Mr Michael Heweston

Qualifications: BSc BVSc CertEM(Int Med) DipECEIM MRCVS.
Qualified: University of Pretoria. Institution/Practice: University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Career: Michael obtained his undergraduate veterinary qualifications from Onderstepoort (University of Pretoria) in South Africa in 1999. After graduating, he moved to the UK and worked for a year in Northern England as a private equine practitioner. He then completed a residency in equine internal medicine, critical care and anaesthesia at the University of Glasgow. He obtained his RCVS certificate in equine internal medicine in 2003 and his European diploma in equine internal medicine in 2005. After completing his residency, he moved to the Middle East to work as a specialist in a sports medicine clinic that provided veterinary care for the Thoroughbred racehorse and endurance industry in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE and then in 2009, he moved to Finland to fill a position as a clinical teacher in equine internal medicine at the University of Helsinki. In 2014 he moved back to South Africa and is currently a senior lecturer in equine internal medicine at the University of Pretoria. His current job involves providing a specialist service in equine internal medicine at the Onderstepoort academic teaching hospital, undergraduate teaching and clinical research. Michael’s field of research is gastrointestinal permeability studies in the horse.
Interests: Gastroenterology, cardiology and neurology.