Paul Higgs Joins the Team Full Time

Paul Higgs has now become a full time member of the Eastcott Referrals team. Paul is a recognised European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine with a passion for providing a high level of care and support for pets and their owners. Paul qualified from the University of Cambridge in 2006 and, after graduating he joined a busy Small Animal Practice in Somerset with a side-line in safari animal care at Longleat Safari Park. In 2010 he achieved the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Medicine whilst working in general practice.

Between 2010 and 2013 Paul then undertook a residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine and critical care at Bristol Veterinary School, following which he worked part time as a senior clinician. He was awarded Diplomate status at the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2014 allowing him to work under the title of recognised specialist.

Paul enjoys the challenge of all aspects of internal medicine including emergency medicine; however, his growing passion is endoscopy. Paul uses a state of the art Storz endoscopy platform providing high definition images of difficult to reach areas including intestines, nasal passages, lungs and bladder.  He believes that his experience working in both general practice and specialist hospitals gives him a unique approach to the care he can offer both pets and owners and an understanding that he can offer referring general practitioners.

On 20th May, we welcomed over 50 vets to Paul’s free evening CPD event.  Paul discussed the topics of fluid therapy and basic blood gas analysis.  The aim of this talk was to try to simplify the approach to blood gas interpretation and show where it can be useful in the general practice setting. The evening finished with case based problem solving incorporating fluid therapy decision making and the use of blood gas analysis as an aid to diagnosis and case management. Paul all but skimmed the surface of blood gas/acid-base analysis and would be happy to give another evening talk focusing on this subject in more detail. If you would be keen to attend this please let us know or suggest other areas of medicine in which you would be interested.