Heide Klöppel

DVM Dr med vet CertVA MRCVS

Anaesthesia Specialist

Heide Klöppel graduated from the vet school in Hanover, Germany in 2002 and moved to Switzerland where she completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Berne and also developed an interest in anaesthesia and analgesia.

Heide undertook an internship at the University of Vienna, followed by a residency in anaesthesia and analgesia at the Animal Health Trust and gained her RCVS certificate in 2008. She moved to Australia and worked at the University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Sydney.

Heide is currently working at Frontier.

Heide Klöppel lectures on the following courses

Practical Local Anaesthetic Blocks in Dogs and Cats

Sarah Gibson
Multiple Lecturers
Tuesday 3rd June 2025
The Clinical Skills Lab, London
This one day course for veterinary surgeons, delivered by Sarah Gibson and Heide Klöppel, will cover local anaesthesia techniques. Practical cadaver-based sessions will allow delegates to develop skills and confidence. 
Vet Practical
7Hours

Practical Local Anaesthesia for Vet Nurses

Sarah Gibson
Multiple Lecturers
Monday 2nd June 2025 + 2 Dates
The Clinical Skills Lab, London
This course delivered by Sarah Gibson and Heide Klöppel will cover the pharmacology of commonly encountered drugs and equipment used in local anaesthesia. Multiple dates are available for this course. Please select the dropdown (or basket on mobile) to view dates, times and course location.
Vet Nurse Practical
7Hours

Local Anaesthesia for Vet Nurses

Sarah Gibson
Multiple Lecturers
Local anaesthesia techniques have grown in popularity and are now an important part of anaesthesia in small-animal veterinary medicine.  Veterinary nurses are key in delivering an array of applications of local anaesthesia, working within the RCVS Code for Professional Conduct. In this...
On-Demand
3.5Hours

Local Anaesthetic Blocks in Dogs and Cats

Sarah Gibson
Multiple Lecturers
A four-part learning series with Sarah Gibson and Heide Klöppel on local anaesthetic blocks that can be used in dogs and cats. The use of local anaesthesic drugs as part of a multimodal approach to analgesia is commonplace in human medicine; they reduce the time patients spend in the hospital,...
On-Demand
3Hours
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