Meet Our Team | Northside Vet Care

Dr Fleur Martin

BVSc Veterinarian & Clinical Director

Dr Fleur is our Clinical Director and graduated from the University of Queensland in 2003. After 3 years in small animal practice in Melbourne and Country Victoria, Fleur moved to Darwin to work for four years.

Fleur loves to travel and has spent time in India volunteering with Vets Beyond Borders in 2008, and hopes to do more of this in the future. Fleur then moved back to her hometown and joined the team at Northside Vet Care in 2013.

While Fleur loves all aspects of general veterinary practice, her main interests are small animal medicine and soft tissue surgery. Fleur is focused on continuing education and enjoys keeping current with the latest advances. Recently she has been on expanding her small animal emergency medicine skills.

In her spare time, Fleur enjoys hiking and pottery. She also loves spending time with her cat name Hairy Mary and her friends and family.

Dr Kayo Kuroda

BVSc MANZCVS - Small Animal Dentistry & Oral Surgery Veterinarian

Dr Kayo graduated from the University of Queensland in 2006, working in small animal practice in Beenleigh for 2 years before joining us at Northside Vet Care in 2009.

Kayo has a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of veterinary medicine and has a special interest in dentistry and oral surgery. She has been training under the guidance of a specialist veterinary dentist and recently passed her Membership examinations for the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientist in the field of Small Animal Dentistry. Kayo also has a particular interest in cats and completed further post graduate education in feline medicine through Sydney University in 2013.

In her spare time, Kayo enjoys travelling and spending time with her partner and two very cheeky feline friends called April and Jordie.

Dr Barbora Hyklova

BVSc Hons Veterinarian

Dr Barbora's bio coming soon...

Dr Lauren Patrick

BVSc Hons Veterinarian

Dr Lauren grew up on the north side of Brisbane and graduated from the University of Queensland in 2010. She worked in mixed animal practice in Pittsworth for 2 years before returning to a small animal practice in Brisbane and later doing locum work, including a couple of shifts at Northside. In 2016 she and her husband moved to Sydney, taking up locum positions in various clinics and returning again to Brisbane and Northside Vet Care in February 2022.

When not at work she is kept busy looking after two young kids and two old dogs, Hadley and Pip. As a family they enjoy spending time outdoors, picnics, bushwalking and time with family and friends.

Mel

Team Leader - Veterinary Nurse

Melissa started her vet nursing career in a very large practice in Rockhampton in 2010. She then joined the team at Northside Vet Care in 2013 after moving south to call Brisbane home, and obtained her Certificate IV Veterinary Nursing qualification in 2014. Melissa’s favourite things about being a vet nurse include surgical nursing and patient care. Our hospitalised patients benefit from the time and meticulous attention to detail Melissa gives to their medical care and rehabilitation.

Melissa has a very active and beautiful Staffy called Lana whom she enjoys taking on camping adventures with the family.

Sarah

Veterinary Nurse

Sarah joined the Northside Vet Care team in 2018, after 10 years working as a Veterinary Nurse in semi-regional mixed practices.

Sarah has a wealth of knowledge behind her in both small and large animal medicine. She has a keen interest in diagnostic imaging as well as medical and surgical nursing, which our patients benefit from during their time here in clinic. Sarah’s meticulous care, extensive experience and can-do attitude to her work is visible both behind the scenes and with clients.

While not at work, Sarah is busy at home with her partner and pets! Clover the very energetic Kelpie, Bobby McGee the Jack Russel Terrier, a recently hand-raised potty calf named Danny and four horses Princess, Attitude, Pepi and Abbey.

Meagan

Veterinary Nurse

Meagan's bio coming soon...

Romina

Veterinary Nurse

Romina’s fondness for animals started at an early age. During her school years she shared her home with all manner of pets, from furry to feathered and scaly to slimy.

After graduating from University overseas, with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, she worked in private practice in Argentina before moving to Brisbane. She will be starting the long process of the Australian Veterinary Examination next year. In the meantime, she will be working as a Vet Nurse at Northside Vet Care.

In her spare time, she can be found extending her love of animals to those that live in the ocean as she is an avid scuba diver and passionate about conservation.

Her furry family includes Dexter, the spoiled mama's boy, and Cindy, the trouble-maker girl.

Amy

Veterinary Nurse

Amy's bio coming soon...

Rachelle

Veterinary Nurse

Rachelle joined the Northside Vet Care team in 2021 and has been nursing since 2020 in small animal practice. Rachelle most enjoys surgerical nursing and has an interest in large dog breeds.

In fact, she even has own very large Great Dane, Colby, who is quite the handful!

On her weekends off, Rachelle enjoys spending time at the beach with Colby and her partner.