Veterinary surgeons

Amy graduated from the University of Murcia in Spain in 2008. She worked in small animal practice there before moving to London where she spent a year teaching at the Royal Veterinary College and designing new anatomy learning resources. After that, she started working full-time in small animal practice, and has worked sole charge in small practices as well as part of a team in large hospitals. She started working at Joel Vets in September 2014, has completed a post-graduate certificate in small animal diagnostic imaging (SADI) and is an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in small animal diagnostic imaging. Amy has a rescued mischievous rabbit called Dennis, and in her time off she enjoys spending time with her husband and son.

Natasha graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 and joined us in December 2005. She currently works part-time after the birth of her second child and normally works Tuesday and Thursday mornings. She has a special interest in small animal internal medicine and in geriatric and feline medicine.

Lindsey qualified from Bristol University in 1997 and started working at Joel Vets in 2001. She has been working part-time since having her two children, and currently works on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Her main interests are canine and feline medicine and anything to do with rabbits and other small furries.

Estella qualified from Edinburgh University in 1985 and started working at Joel Vets in 1998. She works part time ever since she had her two children, and currently works on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Her main interests are soft tissue surgery and internal medicine.

Jacquin graduated from Massey University, NZ in 1992 and came to the UK to work and see the world in 1998.

She joined Joel Vets in June 2021 and currently shares her house with 2 rats, 3 cats, 3 dogs, 4 children and a husband.

She has lived in Eastcote for 17 years now and enjoys walking her rescue dogs and making travel plans.

Wakana graduated in 2019 from Royal veterinary College, having obtained an intercalated degree in Neuroscience at King's College London. She is fairly local to the area having grown up in North London and has 2 dogs at home.

Outside of work she likes to play lacrosse and travel abroad.

Andrew graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2018 and joined us in January 2021. He currently works full time. His main interests are surgery and clinical pathology.

He enjoys travelling and exploring London in his spare time.

Saskia graduated in August 2021 from the University of Surrey and joined us shortly afterwards. She loves seeing all the patients that come in and making their visits as stress-free as possible. Being a vet is all that Saskia has ever wanted to do and her favourite part of the job so far has been seeing how happy our older patients are after starting them on medicine for arthritis.

She has a very clever rescue cat called Taiki who enjoys puzzle feeders and clicker training.

Nicci holds a post-graduate certificate in small animal surgery and currently works as a visiting orthopaedic surgeon.