Karen Perry BVM&S, CertSAS, DipECVS, MSc, Vet Ed, FHEA, MRCVS completed her residency in small animal surgery at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh in 2010.

Following achievement of ECVS status in 2011 she joined the RVC as a lecturer in orthopaedics. After four years at the RVC, she moved to Michigan State University, where she is currently the Pat Carrigan Professor of Feline Medicine, a tenured associate professor in orthopaedics and section chief of small animal surgery.

Karen has published widely in the veterinary literature, with her main research interests being feline orthopaedics, traumatology and patellar luxation.