Meet the Team - Veterinary Surgeons

Emily joined the team in 2015 after finishing her studies at Glasgow University. She has a keen interest in emergency critical care and internal medicine, and she is working towards post graduate certificates in these areas. Her hobbies include getting outside, fell walking, lake swimming and climbing – as well as playing traditional music on the violin.

Julie qualified in 1988 from the University of Cambridge and secured her certificate in small animal cardiology in 1990 – something she has continued to have a strong interest in, as well as ultrasonography. At home she has Baxter and Elsa, who are a pair of old beans. She enjoys tennis, yoga, fell walking and exploring our beautiful lakes.

Vicki joined the team after graduating from Glasgow University in 2001. She has a keen interest in exotic pets and the challenges of treating a variety of pets. Vicki has acquired her Certificate of Advanced Veterinary Practice in Zoological Medicine and is an Advanced Practitioner in Zoological Medicine (there are only 62 in the country!) . At home she enjoys spending time with her mini menagerie: a horse, Shetland pony, corn snake and outdoor aviary of birds.

Meredith qualified from the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies Edinburgh, in 2023. She grew up in rural Peak District where she discovered her love of sheep and rural mixed veterinary practice. On farm she enjoys anything sheep related and on the small animal side, loves meeting friendly faces and working on a complex skin or allergy case. Outside of work she gets out into the mountains whenever she can, and is an avid cyclist and climber.

Ben qualified from the Royal Dick Veterinary School in Edinburgh in 2023 and straight after, joined the Millcroft team. Ben is one of our mixed Vets and enjoys working with the variety of animals Cumbria has to offer, both large and small. Outside of work he enjoys anything that will get him into the outdoors mainly biking, sailing or climbing and loves both cooking and eating good food.

Holly qualified from Glasgow University having grown up in the countryside around the same city, and then moved to Millcroft soon after to start a new adventure. She particularly enjoys seeing exotic patients such as small furries and birds, and has fostered hundreds of rabbits and kept parrots all her life! Outside work she enjoys bouldering in Carlisle and going to lots of concerts.

Daisy graduated from Glasgow Vet School in 2017 and worked at home in Scotland for a year, before moving for two years to work in New Zealand. A farm vet through and through, she joined the team after returning from her Antipodean adventure and has been here ever since. When she’s not vetting, she’s either farming at home, messing about with her pedigree Texels or getting a sweat on at Crossfit.

Hannah graduated from Liverpool University and worked in Carlisle before joining Millcroft in 2022. She is a mixed vet and enjoys the variety of animals she gets to work with. Outside of work she is usually found fell running, wild swimming or paddle boarding, often with her chaotic golden retriever, Heidi!

Gavin grew up in Hawick, just over the Scottish border, where everyone and their gran either has a horse or a relative who farms! Given that and the fact his local practice was down the road from his home, it was unsurprising when he graduated from the Royal Dick School in Edinburgh in 2020. He joined Millcroft soon after, and will either be found at work or in the fells, running or climbing.