OUR TEAM

Our staff of 20+ includes, registered specialists in surgery as well as veterinary practitioners in medicine, ophthalmology and dentistry. They are here to provide the expert care your pet deserves when complex problems or emergencies occur.

NCVS are working on behalf of your vet and will liaise with them on all matters pertaining to your pet’s management so between us we can optimise all our patients outcomes with the minimum of associated stress for everyone.

Veterinarians

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Dr Richard Mitchell

Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

BSc BVSc Cert Small Animal Surgery DECVS (Specialist)

Dr Mitchell graduated from Massey University in 1990 and after a short stint in practice in New Zealand travelled to the UK where some years were spent traveling and working in general practice.

Dr Geoff Nicholson

Specialist in Small Animal Cardiology

Dr. Geoff Nicolson grew up in New Zealand before making the move across the ditch to complete his veterinary training.

Dr Sue Porter

Veterinary Practitioner in Small Animal Veterinary Medicine

DVM DABVP

Originally from Vermont, U.S.A., Dr. Porter attended the University of Vermont before earning her Veterinary Degree at Tufts University in Massachusetts.

Dr Nima Nakahara

Registrar in Small Animal Surgery

BVM&S MANZCVS

Dr Nima Nakahara has lived and worked all over the world. She was born and raised in Northern India and after finishing high school, went to Scotland to pursue her degree in Veterinary Science.

Dr Craig Thomson

Resident in Small Animal Surgery

BSc BVSc MANZCVSc(Surgery)

Dr. Craig Thomson graduated in 2001 and has been working as a referral surgeon at James Cook University in Townsville, running the surgical department and educating the JCU veterinary students for the last 8 years.

Dr Anthony Caiafa

Dentistry

BVSc MACVSc

Dr Caiafa is both a registered veterinarian and human dentist and currently works in both fields on the Sunshine Coast. He is an Associate Professor in Veterinary Dentistry at the University of Melbourne and a guest lecturer in Veterinary Dentistry at James Cook University, Townsville.

Dr Guy Clare

Ophthalmology

MA BVSc CertVOphthal

Dr Clare has worked in small animal practice following graduation from Liverpool in 1994. He ran his own first opinion companion animal practice for 7 years from January 1999.

Dr Daniel McDonald

Veterinary Intern

BVSc MANZCVSc (Surgery)

Dr Daniel McDonald is a long-time resident of the Sunshine Coast, growing up in the Glasshouse Mountains. Like many of us in the veterinary industry, his childhood included animals and so it was an inevitable choice to pursue a career working with them.

Dr Casey Gordon

Veterinary Intern - Surgical

BVSc (Hons)

Born and raised in Queensland, Casey graduated from University of Queensland in 2013. With a keen interest in horses, she then moved to Bendigo to for an equine internship.

Dr Samantha Reeves

Resident in Small Animal Veterinary Medicine

BVSc

Ever since she was three years old, both Sam and her twin sister have wanted to be vets. And they both are!

Dr Richard Burchell

Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons) B.V.Sc., MMedVet and DECVIM-CA (SAIM)

Richard graduated as a veterinarian in 2007 from the University of Pretoria and worked for a short while in private practice before starting a small animal medicine residency in private practice.

Dr Jenna Harper

Resident in Small Animal Medicine

BVSc GCertSAECC

Dr Harper graduated from James Cook University in 2015 and after spending some time in general practice, she commenced a small animal internship at JCUVet in Townsville.

Nurses

Our team also includes highly trained nurses and animal attendants all of whom have devoted their careers to the care of pets just like yours.

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Elyse Martin

Hospital Co-Ordinator

Elyse was born Sydney and has moved around and lived on the NSW South Coast, Hunter Valley, and Canberra, before finally settling here on the Sunshine Coast.

Katreena Cook

Surgical Co-Ordinator

Katreena completed a vet Tech degree in 2017 and worked in specialist practice in Brisbane before returning to the Sunshine Coast this year. We are thrilled to welcome her to the NCVS team.

Debbie Glave

Veterinary Nurse - Surgery

Cert IV Veterinary Nurse

Investigating therapies when her own dog was recovering from surgery proved to be so inspiring that Deb was led to a complete career change.

Juri Watanabe

Veterinary Nurse - Medicine

Cert IV Veterinary Nurse

Juri joined NCVS in 2011 and recently completed her Cert IV in Vet Nursing through the A.I.R.C.

Katarina Fossey

Veterinary Nurse - Medicine

Katarina is a fully qualified veterinary nurse with a wealth of experience with both domestic and native Australian animals. She has worked in general practice as well as in a wildlife hospital where her favourite animals were the sea turtles.

Sharna Mostyn

Veterinary Nurse - Surgery

Sharna grew up on the Sunshine Coast and has worked and been around animals most of her life. She sat on her first pony at the age of 3 and in 2011 began her veterinary nursing studies while working with an equine vet.

Meegan McLucas

Veterinary Nurse - Surgery

Cert IV Veterinary Nurse

Meegan has been a veterinary nurse for 11 years. She began working in mixed general practice which provided a wealth of experiences with large and small pets as well as farm animals.

Nadia Lillecrapp

Veterinary Nurse - Ward

Nadia is one of our most travelled nurses, from the UK to Germany with stops in Central American and Southeast Asia! She originally studied in Scotland and obtained a degree in immunology & microbiology, and was most interested in research.

Tahnee Tuckerman

Veterinary Nurse - Ward

Cert IV Veterinary Nurse

Tahnee first came to NCVS as a client with her beloved French Bulldog and within a year, left her work in the hospitality industry to follow her heart to work with animals.

Brooke Walker

Trainee Veterinary Nurse - Medicine

Brooke is a valued member of our team of kennel hands. Her compassion for our patients is evident in the gentle, quiet and competent way she carries out her duties.

Louise Thorne

Trainee Vet Nurse - Medicine

Louise is the newest member of our kennel hand team. Prior to joining NCVS she was a volunteer at the Sippy Creek animal refuge.

Kennel Hands

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Lily Rae Humbe

Kennel Hand

Lily grew up on the Sunshine Coast with a huge menagerie of pets that included birds, fish, snakes, lizards and dogs! After graduating from high school, she had a number of job experiences ranging from working in restaurants to landscaping.

Kimberley Weaving

Kennel Hand

Kim grew up on acreage on the Sunshine Coast, surrounded by animals, mostly big ones! Pets have included German Shepherds and with her parents spelling racehorses, riding too has been a passion.

Administration

To compliment our services our team also includes highly trained administrative staff, here to manage the expert care your pet deserves when complex problems or emergencies occur.

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Janelle Evans

Business Manager

Janelle has been involved in the veterinary industry since 1994. She spent 5 years working in Mackay followed by a return to Brisbane where she divided her time between a specialist practice and emergency facility.

Jayne Dean

Administration

Jayne brought her bright cheerful smile to NCVS in April 2009 and since then has taken on her role in our reception with unparalleled energy and an amazing level of organisation.

Hayley Spender

Senior Receptionist

You can’t miss this lady’s beaming smile when you enter our reception area. Hayley has been working with the team for 5 years.

Amanda Dean

Receptionist

Amanda was born and raised in the Swedish country side. Her pets included a dog, cats, a rabbit and horses, and growing up, she spent most of her time outdoors.

Sam Aquilina

Receptionist

Having recently relocated from chilly regional Victoria to the warm Sunny Coast, Sam joined the NCVS reception team just this year.

Tiffany Weyman

Customer Care

Tiffany brings to the veterinary reception team, experience in administration both with marketing and leading tours in animal industry as well as working as a P.A. for a private company.

Excellent service, terrific vet attended my dog after hours, highly recommended

Wonderful, kind caring staff. Sooo glad I took my pooch here. Just beautiful people.

The staff were extremely compassionate tonight when we brought our cat to them in a very bad way. Sadly we had to say goodbye to our precious girl. They were amazing and went above and beyond to support us in every way possible.

Had an emergency this morning with a suspected snake bite to my 8yo Ginger cat... the staff at North Coast Veterinary Clinic were marvellous....Definitely recommend anyone in a similar situation or emergency to take your fur baby to North Coast Veterinary Specialist and Referral Centre.

I can’t thank Dr Naomi enough for her dedication and professionalism when it came to saving my girl all the while still having such a humble attitude which made the process that bit easier. I would also like to thank the nurses behind the scenes...thanks to this team, can’t recommend them enough.

Couldn’t recommend them highly enough. Our Daschund has had issues with his neck and back for the past 6 weeks, we were referred to them by a friend, got our referral by our local vet. Friendly professional staff and service !!!! A big thank you to Dr Richard for explaining everything to us in layman’s terms and making us feel relaxed and comfortable.

OUR TEAM

Veterinarians

Nurses

Kennel Hands

Administration

Please phone us on (07) 5445 1333 to arrange an appointment for your pet.

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