Vets
Our Vets
Dr. John Stirling
BVSc MRCVS
John has been at Malvern Vet since 1973. He has seen many years of change in the practice and still enjoys the job of looking after his clients and their pets. He currently has a white fluffy dog called “Polly” who has failed all training attempts. John is an AQIS accredited veterinarian and enjoys internal medicine cases.
Dr. Andrea Tims
BSC(Hons)-zoology, BVSc(Hons)
Andrea has been with the practice since 1992 and has been a partner since 1994. She has a special interest in surgery and geriatric care, has an honours degree in Science (zoology) as well as Veterinary Science. Andrea is a Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne faculty of Veterinary Science and is accredited by AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service) to prepare animals for export. At home her Cavalier Harris is constantly bossed around her cat Noddy (both adopted as strays).
Charlene Khoo
BVSc (Hons)
Charlene graduated in 2000 from Melbourne University. Charlene has spent 2 years travelling and working in the UK and has post graduate qualifications in emergency medicine. She has adopted a stray kitten "Scout" who is now best friends with "Chief", a Lost Dogs Home orphan pup.
David Holcdorf
BVSc, FILPA
Prior to working at Malvern Vet David practiced in beautiful Woodend. Here his clientele included alpacas, dogs, cats, goats, sheep, cattle and koalas! David says the most bizare veterinary procedure he has done is giving mouth to mouth resusitation to a baby alpaca. Better not to ask about that story! Davids special interest is small animal internal medicine.
Dr Nicola Le Blanc Smith
BVSc (Hons)
After graduation Nicola spent 3 years working in a busy practice in Geelong before spending 2010 working in Southhampton, England. Here she treated animals like Gerbils, Hampsters, Hedgehogs, and even a python. She also did some work for an animal charity. Nicola enjoys heading to conferences to keep up with the latest in Veterinary medicine and also enjoys orthopaedic surgery and the odd challenging medical case.
Our Practice Policy
At our accredited vet clinic, our practice policy is our promise to our clients. We will endeavour to practice high quality medicine and surgery, continually updating our facilities and knowledge and improving our service.
We will aim to satisfy the needs of our patients and the desires of their clients. We will offer a commitment for the long term and take a caring interest in all our patients and their problems. We will do our utmost to solve our patients problems, and if we can't easily do that, we will always offer a referral to a specialist in the appropriate field.
We will endeavour to communicate clearly and explain the situation fully, keeping our client informed. We will where appropriate and possible offer options for different treatments. Our staff will always treat your pet with the same caring and compassion with which we treat our own pets.
Malvern Vet Hospital is open 7 days a week and offers the highest level of service. Our veterinary clinic opening times are Monday to Friday: 8.00am-7.00pm, Saturday 8.30am- 4.00pm and Sunday 10.00am- 12.30pm.
For further information on dog grooming, dog desexing, cat desexing, cat boarding, vaccinations or other services contact Malvern Vet Hospital on (03) 9509 7611 or submit an enquiry form today.