Our Team Langford Vets encourages a community spirit and excellent learning opportunities.

Lead Feline Medicine Clinician

RCVS Recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine

Angie qualified from the University of Bristol in 2000. She spent 4½ years in a small animal practice, before returning to Langford to undertake an International Cat Care residency in feline medicine. She achieved the European Diploma in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2008 and became a RCVS Recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine in 2010, one of only 12 in the entire UK. Angie enjoys all aspects of feline internal medicine and small animal emergency care. She runs the radioiodine service and is passionate about feline geriatric care. Angie has published in this area and spoken extensively at British and European veterinary meetings, with particular focus on feline hyperthyroidism. Angie also teaches veterinary nurses, veterinary students and medicine residents in clinics, incorporating cat friendly working practices into all our clinical work.

Internal Medicine Clinician & Infectious Disease Lead

RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine

Emi graduated from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor Degree in Veterinary Science with honours in 2003. As an undergraduate she intercalated in Veterinary Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College in 2000-2001, with a research project on canine respiratory mycoplasmas. Shortly after graduating Emi became an Intern in Small Animal Veterinary Studies at Glasgow University School of Veterinary Sciences. She then worked as a first opinion small animal vet first in Suffolk, Somerset and Wiltshire.

She was awarded a PhD from University of Bristol in June 2011 for research into haemotropic mycoplasmas, an infectious cause of anaemia in animals (including humans). Following a Senior Clinical Training Scholarship at Bristol Vet School she gained European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine status in 2016. She is currently a referral clinician in Small Animal Medicine with clinical and research interests in infectious disease, particularly feline infectious peritonitis and haemoplasmosis.

Clinician in Internal Medicine

European Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine, and RCVS Feline Specialist

Christina graduated from the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, University of Edinburgh in 1995. She worked in mixed and small animal practice before undertaking a three year residency in small animal medicine and intensive care at the University of Bristol in 2009. Christina obtained the European Diploma in Small Animal Medicine in 2012 and since then has been employed at Bristol as a Small Animal Medicine Clinician. Despite enjoying all aspects of internal medicine she gradually spent more time working in the Feline Centre and was recognised as an RCVS Feline Specialist in 2017.

Christina’s research interests are feline intestinal disease and she is currently working on research into feline gastric lymphoma with colleagues at the Feline Centre. The University of Bristol has a research group looking at antibiotic use and the concerns over developing drug resistance (AMR Force). As part of this research group, Christina is supervising a postgraduate Master’s student investigating bacterial cystitis in cats and the use of antibiotics.

Christina is also passionate about teaching veterinary students and nurses about feline medicine and trying to educate future professionals in ways to be more cat-friendly and help them understand cats better.

In 2023 Christina became a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for meritorious contributions to clinical practice.

Clinician in Acute/Chronic Medicine

Claudia graduated in 2013 from the Complutense University in Madrid. After an internship in Madrid and some time in small animal practice in the UK, she completed a rotating internship at Glasgow University. Shortly after this, she joined us at Langford Vets to complete her residency in Small Internal Medicine (Feline). Claudia decided to stay at Langford Vets as Staff Clinician and obtained the European Diploma in Small Animal Medicine in 2021.

Claudia has a keen interest in Feline Medicine, especially endocrinology, haematology and gastroenterology.

Zoë began working in a small animal practice in 2005 and later qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2008 with merit.

After gaining several years’ experience in a first opinion practice, Zoë went on to work at a busy referral veterinary hospital in Bristol. Here she developed her nursing skills in both medical and surgical cases and emergency and critical care.

In 2012, Zoë took on the role of head nurse in a small animal practice which involved management and training of a small nursing team. Here, she also completed a physiotherapy course and introduced physiotherapy clinics for both cats and dogs.

Zoë joined us as part of the Feline Centre in July 2015 and has since completed the ISFM Certificate in Feline Nursing, which she passed with distinction. In 2018, Zoë took on the role of Radioiodine Nurse, helping with various aspects of our radioactive iodine service and has undergone training to become one of our Radiation Protection Supervisors. Zoë is very passionate about treating our hyperthyroid patients and helps care for them before, during and after their radioiodine treatments.