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Richard Jones MA VetMB CertEP MRCVS |
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Richard founded the practice in 1989 after spending twenty years in mixed practice based in Maidstone. At that time it was clear to him that there was a need for a practice specialising in equine work to develop in west Kent. The practice grew rapidly thanks to the dedication of the team that he built up, and he continued to steer and develop it in order to maintain our position as a 'centre of excellence' dedicated to serve the horses and their owners in the community. Richard retired from the Partnership at the end of 2005, but continues to be involved in the practice and see clients.
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Karen Coumbe MA VetMB CertEP CertVA MRCVS |
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 Karen Coumbe studied at Girton College, Cambridge and qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1984. She worked in mixed practice for five years and then moved to set up Bell Equine with Richard Jones in 1989, the same year that she passed her certificate in Equine Practice. She became a partner here in 1995. She is responsible for anaesthesia at the practice, which is her special interest, along with ophthalmology and ultrasonography.
She is the veterinary correspondent for Horse & Hound and has also published and edited several books and articles both for the general public and veterinary surgeons.
She has been involved with the equine veterinary nursing qualification since it started and is a nursing examiner. She is an official measurer for both the JMB and FEI and was appointed as an official veterinarian for FEI in 2005
Karen has been recently returned from working as Veterinary Clinic Supervisor/treating vet for the Equestrian Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympics 2008 in Hong Kong, where she had an awesome time and is delighted to have achieved her dream of sending all the horses home safely! She is equally pleased to have just passed her Certificate in Veterinary Anaesthesia and hopes now she can spend a bit more time enjoying life with her family.
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Tim Mair BVSc PhD DEIM DESTS DipECEIM MRVCS |
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 Graduated from the University of Bristol in 1980. Initially Tim worked in mixed practice, before returning to the University of Bristol to undertake research in equine immunology and respiratory disease. Obtained a PhD in 1986, and then stayed at Bristol as a lecturer in Equine Medicine. Returned to practice in 1990, and joined the BEVC in 1992. He has obtained diplomas from the RCVS in both Equine Internal Medicine and Equine Soft Tissue Surgery, and is a founding diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine. He is editor of a professional journal for equine vets (Equine Veterinary Education), has published widely in the veterinary literature, and has written and edited several books on equine veterinary science. In 2007 he became a visiting professor at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), which is formal recognition of the links that Bell Equine have forged with the RVC, which will benefit you and your horses. TIm leads the hospital service at BEVC, and has special interests in equine medicine, colic, soft tissue surgery and MRI. Tim is married to Lou (a neonatal nurse) and they have four children and a lurcher called Mikey.
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Julian Samuelson MA VetMB MRCVS |
 Julian graduated from Cambridge University in 1987 and joined the practice in 1989 after working for two years in mixed practice at Crowhurst & Partners in Maidstone. He became a Partner in 1995. Although spending much of his time in the ambulatory side of the practice looking after clients in the middle of Kent, Julian also has a special interest in bone scanning. As Managing Partner, he has additional responsibilities for the general management of the practice. His wife Carol and two children, Oliver and Jessie, all ride and are active with the Romney Marsh Pony Club. Having spent his own childhood riding and driving pairs of ponies, competing at a national level, he now enjoys being a spectator although he is occasionally seen in a saddle, much to his children's amusement! He also has an interest in horse breeding and enjoys skiing, although not at the same time.
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David Sinclair BVetMed MRCVS |
 David was raised on a riding school. He pursued
a nursing career, specialising in human orthopaedic and casualty
nursing, prior to graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in
1996.He joined the practice immediately, and became a partner in 2002.
Apart from his ambulatory practice, David continues his orthopaedic
interest, specialising in lameness diagnosis. Other main interests
include surgery and reproductive work. David's clients will be aware of
his other keen life interest, his wife Lizzie and three children Conor,
Naomi and Fenton. Hobbies (for which there is absolutely no time at
present) include wild water canoeing, squash and mechanical
engineering.
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Emmanuel Engeli DrMedVet Diplomate ACVS Diplomate ECVS MRCVS |
 American and European Specialist in Equine Surgery
Emmanuel graduated from Bern University, Switzerland in 1998 and then undertook a Large Animal Internship at the University of Minnesota, USA. From 2000 – 2003 he performed a Large Animal Surgery Residency at Cornell University. Whilst working as an emergency surgeon for Ledgewood Equine Veterinary Clinic in upstate New York he became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) in 2004 and also received Diplomate status from the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS). Emmanuel joined the clinic in 2005. As our new orthopaedic specialist he is mainly involved with lameness diagnostics, scintigraphy, MRI and leads the orthopaedic surgeries at BEVC. In his free time he enjoys surfing, snowboarding, biking, kayaking and photography.
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Jane Morgan BVM&S CertEP MRCVS |
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 Jane Morgan (nee Lindop) qualified from Edinburgh University in 2001 and spent a year at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Centre in Virginia, USA completing an internship in equine medicine and surgery. She worked in large animal and equine practice on the North Yorkshire Moors for a year before joining Bell Equine in June 2003. In 2005 she passed the certificate in Equine Practice and her special clinical interests include colic and neonates. She enjoys skiing and running with Stella, her springer spaniel. Jane successfully completed the London Marathon this April and has just got married recently.
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 BEVA/BVDA Approved Equine Dentistry
Rob Pascoe qualified from the University of Bristol in 1999 and started in mixed practice in North Devon immediately afterwards. During the next two years he became very interested in equine dentistry and moved back to the University of Bristol to join their equine practice to further hone his skills. There he worked with recognised experts in equine dental disease. He also attended courses run by the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) and has since become a tutor on all the BEVA dentistry courses. Rob has also traveled widely to lecture on equine dentistry, with regular visits to the USA. In October 2003, he sat the British Equine Veterinary and British Veterinary Dental Associations’ exam in equine dentistry and became only the second veterinary surgeon in the UK to successfully pass and achieve BEVA/BVDA approved status. In 2004, he became an examiner for the BEVA/BVDA equine dentistry exam and was appointed as the chairman of the examination committee from 2005 to 2008. Rob joined Bell Equine Clinic in 2006, bringing both first opinion and referral dentistry services to the practice. Outside of work, Rob enjoys many outdoor pursuits including walking, mountain biking and sea kayaking.
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Catherine Seagroatt BVSc MRCVS |
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 Catherine graduated from Liverpool University in 2003. After completing an equine internship in Gloucestershire, she moved to Newmarket to work at Rossdale and Partners gaining valuable experience as a junior hospital clinician. In 2005 she went to North Carolina State University to spend a year with the equine medicine team, and participate in emergency surgeries. Since returning to the UK, Catherine hopes to attain both her internal medicine and stud medicine certificates, with her main interest lying in reproductive medicine, neonatology and internal medicine. Out of the equine realm Catherine enjoys, running, swimming and yoga, and hopes to be able to start riding out again, time permitting!
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Jos Habershon-Butcher BVetMed MRCVS |
Jos joined us to cover Karen Coumbe whilst she was away in Hong Kong and we are delighted she is staying on. Jos studied at The Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire and qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 2000. Since then she has enjoyed working in both general and referral equine practice. This included a year as a hospital intern at the Bosdreef Equine Hospital in Belgium and 2 years back at the Royal Veterinary College in the equine medicine division. Medical cases are her special interest along with stud work and she is currently becoming the resident endoscope expert. In her spare time she enjoys walking in the company of her two terriers.
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Luisa Smith PhD BVMS CertES(ST) MRCVS |
 We are delighted to welcome Luisa Smith back in Kent. After spending the summer working for Bell Equine as an ambulatory vet, she is now working at the hospital as part of a three year Residency program, shared with the Royal Veterinary College. Luisa worked with us previously as an intern and stayed on after that, before going to do equine research work in Newmarket and at Glasgow University. She completed her PhD on looking at the complications of equine surgery in 2006 and has recently passed her Certificate in Equine Soft Tissue Surgery.
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Jonathan Withers BVMS CertEP MRCVS |
 Jonathan has started a three year scholarship in Equine surgery. This is an innovative collaboration between the University of Glasgow and BEVC and involves working at both centres spending around 6 months at a time in each. He came from a large equine practice in Lichfield, where he gained the RCVS certificate in Equine Practice in 2005 and worked at Wolverhampton and Uttoxeter racecourses. He has also travelled to Queensland, Australia during the past three stud seasons, where he was photographed. He is replacing Ceri Sherlock, who has moved to America to study equine surgery at the University of Georgia vet school for three years
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Edd Knowles MA VetMB MRCVS |
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Edd graduated from Cambridge University in 2005. He worked in sm all animal practice at the PDSA for 18 months before joining BEVC as an intern in January 2007. After completing his internship here, we are delighted that he is staying on as one of the ambulatory team with special responsibility for North Kent together with Francesca Hawkins and David Sinclair.
He has broad interests in equine medicine and surgery with a particular interest in reproductive medicine and has been working on a research project on strangles recently.
Edd enjoys many outdor pursuits including sailing, skiing, walking and climbing.
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Camilla Scott BVetMed MRCVS |
 Camilla graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in July 2006. After spending 18 months in mixed practice she joined BEVC as an intern in May 2008. She has a broad range of interests including internal medicine, stud work and anaesthesia. Outside of work Camilla enjoys skiing, sailing and traveling. When time permits she hopes to get her own horse again.
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 Sue Jones is our newest intern, who joined Bell Equine in October 2008. She will be well known to many from her time here already as a student with us. She is a recent graduate from the veterinary school at University College, Dublin and we delighted to have her working here.
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