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Dr Karen Perry
BVM&S CertSAS DipECVS
FRCVS
- Location: USA
- Year of Fellowship: 2025
- Route to Fellowship: Meritorious Contributions to Clinical practice
Field of work
Veterinary schools
Areas of special interest
- Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery
- Feline Orthopedics
- Traumatology
Areas of support
- Collaborative research
- Professional mentoring
- Promoting knowledge and best practice
- Public engagement
- Translating research into veterinary practice
Professional positions
- Chair of the AOVET North America Education Committee
- Associate Editor for Journal of Small Animal Practice
Awards
- Endowed Pat Carrigan Professor of Feline Health at Michigan State University
Biography
Karen Perry graduated from The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh in 2005. After a short period in mixed practice and an internship in small animal orthopedics Dr. Perry returned to the R(D)SVS to complete a residency in small animal surgery from 2007 to 2010. Following achievement of ECVS status in 2011, Dr. Perry joined the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London as a lecturer in small animal orthopedics.
After four years at the RVC Dr. Perry moved to Michigan State University where she is currently a Tenured Professor in Small Animal Orthopedics. In 2022, Dr. Perry also received an endowed, named professorship, becoming the Pat Carrigan Professor of Feline Medicine. Dr. Perry’s passion for veterinary education led her to pursue further qualifications in this ever-expanding field and in 2019, she completed her MSc in Veterinary Education. Dr. Perry is also the chair of the AOVET NA education committee.
Dr. Perry has published widely in the veterinary literature with her main research interests being feline orthopedics, traumatology and the correction of limb deformities associated with patellar luxation. Dr. Perry created the first AO Master Course in Feline Orthopedics and has presented her work throughout the world.
After four years at the RVC Dr. Perry moved to Michigan State University where she is currently a Tenured Professor in Small Animal Orthopedics. In 2022, Dr. Perry also received an endowed, named professorship, becoming the Pat Carrigan Professor of Feline Medicine. Dr. Perry’s passion for veterinary education led her to pursue further qualifications in this ever-expanding field and in 2019, she completed her MSc in Veterinary Education. Dr. Perry is also the chair of the AOVET NA education committee.
Dr. Perry has published widely in the veterinary literature with her main research interests being feline orthopedics, traumatology and the correction of limb deformities associated with patellar luxation. Dr. Perry created the first AO Master Course in Feline Orthopedics and has presented her work throughout the world.