Yaiza Forcada, was appointed as the FAB feline medicine resident at Liverpool University in November 2005.

She qualified from Madrid University in 2002. After a period spent in private practice, she did an internship in small animal medicine at the veterinary teaching hospital at Madrid University. In June 2004, she moved to the UK to do an internship in small animal medicine at The Royal Veterinary College, where she performed a study together with Gillian Gibson about feline blood type prevalence in the UK.  She is currently studying for the RCVS certificate in Small Animal Medicine and also for the ECVIM diploma in small animal internal medicine.

Yaiza has always had a love of cats and feline medicine.  Currently her main interests within feline medicine are haematology and gastroenterology. Regrettably, she has no cats of her own at present, but hopefully this will change when she has a bit more time on her hands.