Pattarawan Phumpanna , wildlife veterinarian in Thailand Born ? . Dr Pattarawan Phumpanna – known as Dr Aon – studied at the Mahanakom University of Technology where she qualified as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. She became head Veterinarian at Phuket elephant hospital after working for four years at the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, where she was Chief of the Veterinary Department and involved in organising rescue and release procedures as well as treating hundreds of animals in their care. As well as elephants, she has worked with macaques, sun bears, lions and tigers, among others, and she has had additional specialist training in endoscopy, ophthalmology and dentistry.
