Our Emergency and Critical Care Team

EMERGENCY TEAM

Dr Cherry Lee

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
DVM

Cherry grew up in Hong Kong before moving to Perth to study at Murdoch University, where she earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Her passion for emergency and critical care developed during vet school, leading her to complete a rotating internship. During that time, she gained hands-on experience in complex medical cases, diagnostic imaging, and anaesthesia before transitioning into full-time ECC work. She thrives in the fast-paced environment of emergency medicine and is always looking for opportunities to learn and grow.

Outside of work, Cherry loves spending time in the water—whether scuba diving or just enjoying the ocean—and café-hopping with her dogs.

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Dr Georgina Pritchard

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
DVM

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Dr Linda-Jane Bowden

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MANZCVS (Medicine and Surgery of Unusual Pets)

Linda graduated from Murdoch University in 2015 and started working in rural South Australia in her home town. She then moved back to Perth where she began working solely with exotic pets and obtained her memberships with the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in the medicine and surgery of unusual pets in 2019. Linda joined the WAVES emergency team in 2024. In her spare time Linda enjoys training her Jack Russell and Border Collie as well as spending time with family and friends. 

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Dr Jennifer Schilling

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc, BVSc, MSc, DVM 

Originally from the United States, Jenny fell in love with Western Australia after spending time in Exmouth studying humpback whales for their Masters research, and has called WA home ever since. During vet school, Jenny developed a passion for emergency medicine while working after-hours and on-call at a busy mixed practice hospital in the Wheatbelt, enjoying the opportunity to support both people and their pets in their time of need. She graduated from Murdoch University in 2023 and completed a year as a graduate veterinarian in ECC at Murdoch before joining the WAVES team casually. They also work as a veterinarian at the WA Wildlife Hospital, caring for the state’s native wildlife. With a long-term goal of opening a sea lion hospital along WA’s coastline, she currently enjoys the diverse experience gained from both ECC and wildlife medicine. In her free time, Jenny can be found snorkelling or paddling along WA’s stunning coastline or relaxing at home with their two cats, Remi and Spinifex.

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Dr Teri Kho

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

Teri graduated from Murdoch University in 2020 and spent a year in small animal general practice before joining and completing the WAVES ECC internship in 2021. When not at work, she enjoys hiking, camping and spending time at Perth’s sunny beaches with her two dogs, Lexi and Cuba.

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Dr Maddy Jones

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

Maddy graduated from Murdoch university in 2016 and began her career at a small family-owned mixed practice in the Perth Hills. After spending time in 2018 doing casual work in the front of house at WAVES, she fell in love with the incredible emergency and critical care team and officially made the move as a vet in 2019.

Maddy has a huge soft spot for giant breeds, after being owned by Great Danes and a Newfoundland. When she isn’t working, she enjoys gardening, drinking tea and spending time with her much loved pooches.

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Dr J-Lin Goh

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

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Dr Ryan Yong

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

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Dr Theresa Koh

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

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Dr Finian Koh

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

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Dr Megan Rawlings

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

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Dr Georgia Allardice

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS

Georgia’s passion for animal welfare began as a young child; she grew up in rural Western Australia and owned a variety of pets including cats, dogs, sheep, guinea pigs and rabbits. She began her tertiary education with a bachelor of Zoology but quickly realised Veterinary Medicine was her calling and transferred into a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in 2014.

Georgia graduated from Murdoch University in 2018 and began her career as a rural small animal clinician in Geraldton, WA. As a rural veterinarian she routinely attended after hours emergencies and quickly realised this work was her area of special interest. She has been thoroughly enjoying her position with WAVES since 2020 and when she is not treating patients she is hiking with her heeler, River.

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Dr Charmaine Tan

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

Charmaine graduated from Murdoch University in 2020, and has completed a year of general practice coupled with a casual job of emergency medicine. At the end of 2021, she made the move to dive into emergency medicine full time in at The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University , and to expand her experience further, she started at WAVES in a casual capacity in 2022. Outside of work, Charmaine will be also finishing her Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care in November 2022.

Charmaine has been a veterinary nurse since 2012, starting off as a general practice nurse and branched out into some exotic nursing as well as emergency nursing. The focus on emergency nursing truly took off once she moved to Perth for veterinary studies, and she worked part time throughout her university days. Charmaine’s interest is focused on all aspects of critical care and medicine for small animals. She is embarking on an emergency and critical care internship next year at Murdoch University, and she is aiming for a residency in this field in the next few years.

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Dr Alex Tinson

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MANZCVS

Alex graduated from Murdoch University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. She worked in a busy 24-hour GP clinic in Perth before taking up the opportunity to work at WAVES when it first opened to follow her love of emergency medicine. Alex obtained her Membership in Emergency and Critical Care with the ANZCVS in 2016. In 2017 she moved to the UK for 4 years, where she locumed in the beautiful county of Oxfordshire and had the opportunity to practice in Canada in her uncle’s clinic. She fell in love with the English countryside and all the walks, however not so much with the hamsters and gerbils which although are small, can bite hard! In 2021 she moved back to Perth and was excited to start back at WAVES as a senior Veterinarian.

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Dr Issy Campbell

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

Graduating from Murdoch University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Issy moved to rural Victoria. There she worked in mixed animal practice, primarily treating dogs, cats, pocket pets and dairy cattle with only very few horse visits (much to her relief). Following one particularly bad night on call involving three separate calvings in the windy Warrnambool weather, Issy decided to move back home to Perth and started working at an after-hours general practice clinic. She fell in love with the emergency side of veterinary medicine and moved to WAVES to follow her passion in 2020. At WAVES, Issy has developed a particular interest in abdominal diseases and emergency surgery. She has a soft spot for Cavaliers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers and Shar-peis, likely due to the breed-related quirks of her own dogs. She also shares three pet rats and a stick insect, Jemima, with her housemates. Issy is currently studying for her ANZCVS Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Memberships; an exam which she aims to sit in mid-2023.

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Dr Tymon Yeo

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MANZCVS (ECC)

Tymon graduated from Murdoch University in 2015, following which he worked in a rural mixed animal practice in the wheatbelt of WA. During this time, he found that he enjoyed the challenges and rewards that came with managing emergency small animal patients. As such, he joined the emergency team at WAVES in 2020, and obtained membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Emergency and Critical Care in 2021. Outside of work, Tymon enjoys reading, spending time with his pets, hiking, and travelling.

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Dr Ee Fung Teo

Emergency and Critical Care Registrar
BVSc (Hons), MANZCVS (ECC, SAM)

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Dr Benjamin Stewart

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MANZCVS (ECC)

Ben is a 2000 graduate of Murdoch University and started his career taking on mixed practice in Albany. Following this he spent several years working in the UK before returning to Perth to start a family. After many years in small animal general practice, he took an opportunity to complete Membership Examinations in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and made the exciting shift to the Emergency department at WAVES where he has happily remained ever since.

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Dr Chloe Harris-Brown

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MANZCVS(ECC)

Chloe graduated from Murdoch University in 2010. After graduating, Chloe spent 3 years in a wonderful, busy small animal practice in Mandurah, Western Australia. After this Chloe then spent 12 months as the sole Veterinarian at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Perth. Though she still enjoys working in wildlife medicine, Chloe found she missed working with domestic species, particularly missing surgery. As such she has returned to domestic animal practice as an Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian here at WAVES and maintains her work with wildlife on a voluntary basis. When she is not at work she enjoys swimming, reading a good novel, watching the cricket and most of all spending time with her family (human and furred).

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Dr Sarah Patterson

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MANZCVS(ECC)

Sarah is a local to Perth and grew up always knowing she wanted to be a veterinarian. She graduated from Murdoch University with distinction in 2013. Following graduation, she spent a year working in small animal general practice before making the move to Emergency and Critical Care at WAVEs in April 2015. Sarah enjoys all aspects of small animal practice but has a strong interest in emergency and internal medicine – particularly those cases involving our feline companions! When not at work she enjoys spending time with her friends, family and fur creatures.

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Dr Tal-Petra Guse

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BVSc MVM MANZCVS (ECC)

Petra graduated from Massey University in 2008 and spent the next 3 years in mixed animal practice in rural NZ, then moved to a busy emergency practice in Christchurch. In 2013 she received her Master of Veterinary Medicine from Massey University, before moving (along with her dog and two cats) to Melbourne to work in the Emergency and Critical Care department at Melbourne University.

Petra started work at WAVES in December 2014. In her spare time she enjoys hiking with her dog, scuba diving and travelling.

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Dr Corinna Chia

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MVS MANZCVS (ECC)

Corinna graduated from Murdoch University in 2009. Upon graduation, she moved to Singapore to work for 18 months before coming back to Perth. Through her experiences in various general practices, she has developed a passion for emergency and critical care medicine and was excited when she landed her ideal job at WAVES in 2013. She loves and enjoys all aspect of working as an emergency vet. Corinna also completed her Masters in Veterinary Science in small animal practice at Murdoch University in 2013, and obtained her membership in ECC in 2015. When she does have free time, she enjoys travelling, hiking and sleeping with her cats.

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Dr Anastasia Fell-Smith

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc BVMS MANZCVS (ECC)

Stacey graduated from Murdoch in 1995 and spent her first few years initially in mixed practice and then a specialist equine and small animal referral centre interstate before travelling overseas for several years, working in the UK to fund adventures in Europe, America, Canada, and Africa. Returning to Australia she continued in a small animal practice, swapping to exclusively ECC work when her children were born so she could care for them during the day and work at night. She found that she loved this sort of work and got her memberships in ECC in 2009 working initially at MPEC and then at WAVES when it opened in 2013. Her life away from work is spent running around after her family and fur babies, 15 horses, 1 dog, 1 cat, chooks and a budgie!

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Dr Brittany Sofield

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

I was born in Perth, and from the age of 5 I wanted to be a vet. I studied veterinary medicine at Murdoch and graduated in 2022, I then started an emergency internship at WAVES. I enjoy all aspects of the veterinary profession, particularly the fast paced nature of emergency. When not at work I enjoy adventures with my fur babies, exploring the southwest of WA and drinking wine. 

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Dr Alex Lee

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

Alex graduated from Murdoch University in 2022. Following graduation, she joined the WAVES team and completed the Emergency and Critical Care internship in 2023. Alex enjoys all aspects of emergency medicine — despite the challenges it often brings. In her spare time, she enjoys going to spin class and exploring cafes for the best coffee in Perth. 

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Dr Zi Yuan Dong

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

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Dr Madeleine Borg

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

Madeleine is a 2023 Murdoch University graduate. She is originally from Melbourne but has fallen in love with the Perth lifestyle. She is passionate about small animal and wildlife medicine and is currently shaping her career as an emergency and critical care intern here at WAVES. 

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Dr Georgia Graham

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

Georgia graduated from Murdoch University in 2023. Following her interest in emergency medicine, she joined the WAVES team for the Emergency and Critical Care internship. Georgia also enjoys running, baking and spending time with her dog, cat and rabbit. 

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Dr Pip Hogan

Emergency and Critical Care Intern
BSc DVM

After a rewarding career as a veterinary nurse, Pip pursued her dream of becoming a veterinarian. She graduated from Murdoch University in 2023 and completed the Emergency and Critical Care internship at WAVES, where she now continues as an emergency veterinarian. Pip loves the fast paced, dynamic world of emergency medicine, embracing the challenges and rewarding moments that come with it.

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Dr Brenda Poon

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

Brenda graduated from Murdoch University in 2022. Throughout her years in veterinary school, she developed a strong interest in emergency medicine and hospital care, which encouraged her to join WAVES’ emergency department as a 2023 intern. She is excited to grow and learn from the team, and is looking forward to providing the best possible care for her patients in need. 

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Dr Roxanne Shelgren

Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian
BSc DVM

Originally from California, Roxanne moved to Perth to study veterinary medicine at Murdoch University. She graduated with distinction in 2022 and joined the WAVES team for the Emergency and Critical Care internship. Roxanne has a special interest in emergency and critical care, surgery, and anaesthesia. In her spare time she enjoys finding the best food and drinks in Perth and soaking up the sun at one of WA’s many beautiful beaches. 

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Dr Katrin Swindells

Emergency and Critical Care Diplomate
BVSc MANZCVS (ECC) DACVECC

Katrin graduated from Sydney University in 1994, and initially worked in small animal general practice for a few years. In 1997 she started working in an emergency service in Sydney and rapidly realised that this field was her vocation. In 2000 she attained her ANZCVS Memberships in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. She then went on to do a residency at Murdoch University and in 2006 became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. From 2007 to 2011 she was Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at Murdoch University and then worked in private emergency and critical care services in Perth and Brisbane. Katrin has been working at WAVES since opening in June 2013.

Additionally, Katrin has been an invited lecturer in her field at numerous conferences and has been an examiner in Veterinary Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at both Membership and Fellowship level for the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists. Katrin’s interests include all aspects of critical care, trauma, transfusion therapy, toxicology, envenomations and teaching.

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Dr Ryan Ong

Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care
BVSc MVetStud MANZCVS DACVECC

Ryan completed his veterinary degree at the University of Sydney in 2001 and went on to do an anaesthesia internship and Masters in Veterinary Studies at the Camden campus the following year. This was followed by a stint in private practice in Melbourne followed by a rotating internship at the Royal Veterinary College in London. A developing interest for emergency and critical care led to a residency program at Murdoch University, before finally becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and an Australian Registered Specialist in Emergency & Critical Care.