Dr. Shevaun qualified in veterinary medicine and surgery in 1994 in Dublin, Ireland. She moved to Hong Kong in 1998 where the level of care that Hong Kong pet owners are willing to provide, encouraged a strong interest in Internal Medicine. She undertook many further studies, and this knowledge, together with her attention to detail, ensures she provides comprehensive in-depth consultations for all medical cases, while always placing the welfare of the patient first. She is adept at getting to the root of complicated cases and in providing on-going management for chronic conditions. A standard consultation with Dr. Shevaun provides a complete medical assessment with thorough client communication. She is also competent & experienced in most soft tissue and basic orthopaedic surgeries.
In depth experience of Internal Medicine illustrated the wonders but also the limitations of modern medicine, so Dr. Shevaun started studying Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) in 2012. She obtained qualifications in both veterinary and human acupuncture, and later added TCVM food therapy and some herbal medicine. An extended consultation with Dr. Shevaun includes the patient's TCVM assessment and some basic nutrition advice. She uses TCVM as a complementary medicine, with the primary approach always being modern medicine.
Understanding the balance of the body from a holistic perspective lead Dr. Shevaun to, most recently, study nutrition: a body is formed with the building blocks of what we put into it. This knowledge brought new understanding of the pet food industry and of the difficulties of balancing a home cooked diet. Hong Kong people want the best for their animals, and fresh food is certainly the best choice, but balancing it takes effort, knowledge and, unfortunately, usually supplements. A standard nutrition consultation will provide an analysis of current diet, with recommendations of the supplements or foods required for nutritional balance. An extended nutrition consultation will provide a custom built recipe based on TCVM principles.