Rob runs the oncology service at Rowe Vet Group.

He qualified from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at Edinburgh in 1976 and has worked almost exclusively in small animal practice since then.

A fascination with cancer and its management in pets developed out of his interest in soft tissue surgery. In 2003 he undertook a post-graduate degree in Clinical Oncology at the Cancer Research Institute for Cancer Studies gaining his Master's degree in 2006.

He is happy to give advice or see referrals in any areas of small animal oncology and has a particular interest in the management of malignant blood vessel cancers in the dog.

From a base in Wells in North Somerset he sees cases at several carefully selected veterinary practices in the West Country and is married to Helen who also works as a small animal veterinary surgeon.

Outside of veterinary work his main interest has been in outdoor pursuits in particular caving. As well as caving regularly in the UK and Europe he has organised expeditions to Peru, Alaska, Meghalaya (N.E.India), Sulawesi, Thailand and Panama as well as taking part in reconnaissance trips to Myanmar, (formerly Burma), the Dominican Republic and China and he has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.