VET PRACTICE SUPPORT - Key Persons
Since she was a young child, Rita always had a passion for animals and their care, which contributed massively to her decision to become a Vet. She graduated from Lisbon University, Portugal, in 2009.
Since then she has worked in several first opinion practices in Portugal then moved to the UK in 2018, where she worked in a Tier 3 hospital, having the chance to follow complex clinical cases. She enjoys all aspects of her job, particularly cardiology and internal medicine and in 2016 she started her studies in cardiology through the ESAVS, completing the Advanced Veterinary Practitioner in 2021 (RCVS CertAVP) and is continuing to work towards further qualifications.
She is blessed with the company of a lovely naughty "tortie" named Malu and in her free time enjoys hiking, travelling and photography.
Angela qualified from Bristol longer ago than she cares to remember, and worked in mixed practice for the first three years. She then moved to the Royal Veterinary College to do clinical research, wanting a new challenge. It certainly was a challenge, and eventually she gained her PhD, having studied measurement of blood pressure in dogs and cats, and lots of other things that spun off from this!
Pretty much since then (about twenty years) she has worked in referral practice, seeing predominantly cardiology cases. She has also been involved in heart testing many Irish wolfhounds, and participated in a clinical study of pneumonia in this breed.
Angela really enjoys teaching and mentoring, loves talking to clients, students or anyone who will listen, about ECGs and hearts scans.
When away from work, she enjoys walking with her little dog, Miss Matty, and swimming, as well as knitting and time spent with family.
Ben qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 2001. He started his veterinary career in time-honoured practice by joining a mixed practice on the Isle of Man. It took just 18 months of 3 am calvings and calf beds for him to realise mixed practice was not for him. He fell into emergency and critical care, where he has worked for the last 13 years. He has moved from the person who used the ultrasound "cause no-one else will" to dedicated scanner who now enjoys those more challenging cases. He has seen a massive case load as a ward/emergency vet, and on a peripatetic basis where his main interests revolve around sonography and internal medicine.
He is working towards his IVUSS (International Veterinary Ultrasound Society) qualification.
In his spare time, Ben enjoys mountain biking, where he can be found at the back, either with a mechanical based mechanical or a human mechanical (normally just plain tired). He fell runs because that's what his mates do and he actually loves fell walking.
Emma graduated with honours from the University of Glasgow in 1999 and has worked in small animal practice within the West Yorkshire area ever since, as both a first opinion and referral practitioner.
In 2014, Emma completed the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Medicine and gained RCVS Advanced Practitioner Status. She loves the challenge of managing more complex medical cases and has particular interests in endocrinology and renal
Job Titles:
- Member of the Admin Team
- Operations Manager
Julie hails from Leeds -before she escaped to what she thought was gentile retirement in the countryside. She was receptionist at Holly House Vets and then with Yorkshire Vets: gaining lots of knowledge and understanding of the strange behaviours of vets and pet owners. Her interests include walking, cooking, creating crafty things and open-ocean kite surfing.
Karen started working with us in March 2023.
She loves cardiology and confusing medical cases. But also loves learning, and sharing what she learns through teaching and mentoring. When not at work you will find her outside, either walking with her family or on a horse, and in the summer time performing on stage at Kynren.
After qualifying from Glasgow Vet School in 2001 and then a few years in mixed practice, she moved into small animal practice and completed a GP cert in small animal medicine in 2007. She started concentrating on ultrasound after returning to work from maternity leave in 2012, completing a pgCert in Diagnostic Imaging in 2019 and becoming advanced practitioner in DI in 2021.
Job Titles:
- Development Manager
- Member of the Admin Team
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the Admin Team
Kristen starting working on our admin team in Autumn 2021 and has worked as an RVN since 2010.
Originally from Gloucestershire, she graduated in English & Philosophy at university, before working moving to London to work in the media industry as Receptionist, Office Manager and PA.
In her spare time, she still works as a locum RVN in Yorkshire and enjoys camping, exploring the country and running. She lives with her family and Wilbur the cat and Mojo the Labrador.
Nuno graduated in Portugal in 2007. He completed the RCVS Certificate of Advanced Veterinary Practitioner in 2017 (RCVS CertAVP), Certificate in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (RCVS CertVDI) in 2018 and Certificate in Veterinary Cardiology (RCVS CertVC) in 2020. He has worked in several first opinion practices both in the UK and in Portugal before joining Vet Practice Support. He has always had a particular interest in complex medical cases and diagnostic imaging, especially ultrasonography. In his spare time, he enjoys keeping active, running, trekking, cycling, diving and allotment-keeping.
Job Titles:
- Finance Manager
- Member of the Admin Team
Stuart qualified from Liverpool Vet School in 2008, before returning to Essex to start his career in a large Tier 3 small animal hospital. His interest in imaging, and particularly ultrasonography, developed over several years, before taking him to Suffolk to establish an imaging service for a first opinion/ophthalmology practice. During this period, he continued in general practice whilst overseeing the establishment, and running of an ultrasound and CT service for 3 years, before moving North in December 2020.
Stuart achieved Advanced Practitioner status in February 2020 and is continuing to work towards additional qualifications.
Stuart lives with his partner Kate and two young children and is looking forward to exploring the Yorkshire countryside with his family
Tamara moved to the UK from Spain in 2016, having obtained her degree in Veterinary Medicine in 2012 at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She moved to Madrid after graduating and spent 4 years working in first opinion and emergency practice.
Having an interest in imaging, she undertook some imaging courses alongside a Postgrad in Internal Medicine and Emergencies.
Since coming to the UK, she worked in first opinion practice for a year, undertook both the RCVS course in Endoscopy and the AdvantEdge course with VetsNow and worked as emergency vet for almost 2 years. After trying different disciplines, she always had a preference for imaging and decided to do the General Practitioner Certificate in Imaging, finishing in July 2022.
When not working, she enjoys her free time dancing, travelling, scuba diving and surfing. She has an adorable dog called Pistacho (photographed here) that loves adventure as much she does.