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.