Robert Shiel

Robert Shiel qualified from University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. After several years in small animal practice in the United Kingdom, he returned to UCD to undertake a residency in small animal medicine and obtained the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals (Internal Medicine) in 2007. He completed a PhD at UCD on the topic of canine thyroid function in 2011. Robert was a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine at Murdoch University between 2011 and 2014 before returning to UCD. In 2022, Robert returned to Murdoch University as Professor of Small Animal Medicine in June 2022. Clinical and research interests are focused on small animal endocrinology, as well as other areas of small animal internal medicine. Robert is keen to expand specialist training in small animal medicine and the field of small animal endocrinology. Robert is co-editor of the current BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endocrinology, and was President of the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology from 2023 to 2025.