Dr Dawn Seddon
BVSc (Hons), BVSc, MSc Vet Path (with distinction), Diplomate ACVP (Clinical Pathology), ND Microbiology
Clinical Pathologist
Originally from South Africa, Dawn graduated from Onderstepoort (OP) (Vet Faculty, Univ. Pretoria) in 1991, having previously had a background in food and industrial Microbiology in South Africa.
Dawn spent 4 years in full time mixed (mainly small animal) practice in the UK, followed by routine locum and after hours emergency clinical work in small animal practice. She undertook a concurrent scholarship to further her studies in Pathology from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, (UK), where she did a 3 year residency. This culminated in an MSc in Veterinary Pathology, in October 1997, after which she returned to South Africa for 18 months. Back in South Africa, dawn undertook an Honours in Clinical Pathology (OP), working concurrently in both veterinary pathology diagnostics and small animal practice.
In November 1999, Dawn came to New Zealand where she has worked as a veterinary clinical pathologist. She is currently based at Gribbles Hamilton.
She has a wide interest in the pathology field, but has a particular interest in companion animal oncology, cytology, and clinical pathology.
Up until fairly recently, she has been doing some small animal locum work to keep in touch with routine working practice and medicine, as these are closely integrated, and this aids her in making interpretations with insight into current practice. She is also involved in teaching veterinary clinical pathology to veterinary undergraduates overseas for periods of time during the year.