Jon Hall

Jon Hall is a European and Royal College Specialist in Small Animal Surgery who has spent more than two decades working across clinical practice, specialist referral medicine and veterinary academia. After graduating from the University of Cambridge in 2004, he completed advanced surgical training through a rotating internship at the Royal Veterinary College and a Small Animal Surgery Residency at Cambridge.

Jon has held specialist and academic positions at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh and served as Professor of Small Animal Surgery at the University of Nottingham from 2020 to 2025. His interests span advanced clinical practice, veterinary education and clinical research. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and is prolifically active in postgraduate teaching, examinations and research publication.

As Clinical Director at Veterinary Specialists Scotland, Jon’s focus is on delivering outstanding surgical and multidisciplinary patient care, developing future veterinary talent and driving continual improvement in specialist veterinary medicine.