Dr Patrick Kenny graduated from the University of Sydney in 2002. He then completed a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at a Brisbane-based referral hospital before undertaking a residency (specialist) training program in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of California, Davis. Patrick was admitted to the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology) and the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 2007.
He has subsequently held positions as Senior Lecturer and Head of Neurology & Neurosurgery at the Royal Veterinary College in London, as Associate Professor at the NMBU School of Veterinary Science in Oslo, Norway, and since 2017 at SASH North Ryde, where he is Head of the Neurology & Neurosurgery department.
Patrick has over twenty years’ experience practicing and teaching all areas of clinical neurology & neurosurgery. He has a particular interest in planning and performing complex spinal and intra-cranial neurosurgical procedures.
An enthusiastic educator, Patrick has developed training programs for veterinary students, post-graduate veterinarians and veterinary specialists, delivering these both locally and internationally.
Patrick has an active research interest in developing surgical treatments for pituitary tumours in dogs and cats. He co-founded the Royal Veterinary College’s Hypophysectomy Clinic in 2012 and the SASH Pituitary Centre in 2020, both institutions being one of few centres globally to regularly perform pituitary surgery in dogs and cats.
