In 2020 I became a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons by Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice, in part due to my interests in feline pathology, but also due to my desire to engage with clinicians in general practice and fellow specialists in other disciplines on the subject of diagnostic pathology. I regularly publish articles aimed at improving people’s understanding of pathology, and have developed training material for visiting clinical residents, veterinary graduates interested in pathology as a career, and veterinary undergraduates. I am active in producing literature for our company for clients, and regularly participate in international conferences, publish papers and articles for general practitioners, all of which give me personal visibility within the veterinary community, reflected in my becoming an FRCVS.
If you are interested in commissioning an article, or in some bespoke CPD on the topic of Anatomic Pathology, please reach out to me:
Take a look at the sorts of CPD and articles I have produced to date in the sections below:
Articles for vets in general practice
Presentations, CPD and Teaching
Reviews
CPD Articles for Vets in Practice
2013: Prognostic testing of feline cutaneous mast cell tumours.
The Veterinary Times
2014: What’s so special about special stains?
The Veterinary Times
The use of immunohistochemistry in a diagnostic laboratory
The Veterinary Times
Canine Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumours – Staging of Disease and Histological Grading. The Veterinary Times
2015: How to perform a post-mortem in practice.
Companion Animal Journal
Feline plasma cell pododermatitis – a pathologist’s eye view.
Continuing Veterinary Education's Control & Therapy Series
Immunohistochemistry
Prognostic tests for canine mast cell tumours
Special stains
For Vetstream
2016: Using immunohistochemistry to help diagnose challenging tumours
Companion Animal Journal
Gastrointestinal biopsies from the pathologist’s point of view
Companion Animal Journal
Feline cutaneous mast cell tumours; where are we now with prognostication?
Continuing Veterinary Education's Control & Therapy Series
2017: What’s so special about special stains?
Continuing Veterinary Education's Control & Therapy Series
Clinical Mycobacterial Diseases of Companion Animals: Part I
Companion Animal Journal, with Conor O’Halloran
Clinical Mycobacterial Diseases of Companion Animals: Part II
Companion Animal Journal, with Conor O’Halloran
2019: Feline alimentary lymphoma: a guide to cytological and histopathological diagnosis for the general practitioner
Companion Animal Journal, with Jennifer Irving and Emma Holmes (RVC)
2021: Doing a Tricky Surgery in General Practice
Continuing Veterinary Education's Control & Therapy Series, with Pete Coleshaw
2022: How to get the most out of histopathology – optimising the submission to the laboratory. BSAVA Companion July 2022
How to get the most out of histopathology – pros and cons of different biopsy types. BSAVA
Companion August 2022
How to get the most out of histopathology – tumour margin assessment. BSAVA Companion
September 2022
Fact Sheets written for the Finn Pathologists website
literature for clients on:
Canine cutaneous mast cell tumours and supplemental testing
FINN-Fact-Sheet-1-MCT-Supplemental-Testing-Issue-3-04.07.2023-1.pdf (finnpathologists.com)
Mycobacterial disease in companion animals (with Edinburgh University)
FINN-Fact-Sheet-5-Mycobacteriosis-in-Cats-Issue-5-04.07.2023-1.pdf (finnpathologists.com)
How to get the best out of our histopathology service
Performing post mortem examinations in clinical practice
FINN-Fact-Sheet-7-Post-Mortem-In-Small-Animals-Issue-4.-04.07.2023-1.pdf (finnpathologists.com)
Large and challenging samples
FINN-Fact-Sheet-9-Submission-of-Challenging-Samples-Issue-2-04.07.2023-1.pdf (finnpathologists.com)
Feline infectious peritonitis (with Ellie Mardell)
FINN-Fact-Sheet-11-Feline-Infectious-Peritonitis-Issue-4-14.11.2023-1.pdf (finnpathologists.com)
A practical guide to inking surgical specimens
FINN-FACT-SHEET-12-Inking-Issue-2-03.07.2023.pdf (finnpathologists.com)
Presentations, CPD and teaching
2021 International Society for Feline Medicine World Feline Congress Virtual meeting “the ever complex cat” – 25th-27th June.
Took part in two live expert panel discussions, one on pancreatic and intestinal disease and the second on liver disease, representing pathology as a specialty.
2021 Davis Thompson Foundation Friday Webinar series (international, anatomic pathology).
“Making the Grade: new insights on feline soft tissue sarcomas.” 2nd July.
2022 FutureCPD. Live On-line Panel Discussion:
Perspectives on Surgical Oncology in Practice. 3rd May.
2022 French Society of Veterinary Pathology.
Current Perspectives concerning soft tissue tumours, 12th-14th May, Virtual.
2022 LED / Knowledge Hub, CVS. Laboratory Assays, QA and involving us in research. With Guy Davies, virtual.
2022 Finn Pathologists. The Importance of trimming and why it matters.
Delivered live and recorded, in house training of histology technicians.
2022 Centre of Veterinary Education, University of Sydney.
Time Online OnDemand course, CPD for clinicians.
Getting the best out of your biopsies.
2022 Finn Pathologists / CVS. In person training for CVS referral residents
– one week with anatomic pathology; multiple residents, including from internal medicine, surgery and neurology.
Presentations include:
Submission of samples and processing
PMEs and gross pathology
Special stains, IHC and other tests
Biopsy types and margin assessment, including inking
Internal medicine focus on GI and liver biopsies
Mast cell tumour grading - presentation and practical
Soft tissue sarcoma grading - presentation and practical
IHC practical - challenging tumours
2022 Lecture at Harper Keele Veterinary School
How to get the best out of histopathology
2023 Three hours of lectures at Harper Keele Veterinary School
Feline and Ferret pathology: the infectious, the neoplastic and the just plain weird....
2015 - ongoing
Lectures at the Royal Veterinary College, BSc degree in Comparative Pathology
Canine and Feline Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumours: Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests
Using IHC to help diagnose challenging tumours
Practical session - Using IHC to diagnose challenging tumours
2023 At the end of 2023, I ran the first trial CPD event for vets and nurses in general practice
The aim is an interactive and fun, hands-on event that helps you to optimise your sample submissions for histopathology!
**WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FUTURE UPDATES!**
Delegates were able to try their hands at inking a pretend (plasticine) sample,
and trimming in a sample from a tumour to fit into a tissue cassette!
Reviews
Ludwig L, Dobromylskyj M, Wood GA, Van der Weyden L.
Veterinary Sciences
*open access*
Dobromylskyj M.
Animals
*open access*
