Professor Dick White
BVetMed PhD DSAS DVR FRCVS
RCVS, ACVS & European Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Oncology
Hello, I am Dick White - the founder and principal of our specialist centre. I am regarded as one the UK’s leading small animal soft tissue and cancer surgeons. During a 25 year university career I taught surgery to more than 1500 veterinary surgeons – this means that today about 10% of all vets working in the UK were taught how to operate by me.
I specialise in, and have wide experience of, all aspects of small animal ‘soft tissue’ surgery and I am an American, European and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery. I concentrate on ENT and respiratory surgery, reconstructive and abdominal surgery.
I am one of a small handful of RCVS Specialists in Veterinary Oncology in the country. I have recently been made an Honorary Member of the Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology in recognition of the contributions I have made to the field of small animal cancer management. My primary interest therefore lies in the surgical management of cancer but I also work closely with my colleagues to combine surgery with other non-surgical anti-cancer treatments.
I have published many scientific papers and chapters in internationally-acknowledged textbooks; I am a founder and Past President of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons. As well as being the centre’s principal clinician, I am also Special Professor of Small Animal Surgery at the University of Nottingham Veterinary School and I contribute to the undergraduate teaching programme there.
I have six dogs of my own - three working Labrador retrievers, two ex-racing greyhounds and one border terrier. So more importantly than all my clinical experience, it is this that allows me to fully appreciate the huge role that animals play in our life!
