Dr Georgios Paraschou

Pronouns: He, His, Him

Senior Lecturer in Anatomic Veterinary Pathology

DACVP

g.paraschou@surrey.ac.uk

9am-5pm

Academic and research departments

Veterinary Pathology Centre.

About

Biography

Dr Paraschou is a veterinary pathologist, currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology at the Veterinary School of The University of Surrey, with extensive experience in anatomic veterinary pathology, especially equine pathology.

Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, He qualified as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the veterinary school of Aristotle university of Thessaloniki in 2009. He completed an internship in equine medicine and surgery and carried out duties as a veterinary surgeon for the Greek Army before moving to the United Kingdom to work for the government at Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

He joined The Donkey Sanctuary as a veterinary pathologist in 2015 and started a part time residency in veterinary anatomic pathology at the Royal Veterinary College London in 2016. From September 2022 to September 2025, He worked at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St kitts, West Indies, as an assistant professor of Anatomical Veterinary Pathology, and his main responsibilities were teaching 1st, 3rd and 4th semester students, biopsy and autopsy service and doing research in equine and other species. He is also working as a diagnostic veterinary pathologist at Vet Path Specialists Ltd, digitally reporting biopsies for Cyprus and Greece since October 2021. He is a Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

University roles and responsibilities

Dr Paraschou is involved teaching 1st, 2nd and 5th year of undergraduate students, participates in diagnostic rota performing necropsies and reporting biopsies and is involved in Veterinary anatomic pathology research.

My qualifications

30 September 2021

2021

Dr Paraschou is a certified boarded Veterinary Anatomic pathologist and diplomate by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP).

ACVP-Anatomic Veterinary Pathology

Research

Research interests

Interested in Every Equine aspect of research, in particularly Respiratory, musculoskeletal, alimentary and ocular pathology.

Teaching

Dr Paraschou is involved teaching 1st, 2nd and 5th year of undergraduate students. Dr Paraschou is involved in teaching veterinary anatomic pathology residents.

Sustainable development goals

My research interests are related to the following:

Publications

Nagy AL, Caloni F, Kemper RT, Lleras SG, Beigh H, DeJean C, Matthew M, Paraschou G. (2026) Toxic Plants Potentially Impacting the Health Status of Livestock in St. Kitts-A Surveillance Study.

Rosbach, E., Ammeling, J., Krügel, S., Kießig, A., Fritz, A., Ganz, J., Puget, C., Donovan, T., Klang, A., Köller, M. C., Bolfa, P., Tecilla, M., Denk, D., Kiupel, M., Paraschou, G., Kok, M. K., Haake, A. F. H., De Krijger, R. R., Sonnen, A. F., . . . Aub (2025) "When two wrongs don’t make a right” - Examining confirmation bias and the role of time pressure during Human-AI Collaboration in Computational Pathology.

Feng, J., Paraschou, G., Beierschmitt, A., Kemper, R.T. and Bolfa, P. (2025) Calcinosis Circumscripta with Iron Mineralization in an African Green Monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus).

Feng, J., Lardé H, King, A., Thomas, D., Paraschou G. and Bolfa P. (2024) Ocular and perineal squamous cell carcinomas in a Holstein Friesian cow.

Paraschou G, Xue C, Egan R, Bolfa P. (2024) Multicentric lymphoma in a donkey with intestinal and bone marrow involvement.

Paraschou G, Kemper RT, Fairs JAK, Kiupel M. (2024) Primary colorectal follicular lymphoma in a Savannah cat.

Paraschou G, Vogel PE, Lee AM, Trawford RF, Priestnall SL. (2023) Multisystemic eosinophilic epitheliotropic disease in three donkeys.

Paraschou G, Cook JM, Priestnall SL, Evans NJ, Staton GJ, Paterson GK, Winkler B, Whitbread TJ. (2023) Treponema spp. spirochetes and keratinopathic fungi isolated from keratomas in donkeys.

Malbon AJ, Sordo L, Wilson LA, Gunn-Moore D, Paraschou G, Macintyre N, Schwarz T, McGorum B, Hahn C. (2022) Alzheimer-like Pathology in the Parietal Cortex and Hippocampus of Aged Donkeys.

Paraschou G, Buil J, Timofte D, Priestnall SL. (2021) Oesophageal Obstruction in a Donkey Due to Mediastinal Lymphadenitis Caused by Mycobacterium avium Complex.

Paraschou G, Adako GM, Priestnall SL, Burden FA. (2020) Suspensory Ligament Desmitis Caused by Onchocerca sp. in Three Donkeys.

Merkies K, Paraschou G, McGreevy PD. (2020) Morphometric Characteristics of the Skull in Horses and Donkeys—A Pilot Study.

Elsheikha H, Schares G, Paraschou G, Sullivan R, Fox R. (2020) First record of besnoitiosis caused by Besnoitia bennetti in donkeys from the UK.

Paraschou G. (2019) Dental and Oral Neoplasia. In: Evans L, Lilly G, The Clinical Companion of Donkey Dentistry. Special Edition Birmingham, UK, BEVA.

Paraschou G. (2018) Euthanasia and Post-Mortem Examination. In: Evans L, Crane M, The Clinical Companion of The Donkey. 1st ed. Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire, UK: Matador.

Paraschou G, Suarez-Bonnet A, Grove V, Priestnall SL. (2017) Endocardial Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour with Features of a Benign Schwannoma in a Donkey.

Thiemann AK, Rickards KJ, Adako GM, Paraschou G. (2017) Chapter 38: Colic in the Donkey. In: Blikslager AT, White NA II, Moore JN, Mair TS, The Equine Acute Abdomen. 3rd ed. New Jersey, USA: Wiley Blackwell.