Sheilah A. Robertson, BVMS (Hons), PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (WSEL), CVA, MRCVS, is the senior medical director of Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice. She earned her veterinary degree from University of Glasgow and is a specialist in anesthesia, pain management, and animal welfare. She has held academic appointments at Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, and Michigan State University and has served as assistant director in the animal welfare division of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Her research interests include assessment of pain in cats.