CAM ADVISER

Gwen Covey-Crump

Gwen Covey-Crump

Senior Clinician in Anaesthesia

BVetMed, CertVA, DipECVAA, MRCVS, CertVetAc(IVAS)

Gwen qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 2001, and spent 3 years in small animal practice before commencing a residency in Veterinary Anaesthesia at the University of Bristol in 2004. After completion she spent 1 year in clinical anaesthesia practice at the Queen’s Veterinary Hospital, University of Cambridge, returning to Bristol Vet School as the team lead Clinical Anaesthetist for the then newly formed Langford Veterinary Services (University of Bristol School of Veterinary Sciences teaching hospital) in 2009. She obtained the European Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 2012. Gwen now focuses her energies in chronic pain management, working with a team of physiotherapists in the Small Animal Rehabilitation and Pain Management Service at Langford Vets, and collaborating with specialist colleagues in surgery, neurology, oncology and medicine. She has a particular interest in established and emerging pharmacological therapies for pain, the influence of the environment on pain, and the links between pain and behavioural medicine.