Alison Moores

Alison graduated from the University of Bristol in 1996. She initially spent four years in first opinion practice. She completed a Junior Clinical Training Scholar (Internship) in 2000 and a three year Senior Clinical Training Scholarship (Residency) in Small Animal Surgery in 2004, both at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). She was a Lecturer in Surgery at the RVC until 2007. She then worked in private referral practice in Surrey for 6 months before joining Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists in 2008. She works as a specialist soft tissue surgeon, offering secondary and tertiary referrals in all disciplines of soft tissue surgery.

Alison became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2005 and is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery.

As well as providing clinical services, Alison is actively involved in veterinary postgraduate certificate teaching and she is an examiner for several of the certificate qualifications available in the UK. She is the surgery program coordinator for the BSAVA Postgraduate Certificate in Small Animal Surgery and is a module leader for the RVC Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice. She is External Examiner at Edinburgh University and previously examiner for the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery examination.

Alison lectures for a number of CPD providers in the UK, including BSAVA congress, BSAVA PGCertSAS, CPD Solutions and the Webinar Vet. She has lectured regularly in the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, as well as in Hong Kong. She is a past Associate Editor of the Journal of Small Animal Practice and a past member of the BSAVA Education committee. She has also been Secretary and then President of the Association of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgeons. Alison co-edited the second edition of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Wound Management and Reconstruction and has provided book chapters for the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Wound Management and Reconstruction, the BSAVA Manual of Abdominal Surgery, Complications in Small Animal Surgery, Feline General and Soft Tissue Surgery, and the Textbook of Veterinary Surgical Nursing. She has published multiple clinical research papers.

In 2019 Alison was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for meritorious contributions to clinical practice. Fellowship is the highest status of membership of the College and is awarded for outstanding contributions to the veterinary profession.

Publications

de la Puerta B, Parsons K, Draper ERC, Moores AL & Moores AP (2011) In vitro comparison of mechanical and degradation properties of equivalent absorbable suture materials from two different manufacturers.  Veterinary Surgery 40, 223-227 (abstract)

Moores AL, Moores AP, Brodbelt DC, Owen MR, Draper ERC (2007) Regional load bearing of the canine acetabulum. Journal of Biomechanics 40, 3732-7 (abstract)

Textbooks

Moores AL (2016) Thoracostomy and thoracocentesis In: Complications in Small Animal Surgery Ed. Griffon and Hamaide, Wiley Blackwell

Moores AL (2016) Complications after Intercostal and Sternal Thoracotomy In: Complications in Small Animal Surgery Ed. Griffon and Hamaide, Wiley Blackwell

Moores AL (2015) Intestinal Surgery. In: BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Abdominal Surgery 2nd edition. Ed. Williams J & Niles J, BSAVA, Gloucester

Moores AL (2014) Thoracotomy In: Feline Soft Tissue and General Surgery Eds. Langley-Hobbs, Demetriou and Ladlow, Saunders Elsevier

Moores AL (2014) Lung In: Feline Soft Tissue and General Surgery Eds. Langley-Hobbs, Demetriou and Ladlow, Saunders Elsevier

Moores AL (2014) Pleura In: Feline Soft Tissue and General Surgery Eds. Langley-Hobbs, Demetriou and Ladlow, Saunders Elsevier

Moores AL (2009) Co-editor, BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Wound Management and Reconstruction, 2nd edn. BSAVA, Gloucester

Moores AL (2009) Axial pattern flaps. In: BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Wound Management and Reconstruction, 2nd edn. Ed. Williams J & Moores A, BSAVA, Gloucester

Beck (Moores) AL (2007) The Urogenital System. In: Textbook of Veterinary Surgical Nursing. Ed. Martin & Masters. Elsevier, UK. pp 87-112

Journal Publications

Moores AL, Agthe P, Anderson D, Grierson J (2020) Pubic factures secondary to extended transpelvic urethrostomy in a cat (2020) Vet Surg

Moores AL, Non surgical reduction of colo-colic intussusception (2020) JVECC

Charlesworth TM, Moores AL (2012) Post-trauma inguinal seroma formation in the cat. J Sm Anim Pract 53,  301-303

Charlesworth TM, Agthe P,  Moores AL, Anderson DM (2012) The use of hemostatic gelatin sponges in veterinary surgery. JSm Anim Pract 53,  51-56

de la Puerta B, Parsons K, Draper ERC, Moores AL & Moores AP (2011) In vitro comparison of mechanical and degradation properties of equivalent absorbable suture materials from two different manufacturers.  Vet Surg 40(2): 223-227

Moores AL, Anderson DM (2010) Airway problems in brachycephalic dogs. Companion (BSAVA). October 22-24

Adamantos S, Brodbelt D, Moores AL (2010) Prospective evaluation of complications of jugular venous catheter use in a veterinary hospital. J Sm Anim Pract 51, 254-257

Moores AL, Halfacree ZJ, et al (2007) Indications, outcomes and complications following lateral thoracotomy in dogs and cats. J Small Anim Pract 48, 695-8.

Moores AL, Gregory SP (2007) Duplex gall bladder associated with choledocholithiasis, cholecystitis, gall bladder rupture and septic peritonitis in a cat. J Small Anim Pract 48, 404-9

Beck (Moores) AL, Grierson JG, et al (2007) Outcome of and complications associated with tube cystostomy in dogs and cats: 76 cases (1995-2006). J Am Vet Med Assoc 230, 1184-1189

Halfacree ZJ, Beck (Moores) AL, et al (2006) Torsion and volvulus of the transverse and descending colon in a German Shepherd dog. J Small Anim Pract 47, 468-70

Parsons KJ & Beck (Moores) AL (2006) What is your diagnosis? Gastric disease/septic peritonitis. J Small Anim Pract 47, 349-51

Jain S, Moore RA, Anderson DM, et al (2006) Cell mediated immune responses to COPV early proteins. Virology 356, 23-34