Craig Tessyman RVN

Craig started working in practice as a student in 1999 and has worked in small animal practice, referral, emergency out of hours and charity medicine. For the last 6 years, he has worked 100% with non-traditional companion animals (NTCAs or anything that is not a traditional cat or dog) He currently holds the position of […]

Real Mushrooms (Dr Rob Silver & Joni Kamlet)

Real Mushrooms aim to deliver the best possible medicinal mushroom extracts in their purest form to help humans and animals live better, healthier lives. We were joined by two of their team, Dr Rob Silver & Joni Kamlet. Dr. Rob Silver DVM, MS Dr. Robert Silver graduated in 1982 from Colorado State’s College of Veterinary […]

Inge Breathnach

Inge studied for her veterinary nurse qualification at University College Dublin, graduating in 2007. She spent 8 years working in small animal practices in Ireland and Australia, before moving to a large soft tissue and oncology practice in Surrey in 2015. Here, she developed a passion for oncology nursing. In her role as Senior nurse […]

Laura Jones RVN

Laura began nursing in 2007 and became an RVN in 2010. After spending the first half of her career working in various GP, out-of-hours, and surgical referral clinics, Laura became an internal medicine nurse at a multidisciplinary referral clinic in 2015. She has been in love with internal medicine ever since and now works as […]

Veterinary Ramblings Season 15: Get to know our new guests!

The new season of Veterinary Ramblings is here, and starts this Thursday! If you’re a regular listener, you know that this podcast has become the go-to show for veterinary professionals. This year they’ve got some exciting guests lined up—you won’t want to miss it!

Helen MacDonald

Helen started working in mixed practice in 1990 and has 32 years of experience in the veterinary industry. Her roles range from Head Nurse to teaching, locuming, and assessing Student Nurses and Practice Managers at a Veterinary Hospital. Helen left clinical practice in 2010 to work in the commercial sector in sales and practice support. […]

Carly Kilby RVN

Carly has always known that she wanted to be a vet nurse. After spending many Saturdays with her local veterinary practice, she registered with the RCVS in 2001. After qualifying in 2006, Carly has worked within farm, equine, referral and first opinion practice and the referral locum scene. She has gained an ISFM certificate in […]

Ruth Greenhill

Ruth started her vet nurse training at the University of Bristol in 2013, and after taking some time out, she qualified a few years later, finishing her studies via the diploma route. Ruth has worked primarily in first opinion practices, as well as undertaking volunteering opportunities with elephants, wildlife rescues, and zoos. In the last […]

Lacey Pitcher

Lacey originally hails from South Wales and is an RVN who trained via the diploma route. Having ricocheted through the counties and across the bridge she has enjoyed a varied career across GP, OOH, Referral and charity medicine. Embracing the portfolio career and veterinary passport, Lacey has since travelled the world using her nursing skills […]

Lou Northway

Lou qualified as an RVN in 2009. She has worked in various first opinion practices and a referral hospital in the UK. In practice, her main interests are quality improvement, anaesthesia, analgesia and emergency & critical care nursing. Since qualifying Lou has completed two further certificates – the Vets Now Nurses certificate in Emergency & […]