Clare Rusbridge

Clare is a council member of the Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding, the neurology expert for the Feline Advisory Bureau Feline, an Honorary Friend of the Ann Conroy Trust (British Syringomyelia and Chiari Society)and Life Patron of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of the Rand South Africa. In 2011 she has been honoured by the veterinary profession, receiving BSAVA JA Wight (aka James Herriot) Memorial Award for Animal Welfare for her work with CKCS society with respect to Syringomyelia.  

Career 
After graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1991 with distinction in both Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Clare  completed an internship at the University of Pennsylvania then spent some time in general practice in Cambridgeshire. 

Following a three year BSAVA/Petsavers Residency in Neurology and one year as clinical instructor at the Royal Veterinary College, she became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 1996 and gained RCVS Specialist status in 1999. Clare was awarded a PhD from Utrecht University in February 2007 for her thesis on Chiari-like malformation & Syringomyelia. 

Since August 1997 she has operated a Neurology Referral and MRI service at the Stone Lion Veterinary Centre in Wimbledon, London UK. Clare has published extensively on syringomyelia producing book chapters and electronic resources in addition to peer reviewed scientific papers. She continues clinical research into the genetics, management and pathogenesis of the condition. Her other professional interests include other causes of neuropathic pain (in particular feline orofacial pain syndrome), epilepsy, feline neurology, and inherited diseases.