Heidi Featherstone

Heidi Featherstone

BVetMed DVOphthal DipECVO MRCVS RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology

Head of Ophthalmology

Heidi graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 1991. She worked in general practice for seven years, in the UK and in Hong Kong, before starting her ophthalmology training at the Animal Health Trust (1998-2001). She became board-certified in Veterinary Ophthalmology in the UK in 2001 (RCVS Diploma), and within Europe in 2005 (European Diploma). She is an RCVS-Recognised and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology.

Heidi is the Past-President of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ECVO), and a long-standing member of the BVA/KC/ISDS eye panel for canine hereditary eye disease. Heidi enjoys teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level – she is an Associate Honorary Professor at the Nottingham veterinary school, and a Visiting Professor at St George’s University in Grenada. She is an experienced national and international speaker, has published in peer-reviewed literature and has co-authored a textbook on Small Animal Ophthalmology. Her clinical interests include corneal sequestrum, corneal and cataract surgery.