Darren Fry

MA Vet MB FANZCVS

Internal Medicine Specialist

Darren graduated from The University of Cambridge, England then practiced in the UK, Hong Kong and New Zealand.  He did his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Melbourne becoming a Fellow of the Australian College in Small Animal Medicine in 2004.

Darren maintains a broad interest in all areas of Internal Medicine but has a particular interest in ultrasonography, echocardiography and cardiology, oncology and diseases of cats.  He is a mentor-supervisor for our two residents in internal medicine and is active in the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists.  Darren also has been instrumental in bringing hyperbaric oxygen therapy and I131 nuclear medicine to Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre.

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PUBLICATIONS

Birnie GL, Fry DR & Best MP, 2016.  Safety and tolerability of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in dogs and cats.  J Am Anim Hosp Assoc in press

Birnie GL, Fry DR & Best MP, 2016.  Fatal hypernatraemia in association with over ingestion of commercial dry dog food. Aust Vet Pract 46(1): 5-8.

Best MP & Fry DR, 2014.  Primary immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and immune-mediated neutropenia suspected in a 21-week-old Maine Coon cat. Aust Vet J 92(7): 250-3.

Best MP & Fry DR, 2013.  Incidence of sterile hemorrhagic cystitis in dogs receiving cyclophosphamide orally for three days without concurrent furosemide as part a chemotherapeutic treatment for lymphoma : 57 cases (2007-2012). J Am Vet Med Assoc 243(7): 1025-9.

Compend Contin Educ Vet. 2011 Nov;33(11):E1. Pimobendan and its use in treating canine congestive heart failure. Bowles D, Fry D.

Parasitol Res. 2007 Jan;100(2):423-6. Epub 2006 Oct 11. Multifocal Balamuthia mandrillaris infection in a dog in Australia. Finnin PJ, Visvesvara GS, Campbell BE, Fry DR, Gasser RB.

N Z Vet J. 2009 Feb;57(1):53-7. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2009.36869. Nasal cryptococcosis in two dogs in New Zealand. Bowles DB, Fry DR.

J Vet Intern Med. 2009 Mar-Apr;23(2):366-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0263.x. Epub 2009 Feb 2. Protozoal hepatitis associated with immunosuppressive therapy in a dog. Fry DR, McSporran KD, Ellis JT, Harvey C.

Darren Fry “Diagnostic Approach to Head Tilt in the Cat and Dog”. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, December 2005 35 141-142.

Darren Fry “Nasal Discharge in the Dog”. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, March 2005 35 15-20.

DR Fry and SA Holloway “Comparison of Urine Samples Collected from Normal Cats by Cystocentesis with and without Prior Skin Disinfection”. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, March 2004 34 2-5.

Darren R Fry and Bruce A Christie “Tracheal Stenosis and Foreign Body in a Dog”. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, June 2003 33 58-63.

Darren R Fry, Samuel R Snelling and Cathy Beck “Partial Remission of an Extra-skeletal Osteosarcoma in Association with Carboplatin in a Cat”. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, September 2003 33 103-106.

Darren R Fry, Ron F Slocombe and Cathy Beck “ Gastric Lymphoma Associated with the Presence of Helicobacter in a Cat”. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, September 2003 33 126-131.

DR Fry, RW Mitten and SA Holloway “Evaluation of the Role of Apoptosis in Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy”. Abstract. Proceedings of the 46th Anuual BSAVA Congress, April 2003-p608.

DR Fry, RW Mitten and SA Holloway “Evaluation of the Role of Apoptosis in Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy”. Abstract. Journal of Small Animal Practice, December 2003 44 p555.