Veterinary Team

Our vets work very much as a team to help ensure that we provide the most comprehensive care we can to our patients. Each of our vets have areas of interest or extra-qualifications, allowing us to internally refer and work collaboratively where required. We are very proud that we do not reward our vets based on their turnover, only on the quality of the care they provide and their contribution to the team. This encourages an open, co-operative and inclusive environment of mutual support. We want happy, helpful staff and this is why we have a very low turnover of vets.

Tom Leonard GPCert(SAP) PGCertSAS BVMS MRCVS
Advanced Practitioner in Surgery and Founding Director of Leonard Brothers
Tom grew up in this area and went to school in Nantwich and Crewe. He graduated from Glasgow in 1994 and his early career in Lancashire was televised for the BBC's "Vets in Practice" series. In 2004 he returned home to set up Leonard Brothers Veterinary Centre. Starting out with just a team of 3, it has grown into the modern, progressive practice we have today, whilst still retaining the family feel. Tom loves being a vet and has passed a couple of certificates in General Practice and Surgery enabling him to master the more complicated cases he sees at our Wistaston Branch.

Andy Nelson PGCertSAS BVSc MRCVS
Advanced Practitioner in Surgery and Director of Leonard Brothers
Andy was at Bristol University with Tom's brother Steve and qualified in 1997. He has always been passionate about his work and is a firm favourite with the clients in Whitchurch. Andy has always had a passion for surgery and passed his BSAVA Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2015 with Distinction. Andy has a fairly unique sense of humour that heavily relies on "repeat until funny".

Steve Leonard PGCertSAM BVSc MRCVS
Advanced Practitioner in Medicine (and occasional television presenter)
Steve works at the practice full-time in between filming projects. Apart from Tom, Steve is the longest serving member of the team - showing that brothers do get on! Steve's main interests are medicine and dentistry. Steve passed his BSAVA Certificate in Small Animal Medicine with Distinction in 2017 and assists the team with the more problematic non-surgical cases. 

Ingrid Segboer DVM CertVD MRCVS
Advanced Practioneer in Dermatology
Ingrid is our resident dermatologist looking after those difficult skin cases. She gained her Dermatology Certificate in 2004 and has over 10 yrs experience in dermatology referrals. Originally from the Netherlands, Ingrid is fluent in a number of languages and has an odd taste in sweets. Calm and patient, Ingrid is great support to the rest of the team with her fantastic knowledge of general medicine as well as dermatology.

Sarah Martin BVetMed(Hons) MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Sarah joined the practice early on in her career and has become a pivotal member of the team, working at both Wistaston and Whitchurch. Sarah has always had a keen interest in surgery and a very steady, gentle pair of hands. She is enrolled in the Royal College Certificate Scheme for Surgery and is well on with her studies. Her dexterity and skill can also be seen in her phenomenal talent at cake decoration!

Hazel Rossitor BVSc MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Hazel is based at our Whitchuch branch. She qualified from Bristol in 2012 and has always worked with small animals. She has started a BSAVA Certificate in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2017. Hazel is an outdoorsy type - climbing, camping and flying around as a paraglider.

Keelin Hopkins GpCert(SAM) GpCert(SAS) BA MVB MA MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Keelin joined our Wistaston team at the start of 2015. She had already completed post graduate Certificates in Small Animal Medicine and Small Animal Surgery; she is now studying for a Certificate in Ophthalmology. She has more initials after her name than any vet in the practice! Keelin is our referral vet for eyes and eyelid problems alongside many other medical and surgical procedures. 

Aimee King BVSc MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Aimee joined the practice after graduating from Liverpool University in 2016. Aimee likes to spend time with her rescue staffy, Alfie and has started competing at Rally and working through the Kennel Club’s good citizen scheme. She has a keen interest in horse racing and regularly rides. Up until recently she held her amateur jockeys licence however she's now focusing her time on being the best vet she can be.

Emmie Lou Emery BVSc MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Emmie qualified from The University Of Liverpool in 2012 where she was awarded the Hills prize for Small Animal Studies and the Derek Knottenbelt prize for Equine Medicine. Emmie joined us in April 2017, her main areas of interest include cardiology, surgery and anaesthesia (although she has finally settled on Cardiology for her certificate of choice). Emmie has competed internationally in both showjumping and women's rugby league. She plays for three teams in the Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire Netball Leagues and spends many an hour walking her faithful German Shorthaired Pointer 'Milly'.

Dave Beeston BVetMed(Hons) MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Dave graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, London in 2017. He had spent many weeks at the practice as a student and impressed the team with his knowledge and singing prowess (he still busks around the West Midlands to help pay off his student debts). Dave has a keen interest in medicine and imaging. Dave is tremendously interesting, although he hasn't let us know why. Dave has enrolled in his certificate in medicine (hmmm, interesting).

 Lisa Carvell BVSc BSc DipCABT MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Lisa is a local lass who even went to the nearest Vet School, Liverpool. She likes behaviour (she has a certificate in it so not only does she like it, she knows a lot about it). She's also really nice. Lisa is also a very outdoorsy type  who likes running up big hills.

 Lucy Mills BVetMed GPCert Cardio MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon 
Lucy moved up from the deep South (that London) in September 2018 where she had been working in small animal practice since qualifying from the Royal Veterinary College in 2007. She gained her certificate in Cardiology in 2013 allowing her to take on internal referrals for heart cases. Cardiac disease is a fairly common condition in our patients so it's great to have Lucy here at the practice.