Veterinary Surgeons

Christine qualified from Cambridge University in 1987 and spent six years in mixed practice before settling into a purely small animal role. She leads the small animal practice at Howells Vets and is an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine.

William graduated in 2013, spending one year in a primarily small animal practice before moving North. He leads the poultry team and is working towards his poultry certificate with World Veterinary Education in Production Animal Health. Predominantly working with poultry and pigs William is actively involved in all aspects of the practice and has a particular interest in acupuncture.

Luke, originally from York, qualified from Edinburgh University in 2010 after which he spent 5 years working in mixed practice in Victoria, Australia. After 2 years locuming around the UK, he has returned to his North Yorkshire roots. Luke is a mixed practice vet but particularly loves all things cattle and achieved his memberships in Dairy Medicine by examination in 2015 from the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists. Luke enjoys helping farmers prevent and solve herd health issues on farm, with particular interests in mastitis, bull fertility and bovine surgery. Outside the ‘office’ he enjoys all things sport especially football, rugby and AFL. He also can be found snowboarding, mountain biking, walking or trying to catch a fish.

Katie is one of our small animal only vets, who joined us in October 2021. She qualified from Nottingham University in 2011 and started veterinary life as a mixed vet before deciding to hone her skills as a small animal surgeon through a mix of permanent and locuming jobs across the country as well as spending a year as a hospital clinician in a specialist referral practice. Her interests include internal medicine, cardiology and soft tissue surgery. Katie has a particular interest in veterinary dentistry and holds a further qualification in this field.

Leanne graduated from the University of Liverpool in July 2012 and has been practising in her home county of North Yorkshire ever since. Her main interests lie in production animal medicine and health planning. She has a growing interest in ruminant nutrition and is studying for a further qualification in this subject through the University of Glasgow. In 2021, Leanne trained as a veterinary investigation officer at APHA Thirsk conducting farm animal postmortem examinations and veterinary surveillance. Leanne is on the executive committee of the Sheep Veterinary Society. However, nothing brings Leanne more joy than a successful calving or lambing; she is at her happiest getting stuck in on farm.