Francesca received her veterinary degree from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (RDSVS), the University of Edinburgh in 2011. She started work in rural mixed practice in her home county of Aberdeenshire for a couple of years. This was followed by venturing south to complete a busy rotating hospital internship at Leahurst, University of Liverpool. After this, and following a spell in racing practice, she thoroughly enjoyed being a medicine fellow at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Kentucky USA. Francesca then relocated back to Scotland for specialist training. There, Francesca completed a prestigious Horserace Betting and Levy Board funded residency in Equine Internal Medicine at the RDSVS. During her residency Francesca was awarded a Masters by Research Degree with Distinction and the 2019 ECEIM Luis Monreal Prize for best residents abstract presentation on research into real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in Thoroughbreds in training. She became a Diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine in 2021.
Since completing her residency Francesca has worked as a specialist at different equine referral hospitals and clinics in the UK and NZ before joining us.