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Equine Hospital - The Staff

The Endell Equine hospital has nine veterinary surgeons on staff. All are available to the clientele either at the hospital or at the clients' premises. Each veterinary surgeon has an extensive background in equine veterinary care as a whole but also has developed his or her area of expertise.

We invite you to meet our veterinary surgeons below.

R.S.Cull BVetMed MRCVS

Bob graduated from the Royal Veterinary College: University of London in 1971. After 3 years mixed practice in Kent he joined the Endell Veterinary Group in 1974, becoming a partner in 1978.

His areas of interest and expertise are in reproductive health including artificial insemination, neonatal care and general medicine.

Jan Puzio BVetMed MRCVS

Jan is a 1974 graduate of the Royal Veterinary College: University of London. After two years mixed practice in Wales and Hampshire, he moved to North America. There he worked exclusively in a brood mare and race track practice in New Jersey.

He joined the Endell Veterinary Group in 1978 and became a partner in 1980.

His area of interest and expertise are in treating lameness and poor performance in racehorses and competition horses as well as reproductive equine health and ultrasonography.

Richard Parker MA VetMB CertEP CertES(Orth) MRCVS
Richard graduated from Cambridge School of Veterinary Science in 1997. He has obtained a certificate in equine practice and more recently a certificate in orthopaedic surgery. Richard has expertise and interests in all aspects of equine surgery and is an integral part of the surgical team.
Jill Carpenter MA MSc VetMB CertVR FRCVS

Jill graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1989. She then spent two years as a house surgeon at Liverpool University. That followed with a three year residency in ENT surgery at the University of Bristol.

She gained an FRCVS in ENT surgery, a certificate in veterinary radiology and a MSc in the ageing of horses by dentition. In 1995 she joined the Endell Veterinary Group. Her interests and expertise are in ENT investigation and surgery, colic surgery, anaesthesia and radiography.

Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher BVSc(hons) MRCVS

Rebecca graduated from Bristol University in 1983. She worked in mixed practice in Bedfordshire, before spending a year as a resident vet at a large racing establishment.

She then moved to Salisbury, where she spent several years running the equine department at Avon Lodge Veterinary Practice, eventually taking it over herself as Woodlands Equine Practice. At the beginning of 2003 she merged with Endell Veterinary Group.

Rebecca enjoys all aspects of first opinion work involved with the general performance/pleasure horse.

Emma Houghton BVetMed MRCVS

Emma graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2006. Following this she completed an internship at Bell Equine in Kent where she was involved with a high medical and surgical caseload. She then spent a period of time at a stud practice in Queensland, Australia before joining us in November 2007.

She enjoys all areas of first opinion work but has particular interest in stud medicine and anaesthesia.

Hani Milstein MA VetMB CertES(Orth) MRCVS

Hani graduated from Cambridge University in 2001. After working in equine practice in Essex for 3 years, she travelled to Australia in 2004 to work with thoroughbred racehorses in training at Randwick Equine Centre, Sydney. Her roles involved racetrack work and sole charge of NSW Equine Quarantine. In 2005 she returned to the UK to join Bell Equine in Kent and develop the thoroughbred flat racing side of the practice.

Hani joined the Endell Veterinary Group in 2008. Her areas of interest include equine sports medicine, lameness investigation and diagnostic imaging and she has obtained a Certificate in Equine Surgery-Orthopaedics.

Charlotte Shepherd BSc BVetMed MRCVS

Charlotte graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2003. She then worked in general equine practice in Hertfordshire before moving to Dorset. In Dorset she continued to further her interests in all aspects of equine practice.

Charlotte joined the Endell Veterinary Group in 2008. She is looking forward to getting her teeth into life at EVG, especially the stud medicine work. She is currently studying for a certificate in equine practice.

Francesca Caporelli DVM MRCVS

After graduating from Perugia University, Italy in 2002, Francesca spent two years in equine practice. During this time she was particularly involved with endurance horses and was part of the veterinary team at two Endurance World Championships.

In 2004 she undertook an orthopaedic and surgery externship at Texas A&M University where she worked predominantly with western riding and racing Quarter Horses. After completing an internship in equine medicine and surgery at Barcelona University, Spain she joined the surgery department at Helsinki University, Finland, where she gained experience in sports medicine and treadmill investigation of the upper airway. In 2007 she gained a place at the prestigious Ghent University, Belgium as an intern in equine surgery and medical imaging.

Francesca joined the Endell Veterinary Group in 2008. Her areas of interest include lameness and diagnostic imaging and she looks forward to helping develop the bone-scanning unit.

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