Veterinary surgeons

Karen is the clinical director at Farthings Veterinary Group. She graduated in 1996 from Cambridge University and has been here ever since. She enjoys the variety of veterinary work, getting to know clients and their animals (some of whom she has known for the whole of their lives). Her areas of interest include soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery and through continued training Karen is able to perform many procedures usually done at specialist referral practices. Nurse training has been part of Karen’s role for 20 years, ensuring the practice maintains its high standards and training practice status to enable us to continue employing and training local, enthusiastic and caring veterinary nurses. Karen also won the national award for employer of the year for apprenticeship training. When she manages to escape from work and when the dog isn’t broken she spends time walking or occasionally does agility with her mad dog Jess. She would rather travel to far flung places than ever stay still, has worked with orangutans, trekked gorillas, swam with sea lions and camped with hippos.

Rebecca graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2000. She has steadily made her way down the UK since then, working in Staffordshire, Shropshire and London before coming ‘home’ to West Sussex. She has also volunteered and worked in Fiji, Samoa and South Africa. Rebecca’s interest is dermatology and she takes great pleasure in trying to stop the dogs and cats of Horsham itching.

She works part-time as she has three young daughters, a long suffering cat called Alfie and an upstart of a Springer puppy called Hobbes. Rebecca’s main interest outside work is finding some peace and quiet, a rare and elusive treat.

Fotis graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in March 2012 and started volunteering in a small animal referral practice to gain experience and enhance his skills. Soon he was offered a permanent position and continued working there until deciding to move to the UK. Here he got a temporary position in a small animal practice on the south coast to cover a maternity leave before joining Farthings Vets in September 2015. In 2018, Fotis attained a postgraduate certificate in small animal surgery and performs all sorts of advanced surgical procedures such as fracture repairs, cruciate ligament (TTA), brachycephalic, ear surgery and other orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery. On days off he challenges himself to cook new recipes for his friends and also enjoys going to the cinema.

Siobhan graduated from the University of Surrey Vet School in 2019 and joined Farthings soon after in July 2019. She enjoys all aspects of Veterinary work and enjoys socialising with her friends during her time off!