Dr Clare Peterson
Dr Alex Hynes
Dr Alex Hynes is a director and senior clinician at Animal Emergency Service. Her passion for helping animals and talent in the field of emergency pet care has led to becoming one of the most well-known veterinarians in the country since taking on the role as one of the new Bondi Vets on the tv […]
Tiffany Marshall
Tiffany Marshall started her vet nurse career in 1996 working for a 24 hour large and small animal practice, She graduated in 2000 winning internal vet nurse of the year award. Tiffany worked in general and emergency after hours for many years before moving onto specialty nursing at Veterinary Specialist Services (VSS). From VSS Tiffany […]
Catrina Buchanan
Catrina has worked for 2 years as Veterinary Nurse in a regular vet clinic but decided to try emergency and has been loving it ever since.She started working with the Animal Emergency Service in April of 2016 and has become particularly passionate in gaining more knowledge and skills in patient stabilisation as well as surgical […]
Dr Gerardo Poli
Gerardo completed his Bachelor of Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland in 2008. He graduated with first class honors and was awarded valedictorian of his year. After graduation he spent almost 3 years in a busy bay side small animal practice. In 2010 he changed direction and started working with Animal Emergency Service in […]
Dr Rob Webster
In 2014 Dr Rob Webster became a specialist in veterinary emergency medicine and critical care. Rob has been working full-time as an emergency vet for 14 years, and his training was conducted from 2006 to 2012. His mentors were both world regarded specialists: Dr Steven Haskins (emergency medicine and critical care) and Dr Bruce Mackay […]
Dr Vanessa Grose
Dr Vanessa Grose was schooled in Brisbane with school holidays spent on a sheep and cattle property near Dirranbandi. Animals have always been a huge part of her life. “We had a big hobby farm with every animal imaginable over the years.” Dr Grose always wanted to be a vet but at the end of […]
Hayley Strain
Hayley began her career with animals at the young age of 12 in a kennel hand and hydrobathing job at her local general practice back in 1998. She obtained her certificates in Veterinary Nursing before completing a degree majoring in Veterinary Technology at the University of QLD. Hayley spent 12 years in general practice before […]
Dr Geoffrey Dodds
Geoffrey had a fascination with animals and the natural world ever since he can remember. In 2006, he completed a Bachelor of Science, with a major in zoology. Geoffrey then went on to complete an Honours thesis in marine parasitology, which meant several visits to the Great Barrier Reef, “working hard” in the name of […]
Dr Kayla Jones
Growing up with animals and the loving bond a human has with a living creature (big or small), is where the inspirations and determination to become a Veterinarian began. As a child, Dr Kayla Jones’s family owned numerous species of animals from dogs, cats, birds, fish, chicken, horses, guinea pigs and even rabbits (was born […]
Dr Sara West
Dr Sara has always had a love for animals and science, so a career in veterinary science was the perfect way to combine these two loves into a career. She graduated from a Veterinary technology degree in 2007 and worked as a veterinary nurse before starting her Veterinary science degree. During her Veterinary degree she […]
Jane Roberts
Jane has worked for the Animal Emergency Service since May 2000, she qualified as a veterinary nurse in the UK and relocated to Australia in September 1999 to further her career. Since arriving in Australia, she has completed her Training and Assessor Certificate, Diploma in Surgical Nursing and has gained extensive experience in Emergency and Critical Care […]
Marilie Bester
Marilie always wanted to be a vet and in grade 11, her dad helped her get work with the closest vet. From then, she progressed to becoming a nurse as she enjoys the process of nursing the patients from their arrival to when they go home. Marilie completed her studies in South Africa where she […]
Patrice Burford
Patrice qualified in New Zealand in 1995 with a Diploma in Veterinary Nursing where she worked for 10 years as a small and Large Animal Veterinary Nurse. Patrice then moved to Melbourne with her now husband where she worked in a small animal practice before moving to Brisbane where she completed her Diploma in Emergency and […]
Rhiannon Manganaro
Rhiannon started her nursing career at Animal Emergency Service in 2009 in Kennel Attendant role. She always knew she would work with animals, after immersing herself during high school years at the school farm.Completing her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing within the first year of being a Kennel Attendant, she progressed to working as nurse […]
Dr Brooke Schampers
Rikki-lee Dess
Rikki-lee grew up on a farm in Dubbo and that’s where her love of animals started. After working in all different industries, Rikki-lee decided she needed to work with animals and started at Animal Emergency Services in Carrara as a Nursing Assistant in her last year of study. Upon her graduation, Rikki-lee started working as […]
Kate Wesche
Kate is a Veterinary Nurse who gained her qualification whilst working in a large mixed practice in her hometown of Mackay. She has worked with dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, horses, cattle, sheep, goats and even pigs! Kate decided to make the move down to Brisbane and AES because she wanted to continue to learn and challenge […]
Dr Ellie Leister
Dr Ellie Leister is one of the Veterinary Directors of the Pet Intensive Care Unit at Underwood, Queensland. Growing up in rural NSW, on a beef cattle property, it was here that she developed a desire to work with animals. She was constantly surrounded by a variety of animals from cattle and horses, to dogs, cats […]