Dr Long is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology. After graduating from the University of Melbourne in the last millenium he travelled to the University of Glasgow in Scotland for a residency and PhD, followed by a stint at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as head of the neurology section there. In 2008 he returned to Australia to start a neurology service at the University of Melbourne which he left in May of this year for the high octane world of private practice. He retains adjunct appointments with the University of Melbourne and St Vincent's Hospital and has research interests in canine epilepsy and brain tumours, as well as in spinal cord trauma.