Working to ensure those in the profession achieve and maintain high professional standards of competence and conduct in their provision of veterinary treatment.
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Dr Warren Foreman was the recipient of the ‘2020 Veterinarian of the Year’, which would come as no surprise to lots of you in the profession. We are proud to have him as a member of the VSBSA Board since 1 July 2021.
Dr Foreman graduated from Melbourne University Veterinary Science with Honours in 1979, also completing a Bachelor of Animal Science as a research degree halfway through his veterinary course. Dr Foreman began working in clinical practice at Trinity Gardens Veterinary Hospital in Adelaide in 1980. He subsequently worked at practices in South Melbourne and the Riverland before returning to Adelaide in 1992.
In 1985, Dr Foreman gained membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Canine Medicine and developed a particular interest in dentistry and oral surgery after perceiving a need for a canine dentistry practitioner in Adelaide and over the years, pursued studies in fields such as ultrasonography, ophthalmology, and orthopaedic surgery. Dr Foreman established Adelaide Animal Hospital in 1999 and then expanded the practice to include sites at Prospect, Goodwood Road, and Stirling. Dr Foreman also completed a Graduate Certificate in Management, a qualification he deemed “important in managing the growth of the practice and being better able to understand the complexities of a veterinary business.”
In 2011, Foreman received a Meritorious Service Award for his dedicated service to the veterinary profession, including providing continuing education events to South Australian small animal veterinarians, as well as serving (at various times) as President of the then-called Australian Veterinary Practice Managers Association and of the South Australian division of the Australian Veterinary Association.
Working to ensure those in the profession achieve and maintain high professional standards of competence and conduct in their provision of veterinary treatment.
Correspondence Policy
We recommend using our postal address if your correspondence is sensitive and/or includes hard copy or confidential attachments (such as photos or documents). Please ensure you include a return postal address.
Our approach
When we perform our work, we aim to be fair, impartial, consistent, respectful, courteous.
How you can help us
To allow us to perform our work effectively and efficiently, we expect that you will familiarise yourself with our correspondence policy, give us accurate and complete information, treat us with respect and courtesy.
We aim to respond to correspondence, where required, within 20 working days of receipt.
Sometimes the matters raised in correspondence are complex and require detailed investigation in which case our response time will be longer.
There may be occasions where the issues you raise are outside our responsibilities. In this case we will refer you to the appropriate organisation or government department/agency. We encourage you to check to see if your issue is within our jurisdiction before you correspond with us. For example, if your enquiry relates to the ability of a veterinary surgeon to obtain, possess, prescribe or dispense Schedule 4 drugs, please direct your enquiry to the Office of the Chief Pharmacist: SAPharmacy@health.sa.gov.au. If your enquiry relates to the ability of a veterinary surgeon to obtain, possess, prescribe or dispense Schedule 8 drugs, please direct your enquiry to SA Health: HealthDrugsofDependenceUnit@sa.gov.au
We do not provide legal advice or personal advisory services to members of the community, veterinary services providers or veterinary surgeons.
We will only respond to items where we are the primary recipient. We will not respond to correspondence where we have been included as a carbon copy.
We will delete unsolicited advertisements without response.
We will not respond to correspondence containing offensive language or content.
We will forward any correspondence containing threatening content or advocating illegal activities to South Australia Police.
Your correspondence, once received, will become an official record of the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia.