Internal Medicine

Paul Mellor BSc(Hons) BVM&S CertSAM DipECVIM MRCVS - Clinical Director

European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Paul Mellor qualified from Edinburgh University with degrees in Immuno-Pathology and veterinary medicine in 1995. He went on to work in a variety of small animal practices, both in the UK and abroad, and completed his Certificate in Small Animal Medicine in 2001. Paul completed a three year residency at the University of Cambridge as the Hill's Clinical Scholar in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2004 and gained his diploma in the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine during 2006.

His areas of special interest include endocrinology, oncology, immune-mediated diseases and adverse drug reactions. Paul has won both the ESVCP (European Society Veterinary Clinical Pathology) and ESVONC (European Society Veterinary Oncology) 2006 best research abstract prizes for various aspects of feline myeloma disease. click here if you would like to read them.

Paul has recently become NKR's Clinical Director in order to provide a foundation for further expansion and works closely with his colleagues John Hutt and Rachel Sant, who also see medicine cases.

Paul’s main clinical research interest is in feline myeloma. Please visit the veterinary myeloma website. http://www.veterinarymyeloma.org.uk/

Paul Mellor's publications:

P.J. Mellor et al Feline myeloma-related disorders commonly present as extramedullary neoplasms in contrast to human myeloma: 24 cases with clinical follow up.: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2006, 20, 1376-1383
P.J. Mellor et al Histopathological, immunohistochemical and cytological analysis of feline myeloma-related disorders: further evidence for primary extramedullary development in the cat.: Veterinary Pathology (in press).
P.J. Mellor et al Solitary plasmacytoma of bone - clinical, radiographic and pathological findings in two successfully treated cats.: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 2007, 9, 72-77
P.J. Mellor et al Neutrophilic dermatitis and immune-mediated haematological disorders in a dog:: Journal of Small Animal Practice 2005, 46 (5), 237-242
P.J. Mellor et al Alpha1-proteinase inhibitor deficiency and Bartonella infection in association with panniculitis, polyarthritis and meningitis in a dog.: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2006, 20, 1023-1028
P.J. Mellor et al High troponin I level as a marker of severe myocardial damage in a case of exertional heatstroke in a dog.: Journal of Veterinary Cardiology 2006, 8 (1), 55-62
Mellanby RJ, Mellor PJ (joint first authors), Villiers EJ, Herrtage ME, Halsall D, O'Rahilly S, McNeil PE, Mee AP, Berry JL Hypercalcaemia associated with granulomatous lymphadenitis and elevated 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D concentration in a dog.: Journal of Small Animal Practice 2006, 47 (4), 207-212
Sauvage J. & Mellor, P.J. (joint first authors) Evidence based medicine and good clinical practice in the treatment of canine congestive heart failure.: Journal of Small Animal Practice 2006, 47 (4), 207-212
Mellanby, R.J., Mellor, P.J. Roulois, A., Baines, E.A., Mee, A.P, Berry J.L., Herrtage, M.E. Hypocalcaemia associated with hypovitaminosis D in two dogs with protein-losing enteropathy.: Journal of Small Animal Practice 2005, 46 (7), 345-351
Williams D.L., Pierce V., Mellor, P.J. and Heath, M.F. Reduced tear production in three canine endocrinopathies: Journal of Small Animal Practice 2007, 48 (5), 252-6
Dobson, J. , Villiers E., Roulois A., Gould S., Mellor, P.J., Hoather T. and Watson P.J. Histiocytic sarcoma of the spleen in flat-coated retrievers presenting with regenerative anaemia and hypoproteinaemia.: Veterinary Record 2006,158 (24), 825-9
Mellanby, R.J., Mellor, P.J. and Herrtage, M.E Hypercalcaemia associated with a thymoma in a Golden Retriever.: Journal of Small Animal Practice 2004, 45(12):589, 626-8.