Our Staff: Vets & Nurses

Geoff lectured in anatomy and neurology for 21 years before going into private practice in 1993.  He has authored several books and numerous papers and is a popular guest speaker. He is a foun...

Ulrike graduated from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) in November 2000. After a Small Animal Internship, she completed a Residency in Veterinary Neurology. Ulrike concluded her Dr.med.vet. t...

Jacques qualified as a veterinary surgeon at the University of Lyon in 1976. After graduating he spent a year in the Department of Small Animal and Equine Medicine at Lyon and then s...

Miguel leads the ICU team at ChesterGates as well as running anaesthesia. Miguel joined ChesterGates in January 2009 from the Veterinary School at Bristol where he completed a three year residency ...

Ellie qualified from Cambridge University in 1999. After three years in general small animal practice she completed a residency in feline medicine at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, where she...

Virginie graduated from the Veterinary School of the University of Liege, Belgium in 2002. After completing an internship and one year of a residency programme at the Maison-Alfort Veterinary Schoo...

François completed his veterinary degree at the University of Toulouse veterinary School in 2002 and this DVM thesis in 2004. From 2003 to 2004 he worked as an assistant in small animal surgery at ...

After graduating with honours in 2007 at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia (Italy), Luca moved to England and spent 7 months working in a Small Animal Hospital in Wigan, Lan...

Alex graduated from the University of Evora Veterinary School in Portugal in 2006. She then spent a year in the Ani+Medicina Veterinaria in Lisbon where she worked alongside the neurology resident ...

Jackie is the Hospital Manager at ChesterGates. Prior to that she was the Head Nurse at ChesterGates from 2004 to 2010. In her current position Jackie is responsible for the smooth day-to-day runni...

Suzanne qualified in 2003 as a Physiotherapist and specialised in animal physio, gaining her Masters degree in 2007.  She is qualified to work with all animals and mainly works with dogs, cats...

Natalie has worked as part of the Cranmore/ChesterGates team since 1999, qualifying as an RVN in 2005.  Having worked in all the different nursing departments in both first opinion and referra...

In addition to her nursing qualifications, Joanna has obtained the BVNA Certificate in Companion Animal Behaviour and a Degree Certificate in Applied Animal Behaviour from Southampton University as...