Northwest hub for neurology continues to grow at ChesterGates

20th Mar, 2024

  • Career Development

ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists, a large CVS referral hospital based near Chester, has announced the addition of Neurology Specialist Rocio Orlandi to their highly regarded Neurology department.

Rocio brings with her not only a wealth of knowledge, with a career that has taken her all over the world practicing and lecturing in neurology, but also a deep passion for the animals she treats.

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“For me, all cases are special. Each individual dog and cat that I have treated over the years occupies a little portion of my memory, and they will stay there forever.”

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  Rocio added: 

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“I’m thrilled to join such a friendly and professional team here at ChesterGates. There is a thread of compassion and a commitment to providing the very highest levels of care that runs through every clinician and across every discipline, and I’m really looking forward to working in such a collaborative environment.”  

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With the addition of Rocio to the team, the number of clinicians in the Neurology department at ChesterGates now stands at four, having continued to grow with demand. ChesterGates boasts a highly sophisticated diagnostic imaging suite with a high-field 1.5Tesla MRI scanner and 16-slice CT scanner, along with multiple theatres equipped with the latest anaesthetic monitoring equipment. These cutting-edge facilities, twinned with a multi-disciplinary approach to each case, has made ChesterGates one of the leading referral hospitals for neurology cases, and Rocio is keen to build on that reputation:  

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“Working within such a supportive and progressive hospital really allows the clinicians here to flourish, and I’m incredibly excited to make a positive impact on the neurological department by implementing new surgical techniques and performing more advanced surgery as well as critical care.”

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ChesterGates offers a wide range of specialist-led services including orthopaedics, cardiology, soft tissue surgery, anaesthesia and analgesia, ophthalmology, internal medicine, diagnostic imaging and neurology and neurosurgery.