Chris is both an RCVS Specialist and a European Specialist in Small Animal Cardiology and sees both medical and surgical cardiology cases.

Chris graduated with Honours from the University of Liverpool in 2007 and following 2 years in small animal practice in Lincolnshire, returned there to complete further specialist cardiology training. This included an internship and three-year residency in Cardiology before being promoted to the position of Lecturer in Cardiology. Chris has also undertaken further training in human interventional cardiology and is the first veterinary cardiology specialist to hold a Master of Science in the subject.

Having already developed the busiest interventional cardiology service (key-hole surgery) in the UK during his 5 years at Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service in the Midlands, Chris moved to Yorkshire and joined the Paragon team in 2021 where he is the clinical lead and Head of the Cardiology team.

Chris loves developing patient-vet and owner-vet bonds and believes it is the key to successfully caring for his cardiology patients. He has a keen interest in congenital heart disease and performing cardiac catheterisation procedures for correction of heart defects. Due to the excellent reputation of the cardiology service amongst fellow cardiologists and primary practice vets, Chris is one of the most experienced minimally invasive cardiologists in the UK and Europe.

He has close links with the charity Animals Asia in Chengdu, China and is involved with investigating heart disease in rescued moon bears from the bile-farming trade and helping to improve their health and general well-being. Chris is also an avid instructor in cardiology to both undergraduate students and vets in practice, he has presented and lectured around the globe and loves to share his passion for cardiology with others.

Fabio graduated from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2012. After graduation, he completed an externship in small animal cardiology at the University of Liverpool. 

Subsequently, Fabio completed a 12-month rotating internship for small animals at Rutland House referral, St Helens (UK). Following this experience, he spent two years in general practice in the UK, further deepening his interest in cardiology. 

In 2016 he started a Residency programme in small animal cardiology at the Small Animal Teaching Hospital of the University of Liverpool, later obtaining the Diploma of the European College of Internal Medicine ECVIM- CA (Cardiology) in 2021. Fabio then went on to work as a cardiology specialist in a large multidisciplinary referral hospital with a busy interventional cardiology service, where he also served as Head of the Cardiology Service. In 2025, Fabio joined the team at Sarah Smith Cardiology in Derby, UK. 

Fabio enjoys all aspects of cardiology, but his main interests lie in interventional cardiology as well as congenital heart disease and mitral valve disease.