Vicky Lipscomb graduated from Cambridge University in 1996 and has spent time in both general and specialist referral practice in the UK. Vicky undertook an internship and surgical residency training at the Royal Veterinary College in London, becoming a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgery in 2002. Vicky returned to the RVC as a Lecturer in 2003, where she is now Associate Professor, Head of Small Animal Surgery and Clinical Director of the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals.