Neil Townsend MSc BVSc Cert ES (Soft Tissue) DipECVS DipEVDC (Equine) FNCED FRCVS
Neil qualified from Bristol University in 2004 and after a brief period in mixed practice
embarked on an equine only career starting with an Equine internship at Liverpool
University and surgical residency at the University of Edinburgh. He re-joined Liverpool
University in 2010 as a surgery clinician, setting up an advanced dentistry service including
standing CT. During this time, he gained European Diplomas in both Equine Surgery and
Veterinary Dentistry (Equine). He became a Fellow of the RCVS in 2023 and a Fellow of the
Nordic College of Equine Dentistry in 2025.
He joined private practice in 2015 where he provided both an in-house and peripatetic
advanced dentistry and surgery service. He set up his own peripatetic advanced dentistry
and surgery consultancy service in May 2023. He is interested in all aspects of equine
surgery and advanced dentistry and lectures nationally and internationally on these
subjects.
Neil Townsend MSc BVSc CertES
(Soft Tissue) DipECVS DipEVDC
(Equine) FNCED FRCVS