John Sheridan graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1960

Since 1985, after a 25 year career as a small animal clinician during which he established a group of franchised practices, John has provided a range of management consultancy services to the profession.

John was President of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (1974-1975) and first President of the Veterinary Practice Management Association (1993-1996). He holds a Diploma in Management Studies, a Certificate in Veterinary Practice Management from the Veterinary Hospital Manager Association in the U.S. and the Certificate in Veterinary Practice Administration awarded jointly by Purdue University and the American Animal Hospital Association. He is joint author of The Business of Veterinary Practice (Pergamon Press 1993).

John Sheridan was a joint founder of one of the first veterinary corporate consolidators in the UK and retired from the company executive team in 2003.

John Sheridan has spoken widely on veterinary practice management issues in the UK and overseas for many years and has recently presented at the Spanish Small Animal Veterinary Association (2005), the Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia (2005), the Management Symposium (2006), the SPVS Conference (2006), the Association of Veterinary Practice Management Consultants and Advisors (Kansas City, Aug 2006), the Association of Veterinary Surgeons Practising in Northern Ireland (Fermanagh Sept 2006), the Veterinary Executive Club of Japan (Tokyo Oct 2007), the Southern European Veterinary Conference (Barcelona Oct 2007), VetPartners -- formally the Association of Veterinary Practice Management Consultants and Advisors (Kansas City 2008, the North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando 2009 and the London Veterinary Show (2009)

John Sheridan would very much welcome your views, news, suggestions and contributions concerning any aspect of the business of veterinary practice worldwide and promises to reply to your feedback comments as soon as he can.

You can reach me by telephone at (44)(0)1903 740638

By post to: High Banks
Bracken Lane
Storrington
West Sussex
RH20 3HR
UK

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