Meet the Donview Team
Meet the vets at Donview Veterinary Centre!
OUR VETS
Dr Bruce Bremner
BVMS MRCVS
Director
Bruce, one of the directors, has been at Donview for a “long time”. Having spent most of his working life in Inverurie he is a well known member of the community.
Bruce spends most of his time working with farm animals and horses.
Dr Steven Body
BVMS MRCVS
Director
Steve was made a director in April 2010. He started working at Donview in July 2004, after qualifying from Glasgow Vet School.
He currently lives in Kemnay with his family and his dog called Rosie. He is particularly interested in farm animal and equine work.
Dr Charlie Carnochan
BVM&S MRCVS
Director
Charlie was made a director at Donview in 2010, after joining the practice in 2004 from Edinburgh Vet School.
He lives in Kintore with his wife, his three children, three legged dog called Becky and two cats.
He likes to spend his free time playing his saxophone.
Dr Andrew Smith
BVMS MRCVS
Director
Andrew is originally from Fintry near Stirling and joined us from Glasgow University Veterinary School in 2007, he now lives near Daviot.
Andrew enjoys all aspects of the job with particular interests in large animal work and surgery.
When he has spare time (which is not often enough) he likes to race cars!
Dr Laurie-Anne Ferguson-Skea
BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Laurie, originally from Edinburgh, graduated from Edinburgh Vet School in 2009. After working in a mixed practice in Newcastle for 15 months, she joined Donview Veterinary Centre in January 2011.
She enjoys all aspects of life as a vet and her interests include running, photography, hill walking and several outdoor pursuits!
She has a cat called the Stig.
Dr Susanna Ruxton
BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Susanna joined Donview in August 2015 as an additional Vet taking the team up to 11 full time Vets. She qualified from Glasgow University Vet School in 2011 and worked for 4 years at Buchan Vets in Fraserburgh and Peterhead. She particularly enjoys equine work. She has a horse called Buck and a cat called Ivy.
Dr Jen Rowland
BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Jen graduated from Edinburgh Vet School in July 2017. She came to Donview and joined our graduate support program shortly after graduating. Jen is from a dairy farm in the North of England. In her spare time she likes to go walking and exploring Scotland!
Dr Alex Lyon
BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Alex has joined Donview having recently qualified from Glasgow University Vet School. In his spare time he enjoys playing rugby and hill walking.
Mr Dave Houston
BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Dave joined us at Donview in August 2015, he recently graduated from Glasgow University vet School. He is really enjoying his time so far at Donview and living in the North East – he is originally from Northern Ireland. Dave enjoys playing rugby and is currently playing with the Garioch Rugby Club.
Dr Katie James
BVMS MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Katie graduated from Glasgow Vet School in July 2016. She initially worked at Turriff Vets before joining us at Donview in April 2018.
Katie has a Cairn Terrier called Polly and horses. In her spare time she likes to walk her dog and ride her horses!
Dr Emma Davidson
BVM&S MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Emma worked at Donview Veterinary Centre a number of years ago and returned on a part time basis. She runs our late night Tuesday clinic, works Saturdays and runs our pain management clinics!
Mike Burrell
BVM&S MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Mike is our visiting equine specialist.
After 35 years as an equine practitioner at Glasgow University, The Animal Health Trust, Newmarket and as the senior partner of a private equine practice in the South East of England, Mike has joined the team at Donview.
He underpins a high level of equine work at Donview and takes referrals of cases from other veterinary practices.
Dr Daina Carnochan
BVM&S MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Daina is Charlies wife, after 11 years at Abervet in Aberdeen she works on a part time basis.
Dr Emma Robinson
BVM&S MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Emma has been working for us over a number of years on a part time basis mostly on Saturdays
Dr Diana Camara
DVM MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Diana has been working for us over a number of years on a part time basis mostly on Saturdays
Morag Adams
BVMS CERT V OPTHAL MRCVS
EYE SPECIALIST
Morag is our visiting eye specialist and only deals with complicated eye cases. We also take in referrals from surrounding practices.
Tara Jamieson
B.Sc (Hons) M.Sc PG Dip
Physiotherapist
Tara is our in house physiotherapist.
She studied for the Master of Science in Physiotherapy at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen which she graduated from in 2005.
She then embarked on her third degree at the esteemed Royal Veterinary College in London which saw her gain the Post Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Physiotherapy and the prestigious title of Chartered Veterinary Physiotherapist.
