Miss Vanessa Schmidt BVSc (Hons) PhD CertVD DipECVD MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology

Personal Statement

Vanessa qualified in 1994 at Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia before travelling to the UK. After several years in both mixed and small animal practice, she gained the European diploma of Veterinary Dermatology in 2009 and was granted RCVS specialisation in 2014. She also obtained her PhD in 2014, following four years of research into antimicrobial resistance amongst canine staphylococci and E. coli.