Mark Bayliss BVMS MRCVS
After graduation from Glasgow Vet School in 1993, Mark worked in a mixed practice for 9 months but soon decided that small animal practice was what he enjoyed most. He then spend 3 years in a busy North Manchester practice with a team of young vets. Married in 1995 to Catriona, they were tempted north to a quieter lifestyle in Aberdeen. Mark has been with Ardene House since 1997, becoming a partner in 2002. He has 2 daughters and spends his free time playing golf & badminton walking Fred, his Bedlington terrier.
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Ann Wortley BVMS MRCVS
Ann graduated from Glasgow University in 1996 and went to the Isle of Lewis to work in a mixed practice. In 2000 she decided to travel and spent 3 years in Australia and New Zealand working as a locum. Having had her fill of living out of a rucksack, Ann returned to the UK in 2003 to a small animal practice in Scarborough before coming to the Kingswells hospital in 2004. When she can find some spare time, Ann likes gardening and scuba diving. Another member of the Ardene 'Adopt a Cat' scheme, Ann recently acquired Bailey. |
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Iain Wallace BVM&S MRCVS
Iain qualified from Edinburgh University in the 1980s (a long, long time ago according to him). After working for many years in mixed practice in the North Yorkshire Moors, he headed back to his native land, working first near Stirling before moving even further north to Aberdeenshire - where he'd heard it was always sunny and hot! Iain joined the Bon Accord Street surgery in October 2006 and moved to Kingswells in September 2008 and enjoys all aspects of both small animal surgery and medicine. |
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Catherine Adams BVMS MRCVS
Catherine graduated from Glasgow Vet School in 2001 and after four years in mixed practice in Ellon, joined Ardene House in April 2005 to concentrate on small animal work. She enjoys the variety of surgical and medical cases that are treated here and is a qualified acupuncturist. Catherine has a cat called Molly. |
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Allison Clark BVM&S MRCVS
Allison qualified from Edinburgh University in 1983 and worked for 2 years in Aberdeenshire seeing mixed practice. She then went to Lanark and worked for 3 years for the University of Glasgow's teaching practice. Allison then returned to Aberdeenshire to work for a large pig and cattle farmer. Since then she has worked part time in Aberdeen area. She is married and has 2 daughters, 2 dogs and 2 guinea pigs. |
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Laura Lendrum BVMS MRCVS
Laura is a 2001 Glasgow Graduate, joined us as a small animal vet in August 2008. She has recently returned from living in New Zealand and is now settling into Aberdeenshire life with her husband Robbie, their dog Elmo and cats Jack and Minnie. |
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Lili Sterling BA VetMB MRCVS
Lili was born and raised in Northern Ireland. She qualified from the Cambridge Veterinary School a 'long time ago' and worked mainly in small animal practices before having her children and taking a career break. She joined Ardene House in 1999 at the Bon Accord Street surgery and in September 2008 moved over to Kingswells where she enjoys consulting part-time. The rest of her time is spent looking after children, dogs, cats & ponies - and sneaking in the odd bit of therapeutic gardening. |
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Brenda Stewart RVN
Brenda joined the Practice in December 2000 and was promoted to Deputy Head Nurse in 2008. She organizes our popular puppy socialization classes and internal medicine referrals and is an experienced pet health counselor. Brenda is also an Assessor for the student nurses within the practice. Outside of work she enjoys participating in riding club activities with her horse Tima, hill walking and socializing. She has two cats, Bluebell and Holly. |
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Kelly Morrow RVN
Having joined Ardene House in 2003 as a trainee veterinary, Kelly qualified in 2007 and moved to the Kingswells site the same year. She has a keen interest in animal behaviour and has gained a qualification in Arthritis Care. Outside work, Kelly likes spending time with her niece and nephew. |
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Nicola Ward RVN
Nicola joined Ardene House as a nurse in July 2004 having previously worked at Golf Vets in Montrose and studying for her HND. She qualified in 2007 and is especially keen on the puppy parties and feline nursing. Nicola has 2 goldfish called Salt & Vinegar and has also adopted a cat called Lily who was brought into us as a stray. |
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Lisa Bowie RVN
Lisa joined us in 2008 having qualified whilst working in Connon Bridge and Turriff. She has an interest in animal behaviour and gets plenty of practice with her own menagerie of one dog and 5 cats. When she has spare time Lisa likes horse riding. |
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Joanna Lamont RVN
Joanna joined Bon Accord Street in October 2007 to continue her veterinary nursing training, moving to Kingswells in September 2008. She qualified in July 2009 and enjoys all aspects of nursing. Joanna is a cat enthusiast and in her spare time she breeds and shows Ragdoll cats. |
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Carol Chalmers RVN
Carol joined the staff at Ardene House at the end of February 2006 as a Receptionist/Animal Care Assistant having completed a course in Animal Care. She then joined our nurse training programme and passed her final exams to become an RVN in August 2009. |
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Nicky Jamieson RVN
Nicky joined the staff at Ardene House in September 2001 having previously worked as a kennel assistant. Having left us briefly to work in Elgin she rejoined Ardene House in May 2008 working firstly at Bridge of Don but is now based at Kingswells. Nicky qualified as an RVN in August 2009 and still can’t wipe the smile off her face. She lives with 2 cats, a basset hound and a bloodhound. |
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Carly Stuart SVN
Carly joined Ardene House in November 2007 as an animal care assistant/receptionist. She previously worked as a receptionist at Glenythan Vets in Ellon for two years. Carly is now training to become a VN and spends most of her spare time shopping. |
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Michele Campbell
Having completed her HND in Animal Care, Michele joined the Kingwells team in 2001. As part of the nursing team, Michele is involved in all aspects of animal care from monitoring anaesthetics during surgery to helping run the puppy socialisation parties. She particularly likes meeting the children from local playgroups, cubs & brownies during their visits to the hospital and giving them an insight into the work we do. In her spare time Michele enjoys DIY, cooking and travel. |
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Hazel Jaffray RVN
Hazel has been with Ardene House since 1995, originally at Bridge of Don Surgery, then at Bon Accord Street where she became Head Nurse. Hazel moved to Kingswells as Head Nurse at the small animal Hospital in late 2005. In Feb 2007 Hazel had a daughter Amy and after Maternity Leave returned in the role of Practice Administrator. Having discovered that she missed the nursing element of her job, Hazel now combines the p/t Administrator position with that of Head Nurse. |
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Wendy Carle
Having previously worked at several other practices as a trainee veterinary nurse, Wendy came to work in the Ardene House farm office in 2001. She later swapped desks to the small animal reception team before being promoted to Head Receptionist in 2003. Wendy retains her interest in animal nursing and is currently studying to gain her Animal Nursing Assistant qualification. Wendy lives with her husband and Fern, their Border Terrier. |
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Audrey Ferguson
Audrey joined the small animal reception team in March 2007, having previously worked in the retail industry. She loves the contact with animals and is especially fond of meeting new puppies – all the better if they’re German Shepherds as she has her own Shepherd called Kiera. Audrey also has a very grown up teenage daughter called Amy and a very child-like husband called Steve! |
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Donna McTavish
Donna joined the Bon Accord Street practice in 1992 and moved to Kingswells in 1997, when the practice opened, as a receptionist. She is also a qualified Pet Insurance Advisor for PetPlan. Donna combines part-time work with being a full-time mum to her son Ross and her cat Denzil. |
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Jennifer Broom
Jennifer joined the Practice in December 2009 having spent the previous year managing an alternative clothing company. She has a westie called Corbie and a moggy called Jumar. Jennifer likes to spend her spare time socializing with friends, reading, drawing and going to gigs. |
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Karen Dyce
Born and bred in Aberdeen, Karen came to Ardene House in early 2009 having previously worked as a carer. Her collection of pets includes a chinchilla, hamster, fish and some Giant African Land Snails. Karen spends her spare time making greetings cards and looking after her large assortment of cacti. |
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Clare Matthews
Clare Matthews came to Ardene House in June 2008 as a part time Small Animal receptionist but now also works in the Farm Office from time to time. Before joining Ardene House, Clare worked as a Scuba Diving Instructor and Ski Instructor in various countries around the globe. She also enjoys the outdoors and loves being back in Scotland. She has a well behaved Jack Russell called Chalky, a quiet 15 year old horse called Locket and a not so well behaved husband called Andy. |
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