Dr Ben Ryder-Davies BSc BVM&S MRCVS
Partner and Equine Veterinary Surgeon
Dr Alex Harrison BVSc MRCVS
Equine Veterinary Surgeon
Alex qualified from Liverpool in 2007 and worked in Manchester for a year before moving to sunny Suffolk where she has lived and worked since. She enjoys all aspects of first opinion equine practice but particularly medicine cases; in fact, she is known as the worm lady in our practice due to her constant encouragement of responsible parasite control! Outside of work Alex enjoys riding (especially a bit of a play around the cross country course), walking her 3 border collies Jack, Dizzy and Tess, skiing (as much skiing as she can fit in a year!) and running.
Dr Katie Kershaw BVSc MRCVS
Equine & Farm Animal Veterinary Surgeon
Katie joined Ryder-Davies in 2012 after qualifying from Bristol Vet School. Most of her work is with horses, although she has a keen interest in small holdings, especially sheep and goats. She is currently working towards a certificate in Equine Medicine, so you might find her reeling off random facts, or asking to use your horse as a case study.
Many of you will have met her cocker spaniel ‘Dixon’ who spends a lot of time walking in the countryside. She doesn’t currently have her own horse, instead exercises friends horses in her spare time.
Dr Sophie Benton BVSc MRCVS
Mixed Animal Veterinary Surgeon
Sophie joined the practice in 2017 after qualifying from the University of Liverpool Vet School. She enjoys all aspects of first opinion practice and loves the variety that being a mixed animal vet brings. In her spare time Sophie enjoys riding her horse Billy, and walking her dogs Crumble and Scrumpy. She also enjoys running but tends to do more of this when the weather is better and the days are longer!
Dr Jo Travers BSc BVSc MRCVS
Mixed Animal Veterinary Surgeon
Jo joined the practice in 2015 after an 18-month stint in east Yorkshire. Having graduated from Liverpool in 2013 she enjoys all aspects of veterinary work. Jo has a previous degree in Equine Science and Thoroughbred Management and is the only member of the team who is truly mixed and treats everything from alpacas to donkeys and any creature in-between. Since 2016 Jo has been studying towards her Postgraduate certificate in Ophthalmology and hopes to become an advanced veterinary practitioner by the summer of 2018.
Dr Joe Steventon BVSc MRCVS
Partner and Veterinary Surgeon at Woodbridge Surgery
Joe qualified from Liverpool in 1997. He started as a mixed practice vet on the Welsh borders, however his love for small animal work soon took over and after a brief stint teaching vet students at the RVC, he spent a few years running a practice in London. He then returned to his home town of Woodbridge and joined our practice in 2007. Joe is now our small animal partner and has a love for all aspects of small animal work. He has a keen interest in orthopaedic surgery and small animal medicine. Away from work he and his wife Kelly are kept busy by their two lively children, Harper & Noah, Cookie the cat, Tallulah Wilson the tortoise, a brood of chickens and tropical fish!
Dr Sue Manning BVMS MRCVS
Senior Veterinary Surgeon at Rendlesham Surgery
Sue qualified from Glasgow Vet School in 1985, started with us in 1986 and apart from a brief spell in Framlingham she’s been with us ever since. She does mainly small animal work and enjoys seeing small furries, especially rabbits. She and her husband are restoring a large crumbling farmhouse and keep very busy with 25 ewes, 27 cows, 2 pigs, 13 geese, 20 chickens, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 1 mouse, 2 teenage children and a husband! In her spare (?!) time she used to enjoy sailing, but had to sell the boat to buy the house (!), so now she enjoys spinning wool, making felt and is currently trying to knit up the wool mountain in her loft!
Dr Chris Wilkins BVSc PGCSE MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon at Woodbridge Surgery
Chris joined the practice in 2005 and currently works backstage in the small animal department where he enjoys all aspects of surgery. He qualified in the olden days and is privileged to be able to share his experience when mentoring younger colleagues. At home he strives to maintain an half decent garden in the face of depredation by grandchildren and dogs, and he likes to explore new recipes and old churches.
Dr Rose Bate BVetMed MCRVS BSc DAS:CABC
Veterinary Surgeon at Woodbridge and Rendlesham Surgery
Rose qualified sometime in the last millennium. She joined Ryder-Davies & Partners in 2009 as a small animal vet.
She lives with her husband on a smallholding with 6 dogs, 2 cats and numerous sheep and chickens. She has a keen interest in behaviour and dog training and competes in dog obedience, having worked in Championship C with a previous dog. Rose is also training her youngest Collie to herd the sheep!
Dr Emma Bevan MA VetMB MCRVS
Veterinary Surgeon at Woodbridge Surgery
Emma joined our Woodbridge surgery in 2016 as a small animal vet, after graduating from Cambridge University. She has a keen interest in surgery and loves the variety that consults bring. Emma has a bouncy kitten called Kiera and harry the Cocker Spaniel. In her spare time, she enjoys playing netball, going to the gym and oil painting.
Dr Alice Prodger VetMB MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Alice joined the practice in 2018 after qualifying from the University of Cambridge. She is enjoying the challenges that first opinion practice bring and has a particular interest in veterinary neurology. In her spare time, Alice enjoys most forms of activity and adventure – particularly cycling, running and hopefully an ultra-marathon in the not too distant future.
Dr Jazzmin Arundell BVetMed MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon at Woodbridge Surgery
Jazzmin grew up in West London, and moved to Suffolk in 2018 after qualifying from the Royal Veterinary College. She enjoys consulting and has a particular interest in surgery. In her spare time, Jazzmin enjoys swimming in the sea, and going on long walks with her retired racing greyhound Jesse and her Lurcher Milton
Dr Lucy Burnell MA VetMB MRCVS
Senior Veterinary Surgeon at Ipswich Surgery
Lucy has worked in companion animal practice since graduating and has worked for Ryder-Davies and Partners since April 2006 at our Ipswich surgery. Her areas of interest are feline medicine, geriatric care and eye disease and injury. She currently has 3 rescue cats one of whom was saved by the local CPL when she was found with her mum and litter and had to have a leg amputated when she was just a few weeks old. She also has a rescue Greyhound called Minnie who has adapted well to her retirement (and sofa).
Dr Heather Collinson BVetMed MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon at Ipswich Surgery
Heather has been working as a vet in Suffolk for some years now, although she is originally from Norwich. She is married with 2 young girls, a black Lab called Teasel, 3 cats and 2 bunnies! The animals all get on well together as long as the bunnies stay in charge – they regularly laugh as the bunnies chase Teasel and the cats into the house from the garden! The cats are second in command and the poor old Lab is at the bottom of the pile, although she loves the children and follows them around all day if she can. When she has spare time, she enjoys physical activities such as kickboxing, body combat, cycling and whenever possible family walks by the river and in the forest. She loves the variety of her work and meeting lots of people and their pets always means that two days are ever the same!
Dr Kelly Rouse BVSc MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon at Ipswich Surgery
Kelly joined us in October 2013 after graduating from Bristol University and works mainly at our Ipswich surgery. She has a naughty (but loveable!) Jack Russell Terrier called Poppy and a Labrador called Fynn, who she enjoys taking on walks in her spare time.
Dr Holly Game MA VetMB MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon at Ipswich Surgery
Holly grew up in Woodbridge and after graduating from Cambridge University moved back to her home town. Holly joined our Ipswich surgery as a small animal vet in September 2016, and very much enjoys working alongside Lucy our Head Vet, Heather and Kelly.
She has two very pampered guinea pigs called Hazel and Edith. Outside of work, Holly enjoys keeping fit. She runs, cycles and rows, and has recently started cross-fit. Holly also likes to make the most of her holidays by travelling as much as possible.
Dr Mike Dale MA VetMB MRCVS
Head Veterinary Surgeon at Felixstowe Surgery
Mike Dale qualified from Cambridge in 1975. He has worked in a variety of small animal practices in Nottingham, Cornwall and the South East and managed a referral centre. He has experience of practice partnership and ownership and has designed and built a veterinary hospital in Kent. Not yet ready to retire he brings considerable veterinary experience to the consulting room and enjoys keeping up to date, challenging medical cases and supporting younger colleagues. In 1999 he passed the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society certificate in acupuncture and has a particular interest in the management of pain in dogs and cats. Mike and his wife, Mercia, share their home with a kind and clever Rhodesian Ridgeback, Zula.
Dr Tricia Goulden BVetMed, CertVD, MRCVS, (RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Dermatology)
Veterinary Surgeon at Felixstowe Surgery
Tricia moved to the Felixstowe area from West Suffolk in 2014. She enjoys all aspects of veterinary work, with a particular interest in skin problems and she runs our skin clinics from the Felixstowe branch. At home she lives with her partner Jim, Rupert the Collie and rescue cats Aggie and Cleo. Outside of work Tricia enjoys cycling, running, walking, gardening & listening to music.