Rate My Professor Oliver Waite

Dr. Oliver Waite serves as Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine within the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University, where he joined in January 2025. He graduated with distinction from the University of Liverpool in 2017, earning his Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc). Following graduation, he worked in small animal clinical practice in the United Kingdom. In 2020, he completed a one-year rotating internship at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in London. He then advanced his training with an internal medicine specialty internship at the University College Dublin School of Veterinary Medicine in Ireland in 2021. Returning to the RVC, Dr. Waite undertook a residency program in small animal internal medicine, which he completed in summer 2024 alongside a Master's degree in Veterinary Medicine (MVetMed). This training led to his board certification as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (DACVIM) in Small Animal Internal Medicine (SAIM). He holds membership in the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS).

At The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University, Dr. Waite contributes to clinical services, teaching, and research, with specific interests in endocrinology and gastroenterology. His scholarly output includes peer-reviewed publications such as 'Frequency, Risk Factors, and Mortality for Diabetes Mellitus in 1,225,130 Cats Under Primary Veterinary Care in the United Kingdom in 2019,' published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2025, where he served as primary author. Another key work is 'Osteoblastic metastasis secondary to mammary carcinoma in a dog (Canis lupus familiaris),' co-authored and published in Veterinary Record Case Reports in 2025. Earlier contributions include 'Repeat histopathology and culture of colonic biopsy samples in dogs with chronic enteropathy' in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports in 2023. Dr. Waite has presented research findings at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Forum, including on risk factors for treating feline diabetes mellitus. He has also contributed to clinical case studies, such as those on cobalamin assessment in dogs and Bordetella bronchiseptica infections during his training periods.