Staff

A list of staff at the Dick Vet Equine Practice and Hospital

For general queries including making an appointment, please contact us

Dick Vet Equine Practice

NameRole
Ms Louise CornishSenior Lecturer in Equine Practice, Head of Equine Practice
Mr Chris CalderLecturer in Equine Practice, Deputy Head of Equine Practice
Mrs Jennifer ClementsSenior Lecturer in Equine Practice
Dr Suzanne W DuncanLecturer in Equine Practice
Ms Francisca GoncalvesLecturer in Equine Practice
Mr John PateLecturer in Equine Practice
Kirsty PharoahLecturer in Equine Practice
Mrs Jill ThomsonLecturer in Equine Practice

Dick Vet Equine Hospital

NameRole
Prof Karen BlissittPersonal Chair of Equine Cardiology and Anaesthesia
Dr Caroline HahnSenior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Neurosciences
Oliver JamesSenior Lecture in Equine Orthopaedics
Professor John KeenPersonal Chair of Equine Cardiovascular Medicine
Mr Padraig KellySenior Equine Surgeon, Director of the Equine Hospital
Rebekah KennedySenior Lecturer in Equine Dentistry
Prof Bruce McGorumPersonal Chair of Equine Medicine
Mattie McMasterHead of Equine Surgery
Dr Nicholas ParkinsonSenior Clinician in Equine Internal Medicine
Dr Gemma PearsonLecturer in Equine Behavioural Medicine
Prof Scott PiriePersonal Chair of Equine Clinical Sciences
Dr Sarah TaylorSenior Lecture in Equine Orthopaedics

Nurses

NameRole
Lisa HendersonHead Nurse
Heather PikeSenior Imaging Nurse
Kirsty PollRVN
Chloe BlackRVN
Cara BaillieRVN
Sarah HolmesRVN
Siobhan HillRVN
Lauren BevisRVN
Rae BarclayTrainee RVN
Fiona PerryEquine Technician

Grooms

NameRole
Michelle CampbellHead of Equine Groom
Ailleen AndersonSenior Groom
Jen MclellanSenior Groom
Kirsty SymonSenior Groom
Craig DonnellyGroom
Caitlin LowGroom
Lynsey MacAlonieGroom
Lesley WalkerGroom

Vet Services

NameRole
Emma MacDougallVet Services Assistant
Ms Elinor MuirEquine Vet Services Manager

Client Care team

NameRole
Sophie BrownEquine Client Care, Insurance and Referral Coordinator
Lindsey CampbellEquine Client Care, Insurance and Referral Coordinator
Jenny HoodEquine Client Care, Insurance and Referral Coordinator
Susan IngramEquine Client Care, Insurance and Referral Coordinator
Laura RobsonEquine Client Care, Insurance and Referral Coordinator

For emergency cover out of hours we are occasionally helped out by ‘resident’ vets from the hospital – these vets have spent time working in general practice and are undergoing further training in order to become specialists in either equine medicine or equine surgery, so you will be in safe hands should you require their assistance.