Kessels Rd/Macgregor

Austen Ann

Veterinarian

Dr. Austen grew up in Malaysia until he was 15. He finished the last couple years of his high school journey in Brisbane and graduated with Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Hons) from the University of Queensland in 2022. He enjoys all areas of Veterinary Science with a strong passion in anaesthesia, surgery, and dentistry. Outside of work, he enjoys cooking, rock climbing and playing badminton with friends and family. He is passionate about animals and will do his best to make the world a happier place through the love of pets. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Davina Burchell

Veterinary Nurse

Davina joined Greencross Vets as a Vet Nurse in November 2020, having completed her Certificate IV in veterinary nursing. Davina loves animals and has also been a foster parent for the RSPCA as well as working on their Animal Ambulance, for a number of years. Davina loves all animals and loves to assist her clients in helping their pets to maintain a healthy weight for long term health.
Davina has recently joined the team at Greencross Capalaba as Practice Manager and is looking forward to meeting new clients, the local Capalaba community and helping them with their pets.
In her spare time Davina enjoys spending time with her dog Buddy, cat Lola and the any number of foster animals that are in her home at the time.

Brittany Hopkins

Veterinary Nurse

Brittany joined Greencross in 2021 shortly after completing her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. She has been working in vet clinics for the past 6 years, in various roles, and loves nothing more than being around and helping animals. Brittany has a few pets of her own including cats Lana and Calvin, cockatiel Lacey and Husky cross Staffy Toby. Her home also extends to dogs without homes and is also known to foster dogs from regional pounds from time to time.

Laura Schmike

Laura completed her Certificate II in Animal Studies in 2020 via the Greencross Vets Internship Program. She intends to further her development in Vet Nursing by starting her studies of Cert IV in Vet Nursing. Laura also shares a great interest in dog behaviour and has completed several short courses in dog socialisation and obedience Masterclass, Dog Behaviour and Training. She has a substantial knowledge with dog training as an obedience instructor for over 25 years.
When not training or caring for other peoples pets, she spends most of her spare time either with her family or training and competing with her German Shepherds, Rally and Toten.

Dr William Chan

Veterinary Director

Dr William Chan BSc BVMS PG CertSc MANZCVS (SAM) graduated from Murdoch University, Western Australia, in 2007 with first class honours, and is an experienced and advanced medical practitioner. William completed his post graduate studies in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2015 and was admitted to the Small Animal Medicine Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS); Membership of the College is an official recognition of a veterinary surgeon’s knowledge and experience in a designated field of veterinary science. Prior to his current appointment as Veterinary Director at Greencross Vets Kessels Road, he practiced in a high volume veterinary hospital in Singapore for 10 years seeing first and second opinion cases, before relocating to Australia in 2017 to commence an ANZCVS accredited residency programme in Small Animal Internal Medicine, receiving specialist training at a referral hospital in Brisbane. William’s clinical interest lies in the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges encountered in patients with complex and diverse medical issues, and is well versed in advanced diagnostic techniques and medical procedures.

Shannan Healey

Shannan joined the Greencross Vets family in August 2016 after successfully completing work experience and her Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing. She is passionate about providing the best possible nursing care to her patients and loves assisting the Veterinarians in surgical procedures and their support of her willingness to develop her skills in non-routine or more complex surgical procedures.
She feels very lucky that her favourite past time is to work with animals and it’s not uncommon that in her spare time she can be found fostering neo-natal kittens, hanging out with her beloved cat called ‘Button’, going for bike rides, or spending time at the beach with friends and family.

Dr Emma Schablon

Emma completed a Bachelor of Veterinary Science with honours from the University of Queensland St Lucia campus in 2004 after already completing a Bachelor of Speech Pathology. She has worked at the Kessels Road practice since graduation. She worked full time until the arrival of her first child in 2010 and has worked part time since. When she is not at work Emma likes to spend time with her three children, husband, family and pets. She has one dog, two cats, six goldfish and three miniature cows.

Dr Kareem Roberts

Dr Kareem first joined our team at Kessels road in 2014 where she worked as a nurse while completing her last few years of uni. She graduated from UQ in December 2015 as a veterinarian with honours and transitioned into this role in our clinic. In her spare time Kareem enjoys reading, baking, going to the gym and spending time with her many Godchildren. Kareem is passionate about pets and enjoys building a relationship with not only her patients but also with their owners. Dr Kareem is a very dedicated vet and gives 100% to each of her patients. On a daily basis Kareem can be found speaking with specialists to assist in treatment plans to ensure her patients get gold standard care. She has a naughty but cute dog called Toto, a very chunky cat called Minky and a noisey lorikeet.