Professor Giselle Hosgood

Giselle took up the position of Professor and Head of Small Animal Surgery at Murdoch University in June 2009 after having spent 20 years at Louisiana State University.  She heads the Soft Tissue and Oncologic Surgery Referral Service in the Murdoch University Teaching Hospital. She is a board-certified surgery specialist, certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists.  She was in fact the first woman to be certified as a surgery specialist by the Australian and New Zealand College.  She has considerable experience in all facets of surgery but is particularly interested in abdominal surgery and wound reconstruction and has internationally-recognised expertise in these areas.