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Briony Alderson

  • Head of Service, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Anaesthesia
  • BVSc CertVA DipECVAA MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia

Briony graduated from The University of Liverpool in 2000 and then spent 18 months in mixed practice in Manchester before returning to Liverpool to do a residency in veterinary anaesthesia. After completing the residency she stayed for 2 years as an anaesthesia clinician and achieved the certificate in anaesthesia. 

Briony moved to a private referral practice in Yorkshire as a consultant anaesthetist for 3 years, during which time she gained her European Diploma in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. She returned to the University  of Liverpool in 2010 and is now a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Small Animal Anaesthesia service.
 

Clinical Interests

  • Cardiovascular anaesthesia
  • The teaching of undergraduate anaesthesia
  • Improvement of outcomes in clinical anaesthesia 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Responsible for small animal anaesthesia clinical teaching, preparation or the clinical rotation format, day-to-day management and student assessment
  • One of the team involved in anaesthesia clinical lectures
  • Co-responsible for the fourth and final year examinations

Research Interests

  • The enhancement of undergraduate and postgraduate anaesthesia teaching
  • Improvement of clinical outcomes in anaesthesia in the small animal veterinary hospital environment