Our Team

Lydia and Sandra started up Summer Hill Village Vet together in April 2008

Their goal is to provide all the care you need for a healthier happier pet.

Rest assured, they will look after YOU too

They have gathered together a strong team of Veterinarians and Nurses with varied skill set as well as a passion for all animals.

Dr Sandra has extensive experience in Emergency work and is very knowledgeable about complex case management in older pets.

She is our ‘go to’ person for birds and wildlife and continues to build on her experience. She loves a challenge is always doing continuing education. Sandra also has 20 years of experience in preparing animals for export.

Dr Lydia has worked in Western Australia in mixed practice and in Small Animal practice all over the world!

She has worked in the UK for many years as well as in exotic places such as Dubai and Broken Hill.

She particularly enjoys surgery and patting cats and small fluffy mammals.

Dr Kate is our very experienced consulting and surgery vet. A Melbourne native, that’s fluent in English and Cantonese, she moved north to study at Sydney University, where she graduated in 2016.

Whilst working as a vet, Dr Kate adopted a male rescue cat, and was kind enough to immediately change his name from “Princess” to “Bee.” Ask her about the story sometime!

Dr Natasha has been with us since 2014 and has the most charming English accent.

She has spent several years in one of the busiest practices in London and has a wealth of knowledge and amazing enthusiasm.

She is dedicated to giving the best possible care to our clients and their gorgeous pets.

Having been on maternity leave recently to spend some quality time with her new beautiful baby Alec, Dr. Natasha is back to vetting at our clinic.

Dr Cathy is our newest vet. She graduated from The University of Sydney in 2016 and was classmates with our very own Dr. Kate!

Cathy has grown up in the innerwest of Sydney but since graduation has worked in a busy practice in the South Coast where she has amassed a wealth of experience. She has two fur babies- Bennie a rescue cat who was surrendered due to this urinary blockages and a naughty Pomeranian X Chihuahua named Shecky.

She is looking forward to meeting you and your pets on Mondays and some Saturdays.

Sindy is our amazing Head Nurse.

She has 14 years experience working as a Vet Nurse. She is friendly & funny on top of being super organised.

Sindy is our little “Miss Know It All” and keeps everyone in line and we love her for it!

She has a giant bunny named Billie with a personality to match

Jessica is our super efficient and our Main Surgery Nurse and has been with us since 2013.

Jessica has one adorable rabbit “Gragras” who she rescued from Death Row as well as recently adopting two stray kittens she has named “Loki” and “Moxxi”.

Helen  (lovingly known as ‘Little Helen’) loves all fur babies, even the scaly and feathered ones. She has always wanted to work with animals and with people who are compassionate towards animals. She adopted her cute lil bunny ‘Chickibun’ after a member of public had handed her into the clinic as a stray.

You’ll find Little Helen always changing her hair, at the moment you’ll recognise her for her bright blue locks!

Jasmin (Jazz for short) is one of our newest Vet Nurses. She is currently completing her studies in Cert IV Veterinary Nursing at Bankstown Tafe. She loves her rescue dog Alice so much that when she’s not studying or working in clinic, 9/10 times you will find her spending time with Alice 🙂

Nicole is our newest nurse to the team! She is a fully trained Veterinarian from Chile who is hoping to complete her certification to practise as a registered Vet in Sydney. She is bilingual being fluent in Spanish 🙂

Beatrice is one of our receptionists and training vet nurses. Her dream job as a child has always been one that involves working with animals and she lasted only one week before adopting her first cat Archie from the clinic! She adopted her second cat Rocky after he was dumped in front of our clinic.

Her hobbies include coddling her two basset hounds Clementine and Roco, playing fetch with Archie and practising Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Mackenzie (aka Mac) is one of the happy faces you will be seeing at reception. Having graduated from The University of Sydney with a major in Animal Science, just like the rest of us Mac is an avid animal lover and keen to meet you and your fur babies!

When he isn’t at the clinic you can find him chilling out with his sweet cat Eclair.

Georgie is one of the newer faces you will be seeing on reception or helping in consult. She has extensive experience in the veterinary industry having worked as a Vet Nurse for 11 years (and counting!). Her main interests are nutrition, behaviour and parasite control. She is pictures here with her adorably unusual pet snake Monty.

Jess is one of our newest receptionists with a passion for the well being of all creatures great and small. She loves showing our patients (and clients!) with love so their experience is a positive one from start to finish.

When she’s not at the clinic you can find her mucking around with her gorgeous grumpy bunny Mr.C and her playful pup Billie