Cedarmount Vets Staff

I love my job. Being a vet in my home town is a great privilege. I qualified with distinction in Medicine from the Dick Vet College, Edinburgh in 1987. In 2002, I was the first vet in NI to successfully complete the RCVS Certificate of Small Animal Medicine (in the last twelve years only one other vet in the province has completed this qualification, perhaps reflecting its complexity and difficulty). This further post-graduate qualification has facilitated a very high standard of diagnosis and therapy at Cedarmount, and in addition to our own patients, we now see referral cases in all aspects of internal medicine. From cancer care to renal disease, from cardiac cases to hypertension control, we aim to offer a first rate service. I am proud to be one of only three RCVS Advanced Practitioners in NI

Carol is an extremely accomplished and experienced small animal clinician. After graduating from Dublin in 1992, Carol completed her RCVS Certificate in Radiology in 1999. Following this she spent 6 years working in small animal practice in New York where she treated a large number of rabbits and still has a keen interest in rabbit medicine. Her Certificate in Radiology provides Cedarmount with an added level of expertise in diagnostic imaging.

Emma has many roles as “Head Nurse” at Cedarmount. She is involved in the day to day nursing of in-patients and surgical patients, organizing and running our fabulous puppy parties, other nurse clinics, many other behind the scenes management tasks and also has the unenviable task of dealing with insurance claims. She was awarded Hill’s Pet Nutrition Irish Veterinary Nurse of the Year Award in 2009 and was described by the judges as “an outstanding ambassador for Veterinary Science”.

Angie qualified from Harper Adams College with her Veterinary Nursing Degree and became an RVN in 2009. She has a particular interest in diagnostic imaging, radiography and ultrasound. Angie is, by nature, a very caring, gentle person who has a great calming effect on the animals she is dealing with.

Hailing from Stirling, we are delighted to welcome another cheery Scots to the team. Many of you will already know Danny as our resident photographer from the puppy parties, and a keen student of the Japanese language!!?!!! Danny is training to be a fully qualified veterinary nurse and is studying for his Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing at Greenmount. He will also be taking more “action” pics of your pets in the clinic for Facebook and our news section on the website.

Lisa has rejoined the veterinary nurse profession after a few years away from nursing, working at a local veterinary diagnostic laboratory and having a family.

We are very pleased to see her back at Cedarmount after so long.

Michelle has developed her roles in Cedarmount from joining as a kennel assistant to now spending much more time at reception and organising our pet food sales. Like all of our reception team she greets everyone with a smile and is always delighted to meet the newest puppies and kittens when they first come in.

Rosemary works tirelessly as receptionist but also has many other roles in the practice from pet merchandising, to kennel assistant to helping with the ASISSi visits and cleaning when she gets time!

Josie qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1999 from Glasgow University and has developed her interest in pain management using acupuncture widely and successfully to treat chronic and acute pain for many years. Her interest in this field led into Veterinary Physiotherapy and she completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Physiotherapy in 2011 at Harper Adams University.

Josie is a member of the ABVA (Association of British Veterinary Acupuncture), ASSVAP (Association for the Scientific Study of Veterinary and Animal Physiotherapy) and the BVA (British Veterinary Association) and now runs Physiopet referral service at Cedarmount.

We are very pleased to have Josie working along side us giving Cedarmount an extra, and very valuable, dimension to our practice providing our patients with the best possible pain and mobility management for rehabilitation after injury or for “wear and tear” arthritis.