Specialists
Hannes Bergmann DrMedVet DipECVS MRCVS European Specialist in Veterinary Surgery
Hannes graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in 2001 and completed an internship at the School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Following research in perioperative pain therapy he achieved his Doctorate degree in 2003. After one year in small animal practice he started a 3 year residency in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Berne, Switzerland. Hannes joined GWR in October 2007. He became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in July 2008. His clinical interests include all aspects of soft tissue surgery, trauma surgery and minimal invasive surgery.
Hugo Schmökel DrMedVet PhD DipECVS MRCVS
European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Hugo graduated from the Veterinary Faculty of the Zurich University in 1989. After finishing his doctoral thesis he completed a residency in small animal surgery at the Veterinary Clinic of the University of Zurich.
From 1994 to 1999 he worked in his own referral clinic in Switzerland.
In 1999 Hugo began work on his PhD at the Federal Technical University in Zurich and worked as an Assistant Professor in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Bern, obtaining his PhD in 2004.
Hugo is specialized in orthopaedic and spinal surgery and in the treatment of fractures and traumatized animals.
Claudia Müller DrMedVet DipACVIM MRCVS
American Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Claudia did her veterinary studies at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. She graduated in 1999. Thereafter she did her doctoral theses at the Veterinary diagnostic laboratory of the University of Zurich. An Internship and Residency in small animal Internal Medicine followed from 2002 to 2006. The Residency for the diploma of the American College of Veterinary Inernal Medicine was done at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Georgia, USA. She completed the Residency with the certifying exam in 2006 and got Board-certified in 2007 according to the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. From 2006 to 2007 she did a locum as faculty at the University of Zurich in Internal Medicine.
Jacques Sottiaux DVM DipECVIM-CA (cardio)
European Specialist in Small Animal Cardiology
Jacques graduated from Veterinary School of Lyon, France and worked for 12 years in private practice before moving to specialise in cardiology. Between 1993 and 1999 he was a consultant in the Veterinary School of Lyon where he gained hie European Diploma in Small Animal Internal Medicine (specialty Cardiology). He worked as SA Cardilogist in Manchester and joined GWR in June 2008.
Neil Forbes BVetMed DipECAMS CBiol MIBiol FRCVS
RCVS Specialist Zoo Animal and Wildlife Medicine (Avian) and European Specialist in Avian Medicine and Surgery
Neil qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 1983. After a period in large animal practice in Cumbria, he settled in mixed practice at Lansdown Veterinary Surgeons in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Since that time Neil has developed a large avian and exotic first and second opinion department at the practice. In the interim Neil has gained RCVS Specialist Status in the field of Avian Medicine and Surgery (1992), his FRCVS in Exotic Bird Medicine by examination (1997) as well a European Veterinary Specialist in Avian Medicine and Surgery (Dip ECAMS) in 1997.
Neil runs an ECAMS approved residency program and is also Vice President of ECAMS and Chair of the Education Committee. Neil is a Senior Lecturer at Bristol University, where he lectures and holds regular clinics. Neil has lectured and published widely in most parts of the world; presented and published many papers and edited, as well as contributed, to 15 books.