Chrissy joined Hale in 2016 to head the surgical team and has wide experience in orthopaedic surgery, including complex fractures, management of cranial cruciate ligament disease and investigation and treatment of difficult lameness. She qualified from Cambridge in 2004 and obtained her RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2010. She began her career in South Wales where she met her husband, who is also a vet.