Job Description: Practice principal

Personal Info: Bradley graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1978 and established the Blythwood Veterinary Group in 1979. He is well known for his media work. TV highlights include being the Blue Peter vet, regular stints on the Big Breakfast and This Morning, as well as co-presenting the ITV series "Mad about Pets". He has written a wide range of books, and is the resident vet for Your Cat magazine. Bradley is Vice-President of the Feline Advisory Bureau, and also a trustee of Batersea Dogs and Cats Home. He lectures to veterinary undergraduates at Nottingham and London veterinary schools, and acts as a tutor and assessor for vets studying for postgraduate qualifications in general veterinary practice. He is an elected member of the Council of the veterinary profession's governing body, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, where he sits on the Education and the Public Affairs committees. Despite all these outside interests, he still loves meeting clients and helping their pets in the Blythwood clinics.

Email: bviner@northwoodvets.plus.com

Pet Info: Cleopatra the Bernese Mountain Dog; Mulder and Cattius the felines

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Job Description: Partner

Personal Info: Graham has been a long time member of the veterinary team joining the practice in 1991. He has a particular interest in skin conditions and passed the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Dermatology in 2002. This year he has gained his MBA by studying with the Open University whilst still working within the practice. "Like all of my colleagues, I aim to help our clients provide the best possible care for their companions, by combining our considerable experience and expertise with the most up to date advances in veterinary medicine and surgery. I believe that a team approach provides significant benefits for the welfare of our treasured pets". Graham is controlled by two dogs, a scruffy terrier and a misunderstood Labrador, and two cats who actually are the masters! Outside of the practice Graham is a trustee of the local branch of the RSPCA, is currently in training to run a half marathon and much to the amusement of both colleagues and friends is a steam railway enthusiast. He has driven a steam engine along the length of the Severn Valley Railway.

Email: graham.finch@blythwoodvet.co.uk

Pet Info: He owns Mud the labrador and Chester the Border terrier, and a considerable selection of cats, which have turned up at various times during his career.

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Job Description: Veterinary Surgeon

Personal Info: Pippa's first contact with the Blythwood Veterinary Group was as a teenager when Bradley treated her dachshund, 'Paddington'. As a school student she saw practice at the Hatch End surgery and then returned to gain experience as a vet student in the mid-1980's. Pippa graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1987 to work in a Portsmouth private practice and then the PDSA. In the late 1990's her husband's job brought her back to the Hertfordshire just as the Blythwood veterinary group took over Paul Vos's practice in Bushey Village. Several years ago she joined the permanent staff and indeed feels very much part of the community in Bushey. Pippa enjoys all aspects of companion animal practice but loves the challenge of complicated medical cases and has a soft spot for Guinea pigs. Married with two teenage sons she is also housekeeping staff to five adorable cats and two guinea pigs.

Email: pippa.elliot@blythwoodvet.co.uk

Pet Info: Wallace and Gromit, Pilchard, Widget and Noni, plus two guinea pigs, Rodney and Rimmer.

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Job Description: Veterinary Surgeon

Personal Info: Barry qualified from Edinburgh University in 1999, and started work at Blythwood the following September. It was Barry's first job, and he's enjoyed it so much here that he hasn't moved anywhere else! "I feel we have a fantastic team here at Blythwood with well over a hundred years of veterinary and nursing experience between us. This allows us to deliver the level of commitment and care we strive to achieve."? His passion in the veterinary field has always been domestic animals and he has a particular interest in cardiology (the study of the heart). He is currently doing a post graduate certificate in veterinary cardiology which involves investigation into heart disease in all animals, but particularly dogs and cats. It has allowed him to develop a variety of specialist skills and work with some fascinating equipment including our ultrasound machine. This is very useful for scanning hearts and is also used for looking into problems in other parts of the body. In 2006 Barry became a partner alongside Bradley Viner, Oliver Viner and Christian Levan at our sister surgery Well Animal Clinic in West Hampstead and divides his time between all the surgeries. Away from work Barry enjoys running, going to the gym and skiing. He recently completed the Blenheim Triathlon with friend and colleague Christian to help raise money for the NW Middlesex RSPCA. He contributes to pet related TV and radio broadcasts, including Sky News, Radio 4 and LBC.

Email: barry.cameron@blythwoodvet.co.uk

Pet Info: Cassie the talkative Burmese cat

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Job Description: Veterinary Surgeon

Personal Info: Christian graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1999. He spent two years working in Somerset then worked as a locum for several years across the UK and in France, including time at the central RSPCA hospital in Birmingham and regular stints at Blythwood. He is interested in all aspects of small animal medicine and surgery and is a member of the European Society of Feline Medicine. He now lives in West Hampstead with his two cats Darth Vader and Bullet. Outside of work Christian loves rock climbing, skiing and swimming and is an active fundraiser for the local RSPCA.

Email: christian.levan@blythwoodvet.co.uk

Pet Info: Darth Vader who limped into our Bushey clinic one day with a broken leg but no owner, and the recently acquired Bullet who was found on the Kilburn High Road

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Job Description: Veterinary Surgeon

Personal Info: Jacqui grew up surrounded by animals and decided aged 4 that if she couldn't actually become one then being a vet would be the next best thing. A Londoner through and through, she studied at the Royal Veterinary College down the road in Camden Town, and then at their clinical campus in Potters Bar. Her first job was at a busy practice in Kent, but she missed the bright lights too much and returned to the "Big Smoke", where she has been a happy member of the Blythwood team since May 2006. She is interested in all aspects of small animal practice In her spare time she'll be found riding horses, playing rugby or jogging on the heath (often with several patients in hot pursuit!). Jacqui has just given birth to a beautiful baby boy called Ruben - we wish Mum, Dad and baby all the best!

Email: jacqui.skelly@blythwoodvet.co.uk

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Job Description: Partner

Personal Info: Oli joined the practice whilst still gestating. Having grown up above the Hatch End surgery and then at the Northwood site, he then went to the Royal Veterinary College to follow in his father's footsteps and become a vet. Having qualified in 2007, Oli went to work at a small animal hospital in Aylesbury, before returning to Blythwood. Oli works at all the sites, and lives in West Hampstead. He is the proud owner of a 3-legged cat called Jeffrey and his latest addition is a Black Labrador called Ron who can often be seen at the surgeries with him.

Email: oliver.viner@blythwoodvet.co.uk

Pet Info: Jeff the 3-legged cat and Ron Burgundy a black lab

Job Description: Veterinary Surgeon

Personal Info: Devi Nair grew up in Sunny South Africa, but came over to do her studies here. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. She worked for a year in a sleepy little village in Buckinhamshire, but missed the city lights and travelling too much, so started working as a locum from August 2008. In between locum positions she loves travelling and doing volunteer work abroad, especially in Spain, where she spent 2 months last year studying Spanish. Her main interests are internal medicine, cardiology and all aspects of animal welfare.

Email: locum.vet@blythwoodvet.co.uk

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