Amanda Atkinson
Growing up on a farm in country Victoria with cats, dogs, sheep, goats, cows, rabbits, ducks, horses, and a pet pigeon, Amanda’s career path was set in stone. She has always had a love for animals which led her to pursue a career helping them. Amanda started her vet nursing career at the Kilmore Veterinary […]
Denise Nicholaidis
Denise always wanted to work as a veterinary nurse. She has had animals her whole life as a result of her great love for them. Working in the veterinary industry was a natural progression for her. Denise has extensive veterinary experience. She worked in Perth for 6 years as a Head Nurse. Then followed 12 […]
Dr Danielle Huston
Despite a life-long love for our furry friends, Veterinary Science wasn’t Dr Huston’s first dream. As a young child, she dreamt of becoming a dancer. These dreams were [fortunately] shattered at around 11 years of age by her mother’s statement following a dance recital, “She looked like an elephant trumpeting across the stage”. From there […]
Ali Thistleton
I love being the first point of contact for our clients. Most have never needed to use our service so it is really important we assure them that their pets are in great hands and that they are well looked after. It is also really important for our clients to know we are here for […]
Dr Matt Rosen
Dr Rosen graduated from Veterinary Medicine from the University of Queensland in 2005, after completing two other degrees at the same university. After spending 16 months in a rotating internship at Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre, he worked briefly in general practice. He then serendipitously fell into an after-hours role and has never looked back. In […]
Dr Rob Webster
Dr Simon Lemin
Mary McGuiness
I have worked with animals all my 30 + year career, first as a Riding Instructor, then a Vet Nurse (UK & Australia), then as a Vet Practice owner and Practice Manager (UK), before working with AES. I started work with AES in November 2014. I was the 1st Receptionist for the Sunshine Coast practice, […]
Tamara McCallum
Tamara has always had a variety of animals through her life and always had an inkling she was going to work with animals. She just wasn’t sure how. Tamara completed a Wildlife Studies course which included some industry experience in a vet surgery. That was when she realized Veterinary Nursing was what she wanted to […]
Leigh Davey
Dr Jack Wall
Dr Jack Wall is an emergency Senior Veterinarian on the Sunshine Coast, in the suburb of Tanawha. Growing up, Dr Jack loved animals and had a passion for medicine and surgery, so it was only natural that he follow a future career path as a veterinarian. Dr Jack found his way to emergency medicine after […]
Dr Cath Clark
Rebecca Blade
Ali Stewart
Sharna Mostyn
Sharna was drawn to emergency medicine by the challenge of the fast-paced environment. She gets a thrill from seeing patients walk out the door, particularly when their unfortunate circumstance saw them admitted because of a severe accident. Her most memorable patients was an echidna that found its way into someone’s car book and became stuck! […]
Siobhan Utting
Siobhan loves being an advocate for animals who can’t advocate for themselves and finds any emergency situation exhilarating. She enjoys seeing patients who’ve been ventilated around the clock recover and go home to their families. As a vet nurse, she advises aspiring vets and nurses to never stop learning. Siobhan was drawn to Animal Emergency […]
Rita Wallis
Rita says her most memorable or unusual case to come through the hospital was probably when the snake catcher came in to ask if they could run the microchip scanner over the ‘full’ snake he caught! She says there’s never a day that’s the same, and she loves that about Animal Emergency Service. Rita finds […]
Lynn Vogler
Working within our Client Care team, Lynn especially enjoys the cases where a good samaritan comes in with a dog or cat they’ve found wandering and she is able to reunite them with their families. When she uses the scanner to check for a microchip and hears the ‘ding’ it’s the best news – especially […]
Georgia Mills
Dr Matt Hollindale
Having always loved animals since he can remember and has always had the desire to help those that can’t help themselves it’s no surprise Dr Matt Hollindale became a vet. He remembers as a child bathing his family cat’s wounds after he would get into fights and enjoyed caring for him and contributing to his […]
