Nick completed a Petsaver’s surgical residency at Cambridge and a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Colorado State University. He was Surgical Oncology Faculty at the University of Florida from 2006-2014. Nick then moved back to the UK and was appointed Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine and co-founded AURA Veterinary, also in Guildford, Surrey. He is a Diplomate of the European and American Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons, and an ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology. 

Nick is on the Specialist Advisory Board for StreetVet (Soft Tissue and Oncology) and a founder member of the Oncology Working Group of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA), a group of oncology specialists from across the globe, whose mission is to improve awareness of cancer in cats and dogs to the general public, and educate how veterinary surgeons can help, regardless of geography, language and resources.

Robin Downing is both a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and a Doctor of Bioethics. She is the Hospital Director of The Downing Center for Animal Pain Management, LLC, and was a pioneer in both modern veterinary pain management, as well as the translation of palliative and end-of-life care principles and practices from human medicine for application in clinical veterinary practice. She remains in active, full-time, solo clinical practice, and the practice is American Animal Hospital accredited, Human-Animal Bond Certified, Fear Free™ Certified, and credentialed as Cat Friendly Practices with the American Association of Feline Practitioners. 

Dr. Downing has received many regional, national, and international awards, including the 2001 Excellence in Veterinary Medicine Award from the World Small Animal Veterinary Association, the 2016 Erwin Small Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, and the 2020 Leo K. Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award from the AVMA. 

Dr. Downing is currently engaged as a Visiting Scholar at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University, working to translate bioethical principles and practices for formal application in clinical veterinary medicine. She is also credentialed in the area of grief and bereavement (Colorado State University), having more than 300 hours of formal study with Clinical Thanatologist and psychologist Dr. Alan Wolfelt. Dr. Wolfelt is an internationally renowned grief and bereavement expert, and (at this writing) she is the only veterinarian to have studied with him at this level.

Sarah is a double-boarded specialist in Oncology and Radiation Oncology with many years of experience. She enjoys seeing patients for radiation, chemotherapy and multi-modal care.

She worked at the Universities of Liverpool and Cambridge Vet Schools before joining Southfields in 2018 and before training as a vet, she was a cancer researcher.

In her spare time she enjoys many different sports and music and she has two rescue cats, Nana and Hatchi.

Dr. Elke Rudloff has been practicing veterinary medicine for over 30 years. A graduate of Purdue University, she is board certified in veterinarian emergency and critical care and now dedicates her time to protecting the end-of-life experience for companion animals through her work with BluePearl Pet Hospice. Dr. Elke is certified in veterinary medical acupuncture and has a strong passion for pain management, quality of life enhancement, and a gentle end of life experience. She is a published author, a regular speaker at events around the world, and an active member of the VECCS. Dr. Elke is a Certified Senior Dog Veterinarian, Certified Peaceful Euthanasia Veterinarian and CAETA Instructor, promoting best comfort care and euthanasia practices to veterinary teams everywhere.