Jon Wray
BVSc DSAM Cert VC MRCVS
RCVS-Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Hello, I am Jon Wray one of the Internal Medicine specialists at Dick White Referrals and I see Cardiology cases also (which is my principal interest).
After qualifying from the University of Bristol, I spent two years in mixed practice in Somerset, before returning to Bristol to complete a 3-year residency in Small Animal Medicine and have concentrated on Internal Medicine referrals for the last 11 years. In 2001 I moved to Willows Referral Service in the West Midlands to develop an Internal Medicine referral service alongside existing disciplines and in 2004 took a position at first as Clinician and then Head of the Internal Medicine Unit at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket. I have therefore enjoyed a very wide-ranging veterinary career thus far, in first-opinion, academic, research-charitable and private specialist practice which I believe has given me a broad perspective and experience in my specialist work.
I gained the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Diploma in Small Animal Medicine in 2005 and was awarded RCVS Specialist Status in 2007. In 2008 I also passed the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Cardiology and my longer-term ambition is to pursue my interest in cardiology further to Diploma level. I am currently chief examiner for the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Medicine, and a Visiting/Invited Lecturer at the Lusofona University of Lisbon. I also actively contribute to CPD locally, nationally and internationally on various medical topics.
I enjoy all aspects of Internal Medicine but also have a long-held interest in Cardiology hence my desire to achieve diploma status in both disciplines. The excellent facilities, team-approach by a group of very highly qualified and motivated specialists in allied subjects and first rate round-the-clock care from dedicated and highly trained nursing staff and interns here at Dick White Referrals is invaluable to the Internal Medicine case approach. A particular strength is also our onsite clinical pathology laboratory, run by a superb team, whose clinical expertise is just as important to medical problem-solving as that of the ‘front-line’ clinicians. This caring, professional and multidisciplinary team approach allows me to be able to offer the level of care to patients that I would want for my own pets in an environment where we can (and do) make a substantial difference to the quality of life of very many animals with medical and surgical problems.
My particular areas of interest are:
- All aspects of cardiothoracic medicine
- Endocrine problems, especially management of adrenal gland disorders
- Investigation of dysphagia in cats and dogs
- Use of endoscopy in medical diagnosis and endotherapy
- Episodic weakness and collapse
- Disorders of haemostasis, hypercoagulability and vascular disorders
I would be very glad to accept referrals in all areas of internal and cardiorespiratory medicine to help you and your clients with problem cases. Outside work I enjoy listening to as much live music as possible, playing the guitar with more enthusiasm than skill and spoiling our baby daughter, Ella.
Publications:
S. E. SHAW, S.E., HILLMAN, T, & WRAY, J.D. (2008) Unusual case of canine leishmaniosis in the UK Vet Rec 163: 283.
WRAY, J.D., SPARKES, A.H. & JOHNSON, E.M. (2008) Infection of the subcutis of the nose in a cat caused by Mucor species: successful treatment using posaconazole J Feline Med Surg 10, 523-527
WRAY, J.D. , DOUST, R.T, McCONNELL, J.F., DENNIS, R.T & BLUNDEN, A.S. (2008) Retrobulbar teratoma causing exophthalmos in a cat J Feline Med Surg 10, 175-180
WRAY, J. D. (2008) Methaemoglobinaemia caused by hydroxycarbamide (hydroxyurea) ingestion in a dog. J Small Anim Pract 49, 211-5
WRAY, J. D., GAJANAYAKE, I. &SMITH, S. H. (2007) Congestive heart failure associated with a large transverse left ventricular moderator band in a cat. J Feline Med Surg 9, 56-60
WRAY, J. D., BESTBIER, M., MILLER, J. &SMITH, K. C. (2006) Aortic and iliac thrombosis associated with angiosarcoma of skeletal muscle in a dog. J Small Anim Pract 47, 272-7
WRAY, J. D. &SPARKES, A. H. (2006) Use of radiographic measurements in distinguishing myasthenia gravis from other causes of canine megaoesophagus. J Small Anim Pract 47, 256-63
WRAY, J. D. &BLUNDEN, A. S. (2006) Progressive dysphagia in a dog caused by a scirrhous, poorly differentiated perioesophageal carcinoma. J Small Anim Pract 47, 27-30
GAROSI, L. S., PLATT, S. R., MCCONNELL, J. F., WRAY, J. D. &SMITH, K. C. (2005) Intracranial haemorrhage associated with Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in three dogs. J Small Anim Pract 46, 93-9
O’NEILL, E.,J. PEARSON, G.R., WRAY, J.D., Hall, E.J. (2005) Neuronal glycoproreinosis (Lafora-like disease) in related wire-haired miniature dachshunds Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 17, 403 (abstract)
WRAY, J.D. (2005) Differential diagnosis of the collapsing dog: Part 1 Aetiology and Investigation In Practice 27:16-28
WRAY, J.D. (2005) Differential diagnosis of the collapsing dog: Part 2 neuromuscular causes In Practice 27:62-69
WRAY, J.D. (2005) Differential diagnosis of the collapsing dog: Part 3 Cardiovascular & miscellaneous causes In Practice 27:93-99
WRAY, J.D. (2005) Blunt Cardiac injury Veterinary Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine 3 (1):3-10
