Diccon Westworth

About the Author

Dr. Westworth graduated from the University of Melbourne as a veterinarian in 1995. Following some years in private practice, he completed a surgical internship in Sydney, Australia. He then completed residency training in neurology/neurosurgery at the University of California, Davis, and became an ACVIM diplomate in 2006. He now works in specialty private practice in Sonoma County, California. Following years of a long commute and reading Under the Sky We Make by Kimberly Nicholas, a climate scientist from Sonoma County, he soon realized the carbon impact he was having and began to learn everything he could about living and working more sustainably. He is a director at the U.S.-based Veterinary Sustainability Alliance and is leading efforts in the clinical domain, highlighting methods to limit our ecological and carbon footprint so we can all flourish sustainably.