Tim graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2013 and worked with us as a locum vet. He later moved to NSW and worked in a small animal clinic for a year before returning to Melbourne. Familiar to the practice, he has rejoined the team at Caroline Springs since 2015.

Tim enjoys working as part of the amazing team where he is able to always put his patients first. He loves all aspects of being a vet and especially enjoys getting his hands dirty in the surgical theatre. He has developed special interests in dentistry and soft tissue surgeries. He also hopes to further his knowledge in small animal ultrasonography, where he can help his patients with minimal stress and trauma.

Despite his allergies and asthma, Tim has a furry family with five very spoilt cats (Taro, Nori, Murmur, Sweetie & Soya, not arranged in order of most to least favourite). In his spare time, he enjoys gaming and catching up on TV series, although nothing beats his love for soccer.

Grace is passionate about rabbit medicine and surgery and hopes to build on her knowledge in this area.

Grace shares her home with two very mischievous dwarf lop rabbits, Maxie and Harper and an irrepressible, old Domestic Short Hair cat, Tabatha. In her spare time she enjoys reading, water skiing and catching up with friends.

Ebony joined the Caroline Springs team in 2020 after completing a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Melbourne. Growing up with a passion for animals and science, Ebony knew from a young age she wanted to be a veterinarian. Ebony loves all aspects of general practice, but is particularly interested in diagnostic imaging and emergency and critical care.

In her spare time Ebony enjoys powerlifting, being outdoors and is a bit of an adrenaline junkie. She shares her home with a mischievous Border Collie named Bailey and a fluffy ginger cat named Rascal. Ebony hopes to further her knowledge in radiography, ultrasonography and emergency medicine in the future.

Emily started at Caroline Springs in 2022, coming from a busy small animal practice in Ballarat. She grew up in Canberra, completing an undergraduate science degree with Honours in immunology and then moved to Melbourne to pursue her passion to study veterinary medicine.

Emily loves seeing a wide range of cases in general practice, and appreciates the importance of the vet-client relationship when it comes to looking after your pet. Her interests include emergency medicine, diagnostic imaging and geriatric medicine to care for our beloved oldies in their golden years. She is currently undertaking an emergency course, and hopes to develop further skills in ultrasonography. 

Emily’s weekends typically involve a strong appreciation of brunch foods and spending time with her dog, Thelma, a Wolfhound cross.

Growing up in suburban Melbourne, Michelle always loved animals. After graduating in Veterinary Science in 2005 and initially working in mixed practice, Michelle has spent the last 10 years in small animal practice.

Michelle recently completed a course in Veterinary Behaviour and is studying for membership examinations later this year. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her dog, Mason.

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Upon her return to Australia she moved to Canberra where she worked as a locum in various small animal practices eventually finding herself employed full time in one of Canberra’s largest and busiest Veterinary practices. A wide and varied case load including some Zoo work allowed Virginia to gain a lot of internal medicine, emergency and soft tissue surgery experience. Virginia returned to Victoria at the end of 2010 with her husband and 2 small children to be closer to family. Since that time they have welcomed another 2 children to their family and also have one dog and one cat.

Virginia joined Caroline Springs Veterinary Hospital as a Saturday Vet (and occasional week day fill in) in 2012 and thoroughly enjoys being part of a fantastic team. The rest of the time Virginia is kept very busy by her 4 small children and her garden.

Bee joined Caroline Springs Veterinary Hospital as a Locum vet in 2023.  Currently Bee is working with us part time and has a background in emergency.

Judy has been involved in the Veterinary industry for the last 40 years. She is a fully qualified veterinary nurse and has studied practice management, accounting, marketing and psychology.

Judy has been involved in setting up Accredited Veterinary Hospitals, worked in Zoos and also was involved in the setting up of the Caroline Springs Veterinary Hospital. She has worked with all species of animals from Elephants to mice. Judy has a true passion for animals and believes in being an advocate for all pets.

Living on a farm and breeding Stud Red Poll cattle, Judy has names for them all and they come when called. She is also owned by three delightful chocolate Labradors. Tia, Sienna and E- Claire. Tia is the mother of Sienna (one of 15 pups) and E- Claire is the latest arrival. E- Claire – short for chocolate éclair, was one of 7 pups born this year. They both enjoy helping around the farm and delight in jumping into the dam anytime they can- rain, hail or shine! (true water dogs). She also has two cats, a naughty torti called Shelley and a Burmese called Polly –all very spoilt adopted cats that came to live with Judy when they needed new homes! Peacocks, geese and bantams also wander around her farm along with three Alpacas!

Pets are her passion.

Lisa has been working in the veterinary industry for over 20 years, starting off as a kennel hand in a mixed practice when she was 15 years old.  Lisa has worked at various practices around Melbourne, both inner city and in country Victoria.  Lisa obtained her nursing qualification a number of years ago and she also has a qualification in Vocational Education and Training.

Lisa is passionate about education and training for nurses and also works part time teaching Veterinary Nursing students at TAFE. 

Lisa is a keen Advocate for animal rescue and has 4 rescued pets at home.  Smokey, a 6 year old Maltese cross breed, Tom, a 9year old Pug who is deaf, Scout a 4 year old domestic short hair, and her latest acquisition is Maple, a 6 month old dwarf lop bunny.

Crissey started her Veterinary career in 2001 and soon thereafter completed her Veterinary Nursing course at Box Hill Tafe. Crissey enjoys all aspects of Veterinary Nursing, especially paediatric medicine and has been a valued member of the Caroline Springs Vet hospital for many years.

Crissey’s family has many furry members! These include four dogs and six. One of her cats, Tonka, was brought into the clinic as a stray with a broken leg. Unfortunately his leg had to be amputated but luckily for him he found a loving home with Crissey.

Crissey is kept busy these days looking after her son, Braxton. When she is not busy looking after him, she enjoys working part time at the clinic.

Taylor joined Caroline Springs Veterinary Hospital in January 2023 and has very quickly become an integral part of our leadership team. Taylor has extensive experience in an emergency hospital and comes to us with a wealth of knowledge on all things anaesthesia and surgical nursing.

Renee has been working at the clinic since 2008 as a kennel hand before continuing as a nursing assistant. In 2011, Renee decided to trial other career pathways and ended up as a manager in a small store. It wasn’t very long until Renee realised that her passion and family was left behind at Caroline Springs Vet Hospital. Renee started back with the Caroline Springs Vet team in 2013 and has since completed certificate 4 of veterinary nursing.

Renee has lots of hobbies including renovating her house with her Partner Jeremy. They spend a lot of their time in the shed tinkering with their cars and bikes. Renee is most happy when being around her fur baby’s including “Buddy” a boxer x and Four very naughty domestic cats “Grizzles”,“Puddens”, “Meatball” and “Kushy” and her human family (especially her adorable nieces).

Mel started with the clinic while she commenced her studies at university. Having now completed a bachelor of Biomedicine majoring in animal immunology and medicine at Deakin University. Mel has been accepted into Veterinary school in Adelaide. Mel has found a real passion for Vet nursing especially surgical nursing and the aftercare of patients. Mel also works as one of our consultation nurses.

Mel has a strong interest in exotics including birds and bunnies. While not at work, Mel enjoys time at  the beach with her Fiance, Hayden; drinking tea, snuggling Harley, her Rottweiler and relaxing with Gavin and Trevor, her cockatiels. 

Melody’s greatest passion is working with and helping animals. Veterinary medicine is in her blood; It has been said that she watched her first spey from a bassinet in her mother’s veterinary clinic! Her love of animals initially led her to complete extensive studies at both TAFE and University, with the intention to branch into wildlife / park ranging after obtaining her science degree in Parks, Recreation and Heritage. As fate would have it, her natural abilities with animals were called upon by her Mum when her head nurse decided to travel the world. The rest, as they say, is history…

Melody (or Ralphie as she’s known by many) has now been Vet Nursing for over 20 years and holds a Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing. She has recently joined us from UVet Werribee (The University of Melbourne teaching hospital) where she was actively involved in guiding and mentoring the next
generation of Vet students and Nurses in their final year of studies.

Mel has a special interest in Exotic veterinary care so is just as at home nursing your snake, bird or guinea pig, as she is your dog or cat. Mel is owned by a very spoilt cat, a neurotic German Shepherd dog, and a cheeky budgie. All live in harmonious turmoil with her husband and 3 young children. Outside of the animal world, she enjoys cooking, the outdoors, camping and day tripping, and watching and collecting all things Supernatural

Adelle began working at the Caroline Springs Veterinary Hospital in February 2014. She has completed her 3 year Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Animal Health and Disease. She has also completed her certificate 4 in veterinary nursing. Along with nursing at the clinic, Adelle also works part time in animal biosecurity.

Adelle has 2 very cheeky pups, Ruby a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Zara a German Shepherd. Both are graduates of the Caroline Springs Vet Puppy Preschool Program. Adelle’s future goals include travelling to Borneo and Africa to volunteer with the wildlife. In particular, she has a special interest in Orangutans and hopes to assist with returning orphans into the wild that have lost their mums due to deforestation for palm oil.

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Chris is a nice, caring guy with a big heart for caring for animals. His interests are animals (obviously!), working out, playing games and hanging out with friends and family. Chris has 3 pets including a dog, a cat and a blue tongue lizard. He has had his first pet Max the dog for about 13 years and he is Chris’ best friend. Missy the cat is 11 years old now; Chris loves Missy so much and she is his cuddle buddy. His most recent pet is Sunny the blue tongue lizard; Chris has had Sunny for just over a year now. Sunny is such an amazing pet, he loves walking about Chris’ room and exploring.

Chris has completed his certificates 2 and 3 in animal studies and has also recently completed his final year of certificate 4 in veterinary nursing.

Kerryn has been training for 5 years in a variety of settings including Keilor Obedience Dog Training Centre (a volunteer community club), Responsible Pet Education and the RSPCA. Kerryn continues to upskill herself regular attending many seminars and workshops and in late 2013 travelled to the USA to attend the 5 day APDT Conference – a great experience. Kerryn has trained in Flyball and basic Agility and Trieball and is a qualified C.L.A.S.S. instructor. Kerryn has two spoodles called Bailey and Indy.

Kerryn is a member of the APDT here and in the USA, the Pet Professional Guild and Dogs Victoria.