Alison graduated from the University of Bristol in 1996. She spent four years in general practice, and worked at the Royal Veterinary College for seven years as an Intern, Resident and then Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery. She joined Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists in 2008 where she works as a Soft Tissue Surgeon. She is interested in and competent in all aspects of soft tissue surgery, including interventional radiology techniques. Alison became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2005, and is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery and a Fellow of the RCVS.

Alison regularly gives lectures and webinars to vets and nurses, both in the UK and abroad. She is the Surgery Program co-ordinator for the BSAVA certificate program and an examiner for the RVC’s CertAVP. She has been an external examiner for the certificate program at Edinburgh University.

She is involved with the veterinary community and has volunteered as Associate Editor of the Journal of Small Animal Practice, been a member of the BSAVA Education committee and spent 10 years on the committee of the Association of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgeons, most recently as President.