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Geoffrey Goodlace

Veterinary Nurse

Geoff joined our team as a qualified veterinary nurse in August 2022. His passion lies in veterinary surgery with specific focus on anaesthesia and analgesia and has completed his certification in anaesthesia (CPVN ANAE). Geoff has worked in all aspects of veterinary nursing including shelter, specialist and general practice environments. He is married with three wonderful children and spends most of his time with his family and pets.

Monika Dziekanski

Veterinary Nurse

Monika is a qualified Certificate IV Veterinary Nurse and has been a part of the team since 2021. She is enthusiastic about wildlife, passionate about care of hospitalized animals and continuing to develop her nursing skills. Monika has a cheeky Cavalier X named Sunny, bunny named Duke and two green tree frogs. In her spare time, she loves doing gymnastics, circus and rock climbing.

Tori Schaecken

Veterinary Nurse

Tori has been in the Veterinary Industry since 2017 and a part of our team since April 2019. She has always been an advocate for animal health and wellbeing with a particular interest in animal nutrition and behaviour. She loves spending her free time doing various outdoor activities such as playing soccer, reading , painting and spending time with her troublesome trio of Mastiff’s Luana, Thor and Dougie as well as her cheeky pig Nagini.

Dr Shonara Langley

Veterinarian

Dr Shonara Langley joined our team in February 2022 and has been a qualified Veterinarian since 2021. Shonara has a bachelor’s degree in Zoology and completed her veterinary degree at Sydney University. Shonara is passionate about veterinary medicine and has a particular interest in soft tissue surgery. In her spare time Shonara likes to spend time with her cat, King Leonidas and her bearded dragon, Belle.

Melissa Topp

Practice Manager

Melissa worked as a full time Veterinary Nurse starting in 2000. Melissa has her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and as her family grew started working part time. Melissa took the role as Practice Manager in March 2019. She has enjoyed surgical nursing and puppy preschool over the years. Melissa enjoys getting to know clients and their pets. At home she has two dogs, three cats, two birds and two Blue Tongue Lizards. She enjoys spending time with her family bushwalking and playing board games.

Jessica O’Grady

Veterinary Nurse

Jessica wanted to be a vet nurse from when she was 12 years old. She grew up in Northern Sydney with dogs, a cat, cockatiels, budgies, parrots, fish, hermit crabs and a duck! She completed her Certificate 2 in Animal Attending while in years 11 and 12 and fulfilled her dream to be a vet nurse in 2008, when she completed her vet nursing certificate while working at a general practice clinic in Sydney.

In 2013, she made the move with her husband to Brisbane and received an opportunity to work in Dermatology. Jess was a dermatology vet nurse for 3 and a half years before trying a completely different industry! After 4 years in the insurance industry she made her way back to her passion of vet nursing.

Megan Baumer

Megan has been a qualified Veterinary Nurse since 2010 and joined the Greencross team in May of 2017. After working in practice management for a number of years she wanted to get back into clinical work and continue to improve her skills in medical and surgical nursing. Megan is passionate about animal behaviour and is one of our Best Behaviour puppy preschool trainers. In her spare time she loves to go on adventures with her dog, Pumba, and hang out with her family and friends.

Rowan Harris

Veterinary Nurse

Rowan completed his studies in Veterinary Nursing in 2019 and has been with Greencross Vets since November 2016. He enjoys the challenge and variability which comes from working in a veterinary clinic and is passionate about making a positive difference to the wellbeing of our patients.

Dr Gary Lai

Dr Gary Lai joined our team in March 2010 and has been the Veterinary Director since January 2017. He has been a qualified Veterinarian since 2000 and has worked both in Australia and the UK specialising in Equine medicine. Gary is particularly passionate about dental health in animals and still provides equine dentistry services in his spare time. He enjoys cooking, bike riding and spending quality time with his family.