Our team

Sarah Helmond graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2001.  She worked in general practice before moving to the USA to undertake a residency at the University of Minnesota in Small Animal Internal Medicine.  During…

Catherine Bovens is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM) for companion animals. Catherine is from Belgium and graduated from the University of Liege, Belgium in 2005. After a one-year small…

Dr Lucia graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Queensland in 2012 and worked as a general practitioner for some years before pursuing her passion in small animal internal medicine.  This career journey has…

Claire joined the VRH team in 2021.  She graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2003 and spent several years in general practice in Australia and the United Kingdom before deciding to specialise.  During her…

Alasdair Renwick is Victoria’s only orthopaedics specific specialist. He trained and worked at some of the best and busiest referral centres in the UK prior to emigrating with his family to Australia in 2018.  He…

Cameron is a Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Small Animal Surgery. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1993.  He then completed a surgical internship at Queensland Veterinary Specialists before…

Dr Long graduated from Melbourne University before undergoing his residency and specialist training in Glasgow in the UK.  Following his specialist training he undertook a PhD in canine brain cancer before moving to the United…

Rob is a Massey University trained veterinarian from Zimbabwe. He completed his ANZCVS Memberships in Small Animal Radiology in 2015 and continued into a veterinary diagnostic imaging residency at U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital. He is…

After graduating from the University of Queensland, Eleanor spent time in mixed general practice in Lilydale followed by a small animal rotating internship at the University of Melbourne. After returning to the University of Queensland as…

Simon graduated from the University of Sydney in 2012 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science and worked as a general practitioner for several years in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. He travelled back to Sydney…

After graduating from the University of Melbourne, Ainsley worked in a small animal general practice in south east Melbourne where she developed a love for small animal surgery. Since starting the internship at VRH in…

Vivian graduated from The University of Melbourne before joining the VRH team in 2016 as a rotating intern. After discovering a strong interest in emergency and critical care (ECC), she completed an ECC specific internship…

Sharline graduated from the University of Melbourne and spent two years in general practice before joining VRH as a rotating intern in 2018.  With a keen interest in emergency medicine, she remained with the ECC…

Ben graduated from The University of Melbourne in 2019 before working as a general practice veterinarian at a small animal hospital in the South-Eastern Suburb of Melbourne. He joined the emergency and critical care team…

Tony has worked in the healthcare industry for over 30 years both in Australia and the United States in sales, marketing, operations and general management roles. He strongly believes that focused marketing drives business growth…

Michael came to VRH in 2019 with formal qualifications and many years of experience in OH&S, human resources and business management.  He currently works at VRH three days a week, concentrating on recruitment, policies, contracts…

A keen interest in working with animals lead to Nadine to pursue volunteer work at the RSPCA back in 2009. This then led to her first job in general practice, and she soon commenced her…

Colleen studied Medical Imaging in New Zealand. After completing her post graduate study in MRI at Sydney University she set her sights further afield, moving to the UK. Colleen loves that she has managed to…

Chelsea became a Cert IV qualified vet nurse in 2018 and worked in many general practice clinics in Perth, before moving to Melbourne in late 2020. She spent several months locuming at various clinics in…

Stephanie is a Cert IV Veterinary Nurse.  She began nursing in 2015 after studying her Bachelor of human nursing.  She realised that while she had a love for nursing it was for animals that she…

Samantha has always had a passion for animals since as young as she can remember. Before joining our VRH team in February 2021 she was a qualified Zookeeper in NSW. During high school she completed…

Starting out as a student veterinary nurse, Brittany found her passion in ECC nursing and was employed at VRH. Brittany enjoys medicine and has a keen interest in pathology and blood transfusions. At home Brittany…

Sharee started at VRH in 2016 while she was completing her studies toward the Certificate IV Veterinary Nursing. She also holds a Diploma in Animal Technology. She feels that there is nothing better than being able…

After becoming an enrolled “human” nurse in 2011, Emma wanted to combine her love of animals and love of providing medical care together. She started working in a small general practice in 2016 but was…

Mikaela has been working as a veterinary nurse since 2017. After completing a Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing, she moved from general practice to VRH in 2020. She enjoys anaesthesia and providing the best care possible to…

Keishia started her veterinary nursing career back in 2008 and had worked in various GP clinics before joining the Surgery department at VRH in 2020. She has a keen interest in anaesthesia and diagnostic imaging….

Christy started her veterinary nursing career in an Equine hospital before deciding to pursue a career with small animals. She quickly discovered that her passion was in emergency and critical care and she joined the…

Tracey started at the Veterinary Referral Hospital in April 2021. She has a Certificate, Advanced Certificate, and a Diploma in Veterinary Nursing, and she has been nursing for 26 years. She started in General Practice and…

Alex finished the Veterinarian Medicine Degree in the University of Leon (Spain) in 2013. After one Rotation Internship in Cardenal Herrera University of Valencia, He went to Ireland where he did a Rotation Internship UCD…

Toni started her career in high school, completing her Cert II in Animal Studies at the RSPCA then continued after high school, completing her Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2015. She has explored specialty…

Sandra commenced working with VRH since the beginning of a surgery team at Hallam and has seen it grow into what it is today. She has been nursing for over 20 years with a broad…

Sarah grew up on a farm in South Gippsland and has always had an interest in animals, large and small. Sarah worked for a dairy farmer for 6 years milking cows before moving to Brisbane…

Shannel began nursing in 2014 at a busy general practice clinic. In 2016 she qualified as a Veterinary Nurse and began to work at the Animal Emergency Centre (Hallam).  Here she developed a keen interest…

Sam qualified as a small animal veterinary nurse in 2009 and has worked in small and large animal veterinary clinics across Victoria. Prior to beginning work in the medicine department of VRH in May 2016,…

Kelly has been veterinary nursing since 2000 and qualified from the RCVS in 2003. She has worked in general practice and speciality practices both in Australia and in the UK. Kelly moved to Melbourne in…

Cathy has been veterinary nursing for many years, including small animal, mixed practice, equine and surgical nursing. For the last 16 years she has focused her career on emergency and critical care. Cathy has completed…

Kristen is a Customer Service professional, with qualifications in Communications, Business Administration and Training. Her passion for providing care and support in times of need, began in her youth where she grew up on a…

Helen joined our team at VRH and has been with us for two years. Previously Helen worked in a customer service and administration role at an animal rescue organisation. Helen loves meeting our clients and…

Kristy started at VRH in December 2020. She has completed a Certificate 3 in Animal Studies and currently is studying the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Kristy takes a special interest in Emergency and Critical…

After graduating from Murdoch University in Western Australia in 2018, Hannah worked in a busy general practice clinic for 2 years before joining VRH as a rotating intern in late 2020. She has an interest…

Xeni started at VRH in early 2021 right after graduating in 2020 from the University of Melbourne.  She studied her Bachelor of Science in Florida USA, during which she spent a lot of time volunteering…

Leah began working as a Rotating Intern at Veterinary Referral Hospital in February 2021. She began her career in the veterinary industry in 2011, initially working as a kennel hand and receptionist in a small…

After graduating from the Melbourne University in 2018, Tiffany worked at a private practice. Wanting to widen her horizon and explore different aspects in veterinary medicine, Tiffany started as a rotating intern in February 2021….

Sam started his surgery internship at VRH in January 2021 after graduating with honors in 2020 from the University of Queensland. Prior to this, he was a volunteer worker for the RSPCA in providing shelter…

Samantha completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at The University of Melbourne before joining the VRH team in February 2020 as a rotating intern.  She enjoyed the environment and complexity of cases through each department…

Jamie first explored the veterinary world as a vet nurse in a small animal clinic after completing high school. After going through 5 years of Vet school, she discovered her strong passion was in emergency,…

Dana started at VRH in February 2021 as an intern for the neurology team. Prior to this she was working in emergency medicine for the past few years. She attended the University of Illinois at…