SURGERY TEAM
| Dr KR Smith BVSc (Hons) FACVSc (Brisbane) Specialist Small Animal Surgeon |
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Dr Smith was born in South Australia and was educated in South Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. Dr Smith completed his veterinary degree in 1975 with Honours from the University of Queensland. After completing residencies at the University of Queensland and Colorado State University, Dr Smith went on to become a Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientist in 1995. Dr Smith combines his passion for Small Animal Surgery with his enthusiasm for rural Australia to provide surgical services both within Veterinary Specialist’s Brisbane Hospital and within various Northern Queensland and Northern Territory Veterinary Clinics. Within the surgical realms, his special interests include hip and stifle surgery, fracture repair and urinary tract surgery. |
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| Dr Philip Moses BVSc MRCVS Cert SAO MACVSc FACVSc (Brisbane) Specialist Small Animal Surgeon |
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Graduated from the University of Sydney in 1986 and worked in several large animal and mixed practices until cured of the desire to become a large animal practitioner. Moved to the UK in 1990 and began the long road to small animal surgical specialisation. Completed Certificate in Small Animal Orthopaedics at the Royal College in 1994 then worked in referral practice before returning to Australia in 1996. Philip started residency in small animal surgery in private practice in Brisbane completing MACVSc in 1998. He moved to the University of Sydney as a Senior Registrar, then Head of Surgery is 2000. Philip travelled to the United States to the University of Florida as a visiting scholar in 2001 before returning as a founding partner of Veterinary Specialist Services in Brisbane. Philip was also appointed as an Adjunct Associate Professor with the University of Queensland. His surgical interests include urinary tract, vascular, neurological and orthopaedic surgery. Currently involved in several research projects with Westmead Children’s Hospital in Sydney and the University of Queensland. He has presented at numerous conferences in Australia and overseas, published widely in Veterinary Journals as well as several textbooks. Philip is a father of six beautiful children and a devoted supporter of the Queensland Reds and the Wallabies. |
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| Dr Jason Mouatt BVSc FACVSc (Gold Coast) Specialist Small Animal Surgeon |
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Dr Jason Mouatt became a Small Animal Surgery Specialist (FACVSc - Fellow of the Australian Collage of Veterinary Scientists in Small Animal Surgery) in 2003. Dr Mouatt graduated from the University of Queensland (BVSc) in 1991, spending the next five years in general practice. His enthusiasm for surgery progressed to a residency in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Queensland. From there, Dr Mouatt spent 4 years as the Clinical Head of Small Animal Surgery at University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic and Hospital before joining the team at VSS in 2004. His surgical interests include neurosurgery, surgical oncology and joint surgery. |
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Dr Gordon Corfield BVSc FACVSc (Gold Coast and Brisbane) Specialist Small Animal Surgeon |
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Dr Gordon Corfield became a Fellow of the Australian Collage of Veterinary Scientists in Small Animal Surgery in 2008. After graduating in 1996 from the University of Queensland (BVSc), Dr Corfield started his career in mixed animal practice in Victoria for a year before focusing on small animals in various practices within Brisbane, England and Sydney. In 2003, Dr Corfield began a three year Residency in Small Animal Surgery at Murdoch University (Perth). Once completed, he continued in Small Animal Referral Surgical practice in Perth (Rivergum Referral Services) until moving to VSS in March 2008. Dr Corfield’s particular surgical interests include orthopaedic (arthroscopy and joint replacement surgery) and spinal surgery. |
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| Dr Julian Lunn BVSc MACVSc (Brisbane) Small Animal Surgeon |
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Dr Julian Lunn is a graduate of the University of Sydney in 1996. He spent the first four years in mix practice in South-eastern NSW and Bath, UK. On returning to Australia, Julian took up a position at the University of Sydney’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital working in the primary accession and medicine referral services before commencing a residency in Small Animal Surgery in 2003. Julian completed the residency in 2007 and graduated with a Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies completing a thesis on Canine Neural Angiostrongyliasis. Julian has spent time at Murdoch University and Colorado State University as part of his training before joining VSS in January of 2008. He has a keen interest in soft tissue surgery and oncology. Julian is a Member of both the Small Animal Medicine and Small Animal Surgery chapters of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists and is on track to obtain Fellowship in 2010. |
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