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Eden Heesom 

Veterinary Nurse (Cert IV)

Eden Heesom is a veterinary nurse with more then 3 years experience in the field. She graduated Ultimo Collage aged 18 from Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing, and attained a certificate in animal studies and wild life care. 

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She has worked as a locum previously for over a year and during this time saw many emergency and specialist cases. Previously she has worked for a year at a small animal practice. 

 

Eden enjoys hospital inpatient care, and making all the animals as happy as possible while they recover.

 

When not in uniform, Eden loves spending time with her cat Scout who has just turned 1. She also enjoys painting on canvas, and trying not to be the worst horse rider in Sydney.

Abigail Lahive 

Animal Attendant

Abigail lived on a farm in Wales for 7 years, where she found her passion for animals, gaining knowledge and experience in interacting with them. She thoroughly enjoyed feeding the lambs.

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Having a love for animals, Abigail and a friend set up a dog walking business in the local area, where she continues to walk dogs. 

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After many months of work experience here at Beecroft Vet, Abigail has joined the team as an Animal Attendant.

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With 2 cats and a fish, she has a great passion for animal care and really enjoys working with them. When not attending to animals, Abigail enjoys music, specifically playing the violin.

Dominique Speight 

Animal Attendant

Spending time around animals has always been so enriching for Dominique, having lived most of her life with animals at her side.

 

Rabbits have become Dominique's favorite creatures in the world for their subtle natures and big personalities.

 

Dominique has completed her Cert II in animal studies and loved every moment of it. Her other passion lies with illustrating and creating; Animals being her main subject and inspiration of course.

 

A dream of Dominique's would be to make a picture book based off her pet rabbits' adventures.

Dr. Karim Chammas

BVSc. MANZCVS (Feline)

Head Veterinarian

Practice Manager

Karim graduated from the University of Sydney in 2009. He has worked in several busy small animal practices in Sydney’s North West. Karim has undertaken further studies in ultrasound, radiology, oncology and feline medicine. He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in feline medicine.

 

Karim really enjoys developing lasting relationships with clients often built on trust and a common goal to better the well-being of animals. He has an equal appreciation of both medicine and surgery and views them as complementary in a successful outcome to many disease processes.

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Karim has owned many dogs, cats, turtles and fish. As a result of his last dog Cleopatra, he has developed a soft spot for Shih Tzu’s. Currently his revolving zoo contains a rescued bird and 3 fat guinea pigs.   

Marissa Mule

Groomer

Marissa has had a love for animals since childhood and that passion has led her into the career of Vet Nursing, working with racehorses and pet grooming.

 

Marissa has 11 years experience as a professional Dog Groomer having learnt as an apprentice from a Show Groomer and previously a Vet Nurse you can be sure your pets are in the best of care along with quality service. 

 

Marissa grooms all dog breeds and all breed style clips and additional requests from the pet owner. 

 

Marissa can groom all breeds of cats also from a simple wash and blow dry to lion clips. 

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Marissa is available for grooms at Beecroft Vet every Monday to Thursday, and every second Saturday.

Emily Bennett 

Veterinary Nurse (Cert IV)

Emily found her love for animals at a young having grown up with dogs, cats, birds and horses. She graduated from Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2015. Emily has more than 5 years industry experience.

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Emily volunteered at an animal rescue clinic in London in 2019 and loves participating in RSPCA'S fundraisers especially the Million Paws Walk.

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In her spare time, Emily likes to do anything that gets her outdoors and active.  Her favourite thing to do is going to the beach accompanied by Rex her Border Collie.

Sarah Perry 

Veterinary Nurse (Cert IV)

Vet Tech

Sarah is a Veterinary Nurse who started her TAFE studies in 2014 whilst still at high school. She has completed her Certificate of Animal Studies with qualifications in Natural Therapies, Feline and Canine Behaviour and microchipping.

 

Sarah has also completed a Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing. She commenced her university studies at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga and graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Technology in 2019.

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Sarah has a strong love for animals and has grown up surrounded by everything from dogs and cats to chickens and ducks to goats and horses - and occasionally a rescued bird, turtle or possum!

Olivia Tanna

Veterinary Nurse (Cert II)

Animals (dogs and horses in particular) have always been a major interest of Olivia's. She can't imagine ever living without a furry four-legged companion!

 

Olivia initially aimed to become a professional ballet dancer from a young age, and spent 2 years in Belgium training at an elite school. However she sustained some injuries that began to impact significantly on her performance, and so decided to get more serious about her love of animals.

 

Olivia returned to Sydney late last year, and contacted Beecroft Vet to begin work placement to support her studies…and now here she is!

 

Olivia is currently working towards her Certificate IV in Vet Nursing, and is super excited to be caring for local animals as part of the Beecroft Vet team!