Dr Samantha Bloomfield MRCVS

Biography

Samantha has a degree in Nutrition from Kings College, University of London and graduated from the University of Cambridge Veterinary School in 2005. She holds general practitioner postgraduate certificates in small animal surgery and small animal medicine.  

Prior to starting vet school Samantha spent many years undertaking nursing duties for a mixed practice in Bedfordshire. As a vet student she worked at an equine referral hospital in Dallas, Texas, where she undertook her final year project looking at the relationship between cataract development in Quarter horses and ultra-violet light exposure.

Since qualifying Samantha has worked in mixed and small animal practice in the UK and has been involved in veterinary nurse training. During sabbatical leave she worked for a Sun Bear rescue and rehabilitation charity in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, which included a large dog and cat colony with the occasional primate thrown in for good measure. She has been a Practice Standards Assessor for the RCVS for the past five years.

Samantha has a background in competitive dog obedience training, showing dogs, dog breeding and has dabbled in the word of showing cats. She has a special interest in hand rearing premature and sick neonates and has written a book on the subject. She undertook her own research into canine perinatal mortality and presented her abstract at BSAVA.

For the past two years she has volunteered for LIVES, Lincolnshire’s Community First Responder organisation, working alongside East Midlands Ambulance Service attending 999 calls in her community. She is Level 3 First Response Emergency Care qualified. She teaches CPR to children and adults and is a STEM Ambassador for schools.