Meet the Brelades team
Our Veterinary Surgeons
Martin James
Director
BVMS MRCVS
Martin qualified from Glasgow Vet School in 1991 and has been with Brelades since 2009. Martin has a keen in interest in surgery but also enjoys consulting and investigating medical cases.
Jemma Sulsh
Head Vet
BVSc CertAVP MRCVS
Jemma qualified from Bristol University in 2009. Prior to joining our practice in January 2015, She worked in a mixed practice vets before deciding to concentrate on small animals, and holds a Certificate in Small Animal Medicine. She has a number of pets including a cat, horses and treefrogs!
Lydia Hudson
Deputy Head Vet
MA VetMB MRCVS
Lydia graduated from Cambridge University in 2019 and joined our team. She had actually done lots of work experience with us since she was 16 years old! She has an interest in laparoscopic surgery and investigating medical cases. She has a very greedy tabby cat at home.
Rebecca Muller
Clinical Coordinator
MA VetMB MRCVS
Rebecca Graduated from Cambridge in 2018, when she then joined our team. She has a medicine certificate and an interest in wound management. She shares a naughty puppy with her parents.
Kate Brooksbank
MA VetMB MRCVS
Kate graduated from Cambridge in 2002. She started her veterinary career in the north before moving to us in the sunny south in 2004. She had a sabbatical in 2008 before re-joining our team. She has an interest in consulting and working up medical cases. She loves being part of the Brelades team.
Claire Challinor
BVMS MRCVS
Claire graduated from Glasgow in 2008 and joined us in 2011. She has a certificate in veterinary forensic medicine.
Anna Craig
BVSc MRCVS
Anna graduated from Liverpool in 2021 and joined our team. She has an interest in feline medicine and surgery.
Charlotte Stiles
DVM MRCVS
Charlotte studied veterinary medicine in Croatia and graduated 2023 and has a keen interest in wildlife and exotics. She is currently undertaking a PhD and has a little dog called Chiki.
Emma Coates
BA VetMB MRCVS
Emma graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2024 and joined our team. She is currently completing her veterinary graduate program and has a keen interest in small furries, particularly guinea pigs. She has fish in her pond at home.
Our practice manager
Margaret Fletcher
Practice manager
Margaret has worked for Brelades for 18 years In her spare time she enjoys keeping fit and Rambling. She has two rescue cats.
Our nurses
Becky Mason
Head Nurse
RVN
Becky joined the team in 2014 after graduating from Harper Adams University. She has her SQP certificate for companion animals. Becky has 2 dogs and 3 guinea pigs. In her spare time she does dog agility and canicross to tire out her young spaniel and her mum’s mad labrador!
Hazel Holder
Deputy Head Nurse
RVN
Hazel qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2006, she joined our team in 2017. She has a dog and a rabbit at home and has an interest in wound management.
Hannah Brennan
RVN
Hannah started at Brelades in 2004 and qualified in 2009. She attended the pet health counsellor course and has an interest in inpatient care. She has a toothless wonky cat at home who still loves to eat biscuits!
Nicola Moore
RVN
Nicola joined Brelades in 2009 as a student veterinary nurse, and qualified in 2012. Nicola now works part time as she is also a busy mum to 3 young kids. She is our lead nurse for the diabetic clinics.
Nikki Dennet
RVN
Nikki joined our team in 2019. She has a special interest in anaesthesia. and owns a lovely but naughty labrador called Ava, who she enjoys going on long walks with on the weekends.
Cleo Skinner
RVN APVN VNECC
Cleo qualified in 2018 and has worked at Brelades since 2020. She has a special interest in small mammals such as rabbits, guinea pigs and rodents, and holds a certificate of advanced veterinary nursing in this area. Other areas of interest include anaesthesia, medical nursing and all things feline. Cleo shares her home with a gang of sassy female guinea pigs, degus, cats and a husband.
Alex Edwards
RVN DIPsn
Alex qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2004 and joined our team in 2021. She has a diploma in surgical nursing and in feline behaviour and anxiety. Her nursing interests are in surgery and anaesthetics, x-rays and feline behaviour or anything to do with cats! She currently has 6 cats and 1 degu. In her spare time, she loves baking, cycling, outdoor activities and many other challenges!
Hannah Clarke
RVN
Hannah qualified in 2013 and started at Brelades in 2023, she has a small zoo at home including cats, dogs, tortoises, a gecko, chameleon, and a Pac-Man toad. She has an interest in physiotherapy and the housing of exotics.
Sasha Cooper-Smith
RVN
Sasha has been with us since 2019 and qualified in 2024. She has two crazy spaniels who keep her on her toes! She has a love for small furries, especially rabbits, and loves to see them when they visit us.
Elise Marr
RVN
Elise joined the practice in 2020 and qualified as a nurse in 2024. She has an interest in wound care and nutrition. She has one cat, one horse and two goats to keep her busy outside of work!
Louise Lobjoit
Student Veterinary Nurse
Louise is a student veterinary nurse and joined the practice in 2023. Louise spends four days in the clinic and one day at college, She lives on a farm so is surrounded by sheep, cows and turkeys! She also has a dog and cat as pets.
Shannon Jacobs
Student Veterinary Nurse
Shannon is a nursing student who is studying at Harper Adams and currently on a year long placement with us. She initially did a 10 week placement in the summer of 2023 and fitted in so well with the team she has come back to us. She will graduate in 2026.
Cody Wren
Student Veterinary Nurse
Cody joined us in 2022. She has recently completed an animal management course where she gained the award for the best student. She is now training to be a veterinary nurse. She has one small dog at home.
Our kennel assistants
Maya Raache
Kennel Assisant
Maya joined us in 2024 and helps us look after the patients. This includes feeding everyone in the hospital and taking them for walks, holding them for procedures such as blood tests and helping to set up for operations. Maya has a cat at home.
Our receptionists
Natalie Wright
Head Receptionist
Natalie joined the Practice in 2016 and became our head receptionist in 2023. She works between both our Bookham and Dorking branches. She has a cockerpoo at home.
Margaret Boxall
Receptionist
Margaret has worked at Brelades since January 2004 and spends her time at the dorking branch. She has a penchant for black and white cats and has two at home!
Nicky Warren
Receptionist
Nicky has been with the Practice since 2006 and works at the Bookham branch. Her lurcher dog, Luna, often comes to help her at work and sometimes even peers over the counter to help out or say hello to a puppy.
Muriel Irvine
Receptionist
Muriel joined the Practice in 2017 and works between our Bookham and Dorking branches. As well as a receptionist, Muriel is our insurance administrator processing all your pets claims.
Lindsey Gardiner
Receptionist
Lindsey joined the Practice in 2019 and works at our Dorking branch. She has two cats and a chocolate labrador at home.
Laura Pecket
Receptionist
Laura joined the Practice in 2019 and works at the Dorking branch. She has a dalmatian and a rottweiler cross dalmatian at home.
Sarah Fisher
Receptionist
Sarah joined the Practice in 2022 and works mainly at Bookham, although occasionally can be seen in Dorking on a Saturday. She has two cats and two terriers at home.
Tyler Miles
Receptionist
Tyler joined the Practice in 2022 and works in both our Bookham and Dorking branches. She has a house cat and a german shepherd as well as a very well behaved horse who often donates blood to allow us to create eye drops for dogs and cats in the practice.
Alice Nash
Receptionist
Alice joined in 2020 as a receptionist, she then moved to the role of kennel assistance and has now moved back into reception, working between our Bookham and Dorking branches. Alongside her work for Brelades, she runs her own dog walking business. Alice has given a home to both a cat and a dog rescue.