Staff

Tim Lawrence BVetMed MRCVS (Senior Partner)

A general practitioner with special interest in equine and raptors.
Tim qualified from London in 1976. After 3 ½ years in Exeter, he has been in Axminster and has seen the practice grow from 6 vets to its current hospital status with 12 full time and 3 part time vets. He is proud to be the Senior Partner of such a caring and professional practice.
His special interests are in equine fertility having studied in Newmarket, equine dentistry having studied a two part advanced course, and Tim regularly attends British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) meetings and courses.
He also has a specialist interest in avian work, especially raptors (birds of prey).
With 34 years of experience, he is happy to deal with anything!!

Tessa Porter MA Vet MB Cert SHP MRCVS (Partner)

Tessa qualified from Cambridge in 1985 and later joined Coombefield in 1988.
She enjoys all aspects of her equine work and, on the small animal side, has a particular interest in surgery and feline medicine.
Tessa has her own horses which take up much of her spare time. When she can, Tessa escapes to Kenya to visit family.

Louise Ellis MVDr BSc (hons) EquiSci MRCVS

Louise graduated in June 2010 and went on to work in Sweden at a mixed practice before joining Coombefield in the Small Animal & Equine department in October.
Previous to pursuing her dream to become a veterinarian, Louise obtained a degree in Equine science and worked at an equine hospital as a nurse.
She loves to travel and has spent time in veterinary practices in many countries including the United States. Louise has been involved with and owned horses for at least 15 years and, for fun, likes to ride one of her horses over cross country courses.
Other than her equine pursuits, Louise enjoys mountain biking up steep hills lead by her two dogs or likes to throw herself down steep hills strapped to a snowboard.
In addition to horses and dogs, Louise also has a blind cat who guards her house.