Richard Hepburn

After graduating from Liverpool Vet School in 1997 Dicky worked in equine hospitals in the UK and New Zealand for 4 years doing a combination of sport horse and racehorse work. He then completed a 3 year combined internal medicine residency and Masters program at The Marion duPont Equine Medical Center in Virginia, USA. Since 2004 he has worked at the B&W Equine Hospital, a 40+ vet equine practice in southwest England, where he is part of their referral medicine service. Dicky is a member of the ECEIM EGUS consensus committee, has been chair of the ACIVM LAIM specialty exam committee, advanced continuing education committee and a member of the Board of Regents. He is a contributing author to the textbook of Equine Neurology and the textbook of Equine Back and Neck Pathology. Dicky is an FEI vet at Badminton Horse Trials, the London International Horse Show and Royal Windsor Horse Show. He is recognised by the RCVS as a specialist in equine internal medicine and in 2018 he was awarded Fellowship of the RCVS for meritorious contribution to clinical practice.

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