Louisa Marcombes

Louisa qualified from Cambridge University Vet School in 2001. After a period in small animal general practice in the South East, she moved to London to join the veterinary team at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, where she remained for ten years. At Battersea, Louisa discovered an interest in Small Animal Surgery and she gained extensive managing infection control and animal welfare issues. She also featured on early episodes of the popular ITV programme, "For the Love of Dogs", with Paul O'Grady.

Louisa subsequently worked at the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital in London, where she taught first opinion practice to final year veterinary students and set up the hospital's laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery service. Louisa built on her passion for surgery through teaching and mentoring the next generation of veterinary surgeons leading her to study surgical teaching techniques and technologies alongside human surgeons, and gaining associate fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. In 2019, Louisa moved to France where, after a spell in clinical practice, she set up as a Freelance Medical and Veterinary writer.