Aaron Harper: 

Postnomials: MA VetMB CertAVP (SAM) DipECVIM-CA (Onc), MRCVS 

RCVS and EBVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Oncology (Small Animals), Head of Oncology Wear Referrals 

Aaron began his career in general practice in North West England back in 2008 after graduating from the University of Cambridge. 

 In 2016, he completed a residency in small animal oncology at the University of Liverpool and during that time he completed the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Small Animal Medicine). Aaron achieved the European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology) in 2017 and became a European and RCVS recognised Specialist in Oncology.  

 Aaron’s main areas of interest are in haematological cancers and the medical management of these conditions. He is also interested in novel therapies for dogs and cats with cancer, along with the management of side-effects in these cases and his research to date has been on this subject.  

 Aaron is particularly passionate about treating feline lymphoma and has spoken extensively on a variety of medical oncology topics at local and national CPD events. He currently sits on the BSAVA Congress Programme Committee and the ECVIM Oncology Exam Committee

Anna Cronin: 

Postnomials: DVM GPCert(SAS) AFHEA Dip. ECVS, MRCVS

European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, Wear Referrals 

 Anna graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 2012 following five months rotating through the various clinical disciplines of the University of Vienna. Directly after her graduation she worked for a year at a busy small animal practice in Bavaria, followed by 16 months as a Junior Staff Clinician at the University Hospital for Companion Animals in Copenhagen. Anna moved to Cambridge in July 2015, to undertake a one-year rotating internship at the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital and in November 2015 she obtained a General Practitioners Certificate in Small Animal Surgery.

Anna was subsequently appointed as a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Small Animal Surgery in July 2016. Following the completion of her residency Anna stayed on at Cambridge University as a soft tissue surgeon for 2.5 years.

She recently joined the soft tissue team at Wear Referrals in early 2022 shortly after having achieved the European Diploma in Small Animal Surgery. 

Melanie Dobromylskyj:

Postnomials: BSc, BVSc, PhD, FRCPath, FRCVS

RCVS-Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Pathology (Small Animals), Finn Pathologists

 Dr. Melanie Dobromylskyj qualified from Bristol University in 2004, having also intercalated a BSc with honours in Veterinary Pathology at the RVC in 2002.

Following a 13-month rotating small animal internship at the Animal Health Trust, she completed her PhD in bovine molecular immunology at the Institute for Animal Health, Compton, and the University of Cambridge in 2009, studying the receptors expressed on natural killer cells. She then spent a year as an anatomic pathology resident at Glasgow University before joining Finn Pathologists, Norfolk in 2012, where she continued her training as an anatomic pathologist in conjunction with a part-time residency at the RVC.

Melanie became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2014, and is now a full-time diagnostic histopathologist at Finn Pathologists, as well as an Honorary Lecturer in Anatomic Pathology at the RVC. She has a particular interest in feline pathology.