Dr. Matt Kopke

Dr. Kopke graduated from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, with a BSc in veterinary biology in 2009, a BVSc in 2013, and a BVSc (Honours) in small animal internal medicine and diagnostic imaging. in 2016. In 2014, he completed a small animal rotating internship at Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (University of Pretoria), followed by a small animal internal medicine internship in 2015. From 2016 to 2017, Matt worked as an emergency veterinarian at Bryanston Veterinary Hospital. In 2017, he moved to New Zealand to begin a small animal internal medicine residency at Massey University, which he completed in 2020. Matt then joined the Veterinary Nutrition Group, providing remote consultancy in internal medicine and nutrition. In 2022, he became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Small Animal Internal Medicine. Matt's professional interests include common feline gastroenterology conditions, nutritional management of pancreatitis, immune-mediated diseases, and the various ‘zebra’ cases that he attracts. In his spare time, Matt enjoys drinking coffee, watching horror movies, writing, drawing, and running.