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Dr.
HUGH BOURKE
Hugh graduated from Melbourne Uni in 1990, after which
he spent the first four years of his career working in
a mixed animal practice in Bacchus Marsh. He then went
on to work in the UK for twelve years before returning
to Melbourne in 2006, where he took up position as Senior
Vet at Vermont. Hugh enjoys all aspects of veterinary
medicine and surgery, and has done further education in
ultrasonography. He is particularly interested in echocardiography
(ultrasound imaging of the heart), and we have a state-of-the-art
ultrasound machine at Vermont to allow him to pursue this
interest. Outside of work, Hugh loves tennis, horse racing,
travel and wine tasting, as well as spending time with
his two English Springer Spaniels, Billy and Lilly.
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Dr.
LEANNE PINFOLD
Leanne worked in the UK for a number of years with Hugh
before working here for him at Vermont. Initially Leanne
worked as a full-time vet at Vermont for two years before
dropping back to part-time hours in recent years. Leanne
is heavily involved with charity work; her main focus
is the sponsorship of a kindergarten in Africa. She particularly
enjoys the emergency aspects of her career as a vet.
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Dr.
KARIN BOTTERILL
Graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1975 so
brings plenty of experience to Vermont Value Vet. She
has spent many years in small animal private practice,
as well as doing welfare work at the Lort Smith, Lost
Dog's home and Animal Aid. Her special interest in small
animal surgery. She owns an Irish Wolfhound called Hagar,
two cats (that boss the dog around), three rats and two
fish. In her spare time she enjoys good food, good wine,
going to the gym and quilting.
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KARLY
GILMOUR
Karly is a senior vet nurse at Vermont, having started
here in March 2006. She has a Certificate Four in Vet
Nursing, and has done a Diploma in Animal Technology.
Her particular interests in the veterinary world are nutrition
and merchandise - if you need any advice on purchasing
food or products, Karly is the girl for you! Aside from
vet nursing, Karly loves shopping, traveling, horse riding
and rolling around playing with her five year old Staffy
X, Lara.
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KYM
SCOTT
Kym is our other senior vet nurse, however thanks to the
recent arrival of bubba number two, Miss Kayla, she only
works part-time at Vermont. Between Kayla, son Mitch and
husband Phil (as well as two dogs and two cats!), Kym
is a very busy woman. Her nursing career started at Vermont
in 2002, and apart from a two year stint working at a
specialist surgery centre, she has remained here since.
Her favourite fields within nursing are emergency work
and surgery, and outside of work she enjoys horse riding
when she can find the time!
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TAMRYN
RICE
Tamryn has been a vet nurse at Vermont since May 2010.
Before this she worked at one of Melbourne's animal specialist
centres. She has a Certificate Four in Veterinary Nursing,
as well as having a Certificate in Animal Technology and
in Animal Studies. She is about to start studying again,
with the goal of gaining her Diploma in General Veterinary
Nursing. Tamryn's favourite aspect of the job is nursing
surgical cases. She is also an avid outdoors lover, enjoying
hobbies such as horse riding, scuba diving, fishing, camping
and walking her twelve year old Heeler X, Rosie.
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FIONA
HENDERSON
Fi is the most recent addition to Vermont, starting as
an Assistant Nurse in October 2010. She is currently studying
her Certificate Four in Veterinary Nurisng at TAFE and
is finding that she particularly enjoys caring for sick
animals in hospital as well as interacting with clients
and pets alike. She loves horse riding and is proud Mum
to Billy the horse.
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MELANIE
OLIVEIRO
Mel has been a dog groomer at Vermont since 2002. In 2007
she also started nursing part-time for us on her days
off from grooming. Mel learnt how to groom professionally
at a Grooming Academy, and she also has an Animal Science
degree under her belt. She has recently acquired a five
year old Labrador X called Buddy, whom she adopted through
a rescue centre. She is also Mum to two cats, Trev and
Neesha. Outside of work she is a keen basketball player
as well as a diehard Cats supporter.
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Completing
the team at Vermont Value Vet is Michelle Whitford, who
runs puppy school once a week. Michelle has many years
of veterinary nursing experience including working for
a period at the Animal Emergency Centre, and she has been
involved in running puppy schools for twelve years. She
has a special interest in dog and cat behaviour, and has
helped Hugh train his adolescent dog Lilly. Michelle is
an extensively qualified and experienced dog trainer.
She has her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and Certificate
IV in Companion Animal Services (Delta Society), which
focuses on dog and cat behavior. Michelle is available
to assist clients with any behaviour problems and runs
her own dog training and education service. For further
information on Michelle please visit www.brilliantbehaviour.com.au
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All
our staff are experienced, knowledgeable and friendly.
If you have any query regarding your pet please contact
the surgery and we will be more than happy to assist.
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