Dr. Stewart RYAN
Associate Professor and Head of Small Animal Surgery service
UVet Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Adjunct Professor
Biography
A graduate of the Melbourne Veterinary School (1989), Stewart is an Associate Professor and Head of the Small Animal Surgery Service in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne. After several years in mixed dairy cattle and small animal practice in Victoria, he moved to Hong Kong and worked at Peace Avenue Veterinary Clinic, Happy Valley Veterinary Clinic and ran a mobile surgery consultancy practice for the next 10 years. He held the positions of Treasurer and President of the HKVA during this time.
He moved to Fort Collins, CO, USA in 2003 and completed a Residency training program in Small Animal Surgery and a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Colorado State University (CSU). Stewart became a Diplomate of The American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) in 2007 and was an Assistant Professor faculty member at CSU. He returned to Melbourne and joined the University of Melbourne in 2012. He is a registered specialist in small animal surgery and the author of over 35 peer-reviewed scientific publications and several book chapters.
Stewart's primary clinical interests are in the fields of surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery, and interventional radiology as well as orthopaedics and soft tissue surgery. He enjoys teaching surgery to DVM students and residents and regularly presents continuing education lectures and workshops to veterinarians.