Overview
The RCPath has a long and distinguished history in veterinary pathology. Membership and Fellowship examinations in veterinary pathology have been conducted since the 1970s. Today, Fellowship of the RCPath continues to carry significant professional recognition, with Fellows acknowledged as specialists by both the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI).
We are delighted to present the RCPath Veterinary Pathology Spring Webinar Series, a programme designed to engage and educate pathologists, residents, specialists, veterinary surgeons, and undergraduate students across all specialties. The series will feature sessions on anatomical pathology, clinical pathology, and microbiology, covering topics of current relevance and interest. These include large animal disease surveillance, with a focus on emerging viral threats such as Bluetongue virus, wildlife forensic pathology, lipases, immunohistochemistry and pathology findings associated with telemetry devices and therapeutic oligonucleotides. The series will conclude with a dedicated discussion of the RCPath Fellowship examinations in veterinary pathology/microbiology, offering guidance and insight for those considering this qualification.
Topic: Lipases
This event will take place at 12:30pm and last approximately 1 hour.
CPD
This meeting is worth 1 CPD point (self credited).
Veterinary Pathology Spring webinar series 2
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Dr Peter O’Brien
SPEAKER
Peter graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatchewan, then his PhD at the School of Veterinary Medicine in St Paul, and his residency in Clinical Pathology at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph. After 7 years on staff there, he joined Big Pharma in the US and UK, then the School of Veterinary Medicine in Dublin. He is certifed as Veterinary Clinical Pathologist by the ACVP, ECVCP and FRCPath. His research has been on validation and application of biochemical biomarkers of pathology, including troponin, glutamate dehydrogenase, lipase and lymphoma.
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Dr Pamela Kelly
Chair - Veterinary Pathology SAC
Dr Pamela Kelly is an Assistant Professor in Veterinary Pathology and Head of Section of Veterinary Pathobiology, in the UCD, School of Veterinary Medicine. She is a recognized European Specialist in Veterinary Pathology EBVS®, a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath). She has a PhD in Dermatopathology and is a graduate of Veterinary Medicine (UCD, 2009) and Science (human physiology, UCD, 2004). Pamela has a keen interest in Dermatopathology, ‘One Health’ and Comparative Pathology.
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Dr Kathy Freeman
Chair
Dr. Freeman completed her veterinary training (DVM) and completed her MS and PhD in veterinary pathology at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She has been on faculty at Oklahoma State, Cornell University and Ithaca College and has been the Director and Head of Pathology or Senior Veterinary Clinical Pathologist at Animal Reference Laboratory (USA), Lab Corp (Veterinary Division)(USA), Animal Health Trust(UK), IDEXX Laboratories(UK) and SynLab-VPG(UK). She has been a consultant for Veterinary Information Network since 1997 and currently works part-time for VIN as a staff veterinarian. She is a member of the nonprofit website committee for www.vetbiologicalvariation.org and is a Director of CustomClinPath, a group working to develop applications in veterinary biological variation. She received the American Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology Teaching Award in 2014. Her areas of special interest include laboratory quality, cytology, and competency-based veterinary specialty education.
She has lived and practiced veterinary clinical pathology in the United Kingdom for the past 29 years. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (Clinical Pathology) and a Founding Diplomate for the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology and is the Founding Chair for the American Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology Quality Assurance and Laboratory Standards Committee and for the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory Standards Committee. was elected to the ECVCP Hall of Fame in 2024.
