC).

Kate graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2000. She worked in mixed and small animal practice in the South-East and then Swansea before moving to the South-West in 2006. She joined Westmoor in 2016 to undertake further ophthalmology training and gained the BSAVA Post Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Ophthalmology in 2019. She is a member of the British Association of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (BrAVO). Kate has an interest in ocular manifestations of systemic disease, and particularly enjoys corneal surgery.

John Mould graduated from the University of Bristol in 1984. He then spent a year in rural mixed practice in Shropshire before moving to Glasgow University. It was there that he developed an interest in ophthalmology. In his time at Glasgow he obtained the RCVS Diploma in Veterinary Ophthalmology and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. At Glasgow he was responsible for all aspects of the clinical ophthalmology referral service and all undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. John remained at Glasgow until 2004 when he moved to the Eye Veterinary Clinic. John is an RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology, and an honorary fellow of the Ophthalmic Imaging Association. His professional interests continue to include all aspects of clinical ophthalmology and ophthalmic pathology and teaching in the subject. John gives the undergraduate ophthalmology lecture courses at two of the UK’s veterinary schools. John and his family have four cats (all rescues) and six chickens.