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Prof. David Twedt

DVM Dipl. ACVIM
Dr. David Twedt graduated from Iowa State University and entered an internship and medicine residency at The Animal Medical Center in New York City in gastroenterology. Dr. Twedt then joined the staff of the Animal Medical Center and was also a research associate at the Liver Research Center of Albert Einstein Medical School.

Dr. Twedt is currently a Diplomate of the ACVIM, Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University and Director of the Veterinary Endoscopy Teaching Center.

Dr. Twedt is past President of both ACVIM Internal Medicine Speciality and College of ACVIM and the Comparative Gastroenterology Society. Publication and research interests include liver, gastrointestinal disease and endoscopy. He has also been the recipient of several teaching awards. He is also the co-editor of Current Veterinary Therapy XIV published in 2008.

Dr Philip Judge

BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Clin Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)
Philip graduated from Massey University in New Zealand in 1992, and spent 7 years in small animal practice before undertaking a 3-year residency in veterinary emergency and critical care at the University of Melbourne in 1998.

Following his residency, Philip worked for nearly 6 years at the Animal Emergency Centre in Melbourne, becoming the Senior Veterinarian at the centre in 2004. In 2006, Philip undertook a 1-year surgical externship before moving to Townsville to take up the position of Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at JCU.
Philip is also co-founder, and director of Vet Education Pty Ltd (www.veteducation.com) – one of Australia’s leading providers of online continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary nurses.

Philip has published numerous manuals and guides concerning emergency medicine, including a CRI manual, haematology and biochemistry interpretation guide, emergency anaesthesia guide, and a ventilation therapy manual for small animals, in addition to being published in peer reviewed literature.

Philip’s key interests in veterinary science include respiratory emergencies, ventilation therapy, envenomations and toxicology.