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WILLIAM SINCLAIR BVMS MRCVS William Sinclair is our designated dentist, being enthusiastic about this smelly branch of veterinary practice that others tend to avoid. As well as being Ivybank Vet Clinic's most experienced vet (which is a nice way of saying he's been practising longer than any of the others!) he is our Safety Officer, Fire Officer and Radiation Protection Supervisor. It's the only way he can order people about and get away with it. He and Eileen married in 1979 and have two grown-up children. In his spare time he is involved in the Folk Music scene in Ayrshire, compering at Irvine Folk Club and occasionally performing at other clubs in the area. |
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EILEEN SINCLAIR BVMS MRVCS Eileen Sinclair took time out from practice to do the family thing but has been deeply involved in the development and running of Ivybank since 1986. Her clinical interests include Internal Medicine and Oncology. She is Practice Manager and used her organisational skills in 2005-06 to put together an exhibition of work by artists from all over Scotland marking the 60th Anniversary of the dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. It was shown in Dalmellington, Cumnock, The Tramway (Glasgow) and Helensburgh. |
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ROSIE SORRIE BMVS MRCVS Rosie Sorrie came to the veterinary profession from a farming background (turkeys in Aberdeenshire). She worked part-time at Ivybank for a while then gradually became an indispensable part of the team. She has been a partner since 2005. Her hobbies include cooking, gardening and shopping for gadgets. Aberdeenshire is about 5 minutes ahead of Irvine according to the Earth’s rotation, so sometimes there’s a mismatch in time zone synchronisation. |
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ELEANOR LAMONT BVMS MRVCS Eleanor Lamont is a Glasgow graduate who has
worked as a locum for Ivybank Veterinary Clinic for several years.
She now joins us as part of the permanent veterinary staff and is
currently based at Irvine and Kilwinning. She plays hockey and also
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MARIE LEVER BMVS MRCVS
Marie Lever is a 2008 graduate of Glasgow Vet School and joined Ivybank Veterinary Clinic in October 2011. She will be familiar to many Village Vets clients, having worked with them prior to joining Ivybank. She is based in the Irvine surgery. |
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DAN LUTZ BVMS MRVCS Dan Lutz is a 2003 Glasgow Vet School graduate who hails from across the pond. He will be well known to the Village Vets clients, having been based there for over a year prior to the merger and will continue to be based at the West Kilbride and Kilwinning surgeries of the new Ivybank Vets. |
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LAURA McHARG BMVS MRCVS
Laura McHarg is an Irvine lass, a 2008 graduate of Glasgow Vet School, who has an impressive grasp of technology. She keeps our website (her design) under control, consults, operates and still stays enthusiastic. An occupational hazard which she succumbed to within weeks of starting at Ivybank was being adopted by a young Collie-ish dog. Then Brego had to convince Laura’s family that they were OK about him. He did: they are. Laura also has an interest in Deaf communication and has recently gained her British Sign Language Level 2 qualification. She is primarily based at the Irvine surgery. |
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ROSEMARY FITZGERALD MVB
CertVR CertVA MFHom(Vet) MRCVS Rosemary Fitzgerald has been a regular stand-in locum at Ivybank for some time. Her extra qualifications in Radiology (X-rays), Anaesthesia, Homeopathy and Veterinary Acupuncture mean that she's much in demand. But because we're so nice to her when she's here instead of somewhere else, she seems to enjoy coming back when we ask. Rosemary is daft about mountains as well as sitting exams and heads for the hills as often as her work and family commitments allow her. She has recently become a fully qualified Veterinary Homeopath and is one of only four in Scotland. |
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SHARON
URQUHART RVN Our Head Nurse and VN Clinical Coach, Sharon has been at Ivybank for ages. She went through the VN training when there was much less paper-work and a bit more hands-on practical training. But now, as a supervisor and coach of student VNs, she has a mountain of paperwork to cope with. And everyone behaves themselves on the days when Sharon locks herself away to sort out Health Insurance claim forms. In spite of all this she appears to be a very calm and relaxed person. Sharon is an accomplished horsewoman and competed at Badminton Grassroots Horse Trials in 2010. |
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Lyndsey is our exotic nurse! She did a course to gain further knowledge and qualifications and that means she is called in to help when you bring an animal to the Clinic which isn't a dog, a cat or a rabbit. We're talking rats, mice, snakes, injured wildlife, cage-birds, tortoises. You name it: Lyndsey gets the call! She also runs our Waist Watchers Clinics, helping to slim down Ayrshire's pets. Her ambition is to leave Ivybank Veterinary Clinic in Irvine and set up a branch surgery in Torino, Italia, which happens to be where her husband Salvatore comes from. |
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Cassie lives in Lochwinnoch and commutes to Irvine. You can look at that from both directions: Does she not want to work where she lives; or does she not want to live where she works? Cassie has an interest in helping people whose pets have behavioural problems. She also goes on exciting long holidays to places like Viet Nam and Thailand.
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MANDY CARSON A.C.A. Mandy Carson currently works between all three surgeries assisting with both patient care and reception duties. |
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FIONA MacDONALD A.N.A. Fiona MacDonald currently divides her time between the West Kilbride and Kilwinning surgeries. |
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JANICE MARTIN Heading up our team of receptionists is Janice. She's had 2 stints at Ivybank, the first when she was just a wee lassie, and then a few years later when she started her VN training. She is a qualified VN but a creaky back keeps her from the heaving and lifting and leaning, so she does loads of admin and phone-answering, and other stuff like that. She's very good at organising people (just ask her husband Donald), but her fiddle-playing daughter is her equal. |
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SELENA BALLANTYNE Coming to Ivybank from the textile industry might have been a shock to Selena but as she and husband Robert are involved in showing and breeding Bearded Collies the inside of a veterinary clinic was a familiar place. Officially she's a receptionist-admin person but she's also the “social secretary” for the practice, organising staff parties, days out, charity fund-raisers: any excuse for a bit of a hooly really. Definitely a party animal, Selena is the only person who regularly runs up the stairs. Her brown Beardie bitch Bustroc Red Red Rose takes after her, dabbling in the energetic world of canine agility. |
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FIONA EAGER
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JUDY HAMILL
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LEESA TAIT
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LOUISE THOMSON Every clinic needs a morning person. They need to be bright, alert and on-the-ball. Just as well Louise is all of these things. She types faster than anyone who's ever worked here and probably faster than anyone has ever seen. And it's accurate. Wihc si fotruntea. She was stunned recently to be asked to play a game of hockey (for a team desperate for someone to make up the numbers). But apparently she doesn't do exercise! Fast typing will do. And isotonic Irn Bru. |
