Dr Sarah Tayler

BVetMed (Hons) MVetMed PGDipVCP Dip-ACVIM MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine (CET)

Department: Clinical Science and Services

Campus: Hawkshead

Clinical Groups: Small Animal Internal Medicine

Sarah is a Staff Clinician in Small Animal Internal Medicine working in the QMHA. She spends the majority of her time in the hospital overssing cases coming through the Internal Medicine service and teaching undergraduate students whislt on rotation. 

Sarah graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2015, and went on to complete a new graduate scheme at Eastcott Vets splitting her time between first opinion and referral cases. After a further year in first opinion practice she returned to the RVC to complete a rotating internship and residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She gained her American Diploma in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2021, and since finishing the resideny has stayed on as a Staff Clinician at the QMHA.

Sarah's research interests include gastroenterology, feline infecitous peritonitis and select topics in immune-mediated diseases such as immune-mediated thrombocytopenia. 

  • Swann, J.W., Tayler, S., Hall, H., Sparrow, R., Skelly, B.J. and Glanemann, B., 2021. Cross-sectional study of approaches to diagnosis and management of dogs with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia in primary care and referral veterinary practices in the United Kingdom. PloS one, 16(9), p.e0257700.
  • Tayler, S., Mullowney, D., Lataretu, A., Plested, M., Tuan, J. and Kathrani, A., 2021. Gastroesophageal intussusception and extreme esophageal dilatation secondary to bilateral laryngeal paralysis in a cat. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 35(2), pp.1088-1092.
  • Tayler, S., Seo, J., Connolly, D.J. and Kathrani, A., 2020. Blood taurine concentrations in dogs with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 81(12), pp.958-963.

Conference presentations:

  • Sarah Tayler, James Swann, Barbara Skelly, Barbara Glanemann. Management of canine immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia: a survey of primary practioners and specialists in the United Kingdom. BSAVA, Birgmingham, UK, April 2018

  • Sarah Tayler, Lois Wilie, Virginia Luis-Fuentes. A case control study of end-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats. BSAVA, Birmingham, UK, April 2018

Sarah's main teaching focus is supervising residents and interns in Small Animal Internal Medicine, and teaching undergraduate students rotating through the Internal Medicine Service. She is also involved in various Directed Learning Scenarios for both 3rd year and 4th year undergraduate students. 

Sarah enjoys all aspects of clinical Internal Medicine, with a particular love for gastroenterology and more recently the revolutionary treatment of feline infectious peritonitis. She also enjoys clinical procedures, especially gastrointestinal endoscopy. 

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