Speaker bio page for Ruth Gostelow

Bio

Ruth is a Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) and has a strong interest in feline diabetes mellitus and diabetic remission. She is a member of the RVC Diabetic Remission and Hyperphysectomy Clinics, with other roles including module leader for the BVetMed 4th year Endocrine module and deputy module leader for the RVC Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice internal medicine B-module. Ruth has also been instrumental in the recent addition of plethysmography to the QMHA. Ruth completed an Internal Medicine residence at the RVC in 2012 and has American (ACVIM) and European (ECVIM) diplomate status in small animal internal medicine and is an RCVS-recognised specialist in small animal internal medicine. She completed a PhD in feline diabetic remission in October 2016, and was awarded the Dechra Early Career Research award for her PhD work at the 2017 ACVIM Forum. Following her PhD, Ruth has worked as a lecturer in small animal internal medicine at the RVC where she is a member of the Diabetic Remission and Hypophysectomy Clinics. Ruth acquired an RVC Animal Care Trust grant for plethysmography equipment for respiratory assessment of small animal patients at the QMHA in 2017 and is a co-applicant on a recently-successful ECVIM clinical studies fund grant to examine the genetics of diabetes mellitus in Burmese cats. She completed the RVC Postgraduate certificate in veterinary education (PGCertVetEd) in 2018 and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.