Internal Medicine team
Jane Eastwood
MA VetMB DVR DSAM MRCVS
RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Medicine
After graduating from Cambridge University in 1984 Jane worked in mixed practices, both on the south coast and then in Derbyshire. She then moved to a sizeable small animal practice in London where she gained the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Radiology. Jane then returned to Cambridge Veterinary School for a year and obtained the RCVS Diploma in Veterinary Radiology in 1992. However, she missed the client contact and the challenge of managing cases after making a diagnosis - life as a diagnostic imager was not for her! She returned to small animal practice, working at Willows for 3 years, where she attained the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Medicine, and then at a multidisciplinary referral practice where she gained the RCVS Diploma in Small Animal Medicine in 2003. Jane then moved to the Royal Veterinary College in 2005. This posed new challenges of mixing undergraduate and post-graduate teaching with a referral case load, but also allowed her to develop specific areas of research, including that of feline acromegaly. Jane was Head of the Clinical Medicine Service from 2007, until leaving the RVC in 2009.
Jane was an RCVS examiner for a number of years for both radiology and small animal medicine and has served on both related RCVS Boards. She has also been an active supporter of the BSAVA Petsavers charity both as a 10K runner and perhaps more importantly on the Petsavers Grant Awarding Committee from 2005-2008. She enjoys teaching and has been a regular speaker at BSAVA Congress in recent years.
With her move back to Willows in August 2009, Jane is enjoying working as part of an efficient, enthusiastic and committed multidisciplinary team of specialist vets and nurses in a state-of-the-art facility. Her special interests include endocrinology, gastro-intestinal disease, medical oncology and immune mediated disease - but essentially she can never say 'no' to any medicine case, be it a cat or a dog!
Jane's first Spaniel had Cushing's disease until she died at the age of 16, and as a result she is fully in tune with just how precious these 'silly old fool' cats and dogs are. Jane now has a younger, more active model, 'Maddie', who is suitably named and suitably insured against all veterinary eventualities, but (touch wood) so far, so good! As Jane's partner, Paul, is allergic to cats, sadly the feline 'fix' has to come from her work.
Kirsty Roe
BVSc CertSAM DipACVIM MRCVS
American Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Kirsty graduated as a Veterinary Surgeon from the University of Bristol in 2000. She spent five years working in small animal practice in London and Northampton, where she developed a keen interest in canine and feline general medical problems. In 2005 she was selected as a Junior Clinical Fellow in Internal Medicine at The Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, where she completed her Royal College Certificate in Small Animal Medicine. She then completed a three-year residency at The Royal Veterinary College in London and gained the Diploma of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in February 2010.
Kirsty enjoys both the challenge of the Internal Medicine discipline, and also the care element of her role with the seriously ill animals that she treats. Kirsty is particularly interested in feline medicine and endocrinology. She very much enjoys being part of the top-notch team of multi-disciplinary specialists at Willows, and contributing to the high level of support and expert care provided for her patients, their owners and the referring veterinary surgeons who use the Willows service.
Isuru Gajanayake
BVSc CertSAM DipACVIM MRCVS
American Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Small Animal Clinical Nutritionist
Isuru graduated from the University of Sydney in 1998. After spending two years in mixed practice in rural Australia, he moved to the United Kingdom to work as a locum small animal vet and travel around Europe. He then joined Willows' general practice clinic in 2002. During the following three years in this post, Isuru developed his interest in small animal medicine and successfully completed the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Medicine. In 2005, he moved to the Royal Veterinary College to undertake a one-year rotating Internship, followed by a combined Residency in small animal internal medicine and clinical nutrition. Isuru was the first resident to undertake a clinical nutrition training programme in the UK. Following the end of his residency, Isuru successfully achieved specialist status from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2010. He is now working towards sitting the Diploma examination of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition.
Isuru has a keen interest in all aspects of internal medicine but particularly enjoys oncology, endocrinology and gastroenterology. He also enjoys the challenges involved in the nutrition of hospitalised patients, using both enteral and parenteral feeding techniques. In addition to his clinical duties, Isuru also enjoys teaching undergraduates, veterinary surgeons and nurses.
Isuru aims to provide the highest level of care for his patients, their owners and referring veterinary surgeons, and he thoroughly enjoys being part of the team at Willows who have the same commitment to the pets under their care.
Amy Lam
BVSc (Hons) GradCertVetStud MACVS (Small Animal Medicine)
Small Animal Medicine Clinician
After graduating from Sydney University (Australia) with first class honours in 2004, Amy first worked in a busy small animal practice in Melbourne and then for two years in Canberra with her father, who is also a vet. Amy subsequently undertook an Internship at the University of Sydney Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 2008 and completed her Membership in Small Animal Medicine during this time. In 2010, Amy completed a Residency training programme at Australia's largest referral hospital, the Small Animal Specialist Hospital in Sydney, and she is currently working towards her Fellowship in Small Animal Medicine in the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists.
Amy has a passion for small animal internal medicine and particularly relishes the challenges of endocrinology, renal disease, immune mediated disease, and oncology. In addition, she particularly likes working with cats. Amy enjoys working as part of a team, and has the same high standards of patient and client care for which Willows is renowned.
In her spare time, Amy loves running and recently completed her second marathon. She has 2 cats - Dave, a Tonkinese (who plays fetch and walks on the lead (when he feels like it)) and Triniti, a domestic short-haired moggy. Dave and Triniti have both travelled all the way over from Australia with Amy. Amy's husband, Richard, is also a veterinary surgeon and is currently working as a Resident in diagnostic imaging at the Royal Veterinary College in London.
