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Mandy Doan

Mandy worked in general veterinary practice for 10 years and has always had a special interest in feline medicine. She joined The Cat Clinic team in 2006 and she is excited to be working solely with cats.

Mandy enjoys preventative medicine and the benefits that good veterinary care has for both cats and clients. She is furthering her education by studying for Membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Feline Medicine.

Mandy and her husband share their home with 3 cats, 2 dogs and 1 lorikeet. Soon they will be inviting 2 chickens to stay once they finish building the chicken coupe.

Fran Musca

Fran has been an integral part of The Cat Clinic since 2001 after moving house, home, husband and 3 cats from Western Australia to pursue the dream of working in a veterinary clinic exclusively for cats. She graduated from Murdoch University and spent some time working in veterinary clinics in Perth as well as the UK.

Fran feels she was led to The Cat Clinic through the plight of one very special cat, whom she brought to Brisbane as a patient whilst still working in Perth. Her cat Quando, went through the Renal Transplant Program at The Cat Clinic. Despite all heroic efforts, Quando’s time had come, but his legacy was to open the door for Fran to meet the people at The Cat Clinic and ignite her passion to work with cats only.

In 2003 Fran successfully gained Membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Feline Medicine, a written and oral examination acknowledging a special interest in all things feline! Fran feels the best thing about her work is not only the interesting and challenging ailments that can befall cats, but more so having the privilege of getting to know individual cats, their individual families, and watching both their kitten and loving bond with their cat grow and flourish over the years.

Petra Boettcher

Petra graduated from Hannover Vet School in Germany in 1992 but has never actually worked  in her home country. She can still do a consultation in German though if necessary! After spending 2 years in England in a mixed veterinary practice,  she moved with her partner, who is also a vet, to beautiful New Zealand. She worked in Auckland in a large, progressive small animal practice for many years,  interrupted by 3 years living and working in Melbourne. Petra has always been a cat lover and in 2005,  when she was given the opportunity to work in the Auckland Cat Practice in New Zealand,  it was a dream come true.  She has dealt with cats only ever since.  At the end of 2008, her partner’s work commitments brought her to sunny Brisbane. Initially, she was rather sad to leave behind the  feline patients  she had grown so fond of in Auckland. However, now that she has joined The Cat Clinic she feels it has been a very good move  for her.

Her 3 demanding cats, Cricket, Earwig and Beetle, have also settled in very well but then they are used to moving internationally, having been to Melbourne before. Petra is interested in all aspects of feline medicine but enjoys most getting to know her patients and their owners and looking after them through their different life stages. She especially enjoys caring for  those important family members, the older cats.

Alison Jukes

Alison started out as a casual at The Cat Clinic in 2008, and decided she loved working with cats so much, that she has joined the team on a full time basis.

Alison graduated from the University of QLD in 2006. She did an internship in a pet emergency centre in 2007, specialising in emergency and critical care. She has a keen interest in dermatology.

Alison has 2 cats of her own Samson and Simon who were both adopted as strays, as well as 3 chickens and an assortment of tropical fish. When not working, she enjoys fishing, rockclimbing and classical music.

Wyborn Lau

Wyborn graduated from The University of Queensland with honors in 2008 and was the successful recipient of The Cat Clinic internship for 2009. After doing such a great job, Wyborn has stayed on at the clinic as a full time veterinarian. Born in Hong Kong, Wyborn has lived in Australia since 2003 and has no plans of returning home. A keen interest in surgery and a genuine love of cats makes Wyborn a much welcomed member of the team. You will usually find him in the hospital at Mt Gravatt or attending to your after hours emergencies.

Sara Doggett

 Sara graduated from Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005. She has spent the last 4 years as a general practice feline veterinarian in snowy Boston, Massachusetts. She realised a need to advance her skills and gain more experience working in a multi- doctor specialty cat hospital.

She then moved to sunny Brisbane to be a part of The Cat Clinic for a year! Her special interests include surgery, nutrition and dentistry, and basking in the sunshine. Her husband (Chris) and her 2 beloved cats (Mercedes and Enzo) are back in the United States waiting for her return next year.

Mandy Roe

Mandy graduated in 1982 and has worked in a variety of veterinary practices over the years, including establishing and running a successful practice in Highgate Hill. She has been working part-time at The Cat Clinic for more than 10 years and has a special interest in Acupuncture.

Mandy is responsible for looking after her husband, son, two stepsons, two Labradors, two cats, two horses, two fish and fifteen chooks on a property at Sheldon.

Siti Abdul Khalid

Siti Izatul Hawa… or Siti for short, was born in Malaysia, did her high school in England then embarked on her veterinary journey in Australia. She has been at The Cat Clinic since graduating from The University of Qld in 2003, has completed a Master’s in Veterinary Science and just passed membership examination of The Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Feline Medicine.

For the first few years, Siti did all the after hours emergencies and looked after the hospitalised cats while everyone else went home. She cant remember the last time she has touched any other animal species and thinks herself lucky to only ever have worked at The Cat Clinic.

Apart from her great love of cats, Siti enjoys reading and swimming and along with her sister, shares a home with three lovely cats, Kikyo, Sayang and Sulaiman.

Susan Gottlieb

Susan graduated from Veterinary Science at The University of Sydney in 2007. She then moved home to Brisbane to become an intern at The Cat Clinic in December of the same year.

She has had cats all her life and is very excited to be working at the clinic. When not at work, Susan spends her time cooking and baking vegan food, reading and scrapbooking. Her most important job at home is looking after her three cats Dim Sim, Gizmo and Sahara- and her bird Spock. Susan is looking forward to pursuing further study and training in Feline medicine.

Cameron Reid

Cameron Reid completed his internship at The Cat Clinic in January 2009. Cameron has a passion for tigers. He left us to go to Africa and work with and care for big cats and other African animals. He thoroughly enjoyed his time, and has the scars to prove it. A nip from a lion has not dettered him away from his dreams, and he has now returned to Australia where he is still actively pursuing his goals, whilst working part time with us here at The Cat Clinic.

Caroline Astley

Caroline graduated from the University of Queensland in 1999 and started her veterinary career in mixed practices in rural South Australia. She then practiced in the United Kingdom before returning to Brisbane where she has worked in small animal practices for several years.

Her love of working with cats led Caroline to join The Cat Clinic team in 2007 and she is currently studying for her Membership exams later this year. Her special interests are in endoscopy and surgery and she is a great addition to our hospital team at Mt Gravtt.

She shares her house with a Boston Terrier and a Bulldog and is keeping an eye out for a special new feline friend to boss them around.

Marcus Gunew

Marcus discovered his love for cats whilst still at The University of Sydney and upon graduating he moved to Brisbane to fulfil his dream of working at the largest Feline Only practice in Australia. Since arriving in 1997, Marcus has been responsible for the many changes and advancements within the practice that makes The Cat Clinic such a good place for sick cats to visit.

With a special interest in ultrasonography and endoscopy, Marcus is usually found diagnosing and treating our really sick cats. He gained membership of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 2002 but by far Marcus’s best life achievement are his 2 beautiful daughters, Georgia and Anna whom you may often see down visiting their dad and keeping an eye on all the kittens.

Away from work, Marcus is obsessed with flying planes. This year he decided that computer simulations were just not enough and has gone out and learnt to fly a real plane! He has 2 aging Abyssinians, some chickens and a very happy little Pug called Henry.

Vic

As the grandfather of Feline Medicine in Australia and founder of The Cat Clinic, Vic Menrath is deserving of a special mention. Vic grew up in New Zealand before graduating from Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland in 1968. A passionate love for all things feline led to the establishment of the Creek Road Cat Clinic in 1980 – the first cat-only veterinary practice in Australia and the only one in the world outside of the USA at that time.

Vic became a registered Veterinary Specialist in Feline Medicine in 1982 and established the only Feline Renal Transplant unit in Australia which has been operational for over 10 years. His special interest remains in diseases of feline kidneys. His achievements are simply too great to list, but probably the best thing Vic ever did was recognise that cats were different to dogs and that they should treated differently to dogs.

Vic currently spends much of his time teaching veterinarians, supervising grandchildren, inspecting golf courses and sampling fine wines. Vic with his wife Helen and their children have been privileged to have been owned by and loved families of Burmese over the many years and are servants to a beautiful red Burmese named Hope.

Rhett Marshall

Rhett graduated from The University of Queensland in 1998 and quickly discovered the benefits of working with cats and joined the team in 1999.

Rhett has almost completed a PhD in Feline Diabetes and has been credited with changing the treatment outcomes for cats with diabetes. He has authored many publications and presented his research findings overseas.

Rhett’s real passion though is for surgery and he spends lots of his time with surgical cases. In 2003 he passed membership examinations of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Small Animal Surgery.

Rhett’s little boy, Ethan, has just turned 1 and enjoys bike rides behind dad and kicking the football. He has 2 cats, Mintee and Mickey Mouse and a smelly but amazing dog named Snapper.