Ahmad Khalelia
Veterinary Surgeon
My name is Ahmad Khalelia, one of the new graduate veterinary surgeons at CVS, I’m from Palestine/Israel, I graduated from USAMV-Cluj Napoca Romania in 2022. I came to the UK to gain more experience; my area of interest is small animal internal medicine and I love dogs (specially Chihuahuas).
Melyssa Van-Heerden
Veterinary Surgeon
Melyssa is originally from South Africa where she graduated from at the end of 2017. She has been in Wales since 2019 and joined CVC in Oct 2022.
She enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine and surgery.
Outside of work, she enjoys the outdoors, hiking and exploring all Wales has to offer.
Outside of work, she enjoys the outdoors, hiking and exploring all Wales has to offer.
Nichola Davies BVSc GPCert(SAS) MRCVS
Clinical Director and Supervisory Veterinary Surgeon
Nichola Davies is our supervisory veterinary surgeon and has worked at the practice since 2001. As well as being a general practitioner Nichola also takes referrals from other practices for soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery. Nichola gained the European Certificate in small animal surgery in 2010 and is currently studying towards the RCVS Certificate in small animal surgery PGCert SAS. She routinely performs fracture repairs, cruciate surgery (including TTAs, MMPs and lateral sutures), boas surgery, soft palate resection and upper airway procedures, skin grafting and complex skin grafting flaps, perineal urethrostomy, perineal hernia repair, intestinal surgery including stapling techniques, gastric dilation/volvulus and many more.
Marialena Avratoglou DVM, MRCVS
Marialena is our Greek vet. She was qualified from the Veterinary University of Budapest in 2017 and has been with us since November 2018. Marialena is interested in all aspects of veterinary medicine, in particular imaging and emergency care. Outside of work Marialena would like to think she can cook and enjoys running, going to the gym and discovering the Welsh countryside.
Emma Huntley BVMSci MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Emma is originally from North Wales and graduated from the University of Surrey in 2021. She enjoys all aspects of being a vet, but has a particular interest in surgery.
Outside of work, she loves spending time outdoors running, hiking, and travelling to the mountains to ski in the winter.
Outside of work, she loves spending time outdoors running, hiking, and travelling to the mountains to ski in the winter.
Antonella Perricci MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon
Antonella qualified as a veterinary surgeon at the university of Bologna in 2018. She worked in mixed practices on the Isle of Man and also in an equine practice in South Wales. She enjoys working with small animals, and for this reason decided to join the team at CVC. She is interested in all aspects of internal medicine and surgery.
In her spare time she enjoys training, going to the gym, going horse riding and traveling.
In her spare time she enjoys training, going to the gym, going horse riding and traveling.