Karen graduated from Cambridge in 2001 and spent two years in small animal practice before completing an internship at Liverpool University.

She then worked at an emergency clinic before starting a residency at the RVC in Emergency and Critical Care. She gained the American Diploma in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 2008 and is now a Senior Lecturer in ECC. She is also Director of the Transfusion Medicine Service.

Her areas of interest include transfusion medicine, acute kidney injury and veterinary teaching.

Dr. Elke Rudloff has been practicing veterinary medicine for over 30 years. A graduate of Purdue University, she is board certified in veterinarian emergency and critical care and now dedicates her time to protecting the end-of-life experience for companion animals through her work with BluePearl Pet Hospice. Dr. Elke is certified in veterinary medical acupuncture and has a strong passion for pain management, quality of life enhancement, and a gentle end of life experience. She is a published author, a regular speaker at events around the world, and an active member of the VECCS. Dr. Elke is a Certified Senior Dog Veterinarian, Certified Peaceful Euthanasia Veterinarian and CAETA Instructor, promoting best comfort care and euthanasia practices to veterinary teams everywhere.

Dr. Shih is double-boarded in Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia and in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. He graduated from the University of Sao Paolo in Brazil with his doctorate degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1999. He completed his residency in Veterinary Anesthesia at the University of Florida. He then completed a fellowship in Veterinary Emergency Medicine and Critical Care.

Dr. Shih is boarded in both the American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care and also in the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Following his residency and fellowship, he spent 12 years on faculty as an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. He joined the staff at Capital Veterinary Specialists, Jacksonville in 2016 and is excited to be serving the First Coast. Dr. Shih's areas of interest include preload monitoring, hypovolemic shock, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Dr. Shih is married and has two children. He enjoys fishing with his sons in his free time.

After graduating from the veterinary school of the university of Bern in 1996, Nadja completed a doctoral thesis and trained as a specialist for small animals (FVH) before completing a residency in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. She is an ACVECC Diplomate since 2004 and ECVECC founding Diplomate since 2014.

From 2005-2010 she was senior clinician in ECC medicine and helped develop the emergency and ICU service at the Small Animal Hospital of the Vetsuisse Faculty of Bern. From 2013-2020 she was senior clinician and the head of the Small Animal Intensive Care Unit at the Small Animal Hospital of the Vetsuisse Faculty of Zürich.

In 2021, Nadja left the university setting to concentrate on her own company VET ECC CE (Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Consulting & Education) which offers continuing education and consulting in the field of small animal emergency and critical care.

Nadja has published several clinical articles in peer-reviewed veterinary journals, is the Editor of a Small Animal Emergency Medicine book and habilitated in the field of thromboelastometric evaluation of hemostasis. She lectures regularly at national and international courses/conferences on small animal emergency and critical care medicine.