Nick completed a residency in Small Animal Surgery at Cambridge University, a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University and spent 9 years as Surgical Oncology Faculty at the University of Florida. In 2014 he was appointed Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine, Surrey, UK and Clinical Director of Fitzpatrick Referrals in Oncology and Soft Tissue, now AURA Veterinary, in Surrey, UK. He is a Diplomate of the European and American Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons, a past-President of the Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology, an ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology, an RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Oncology) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.