Our Team
Our team is made up of passionate, pet-loving people. From our receptionists to registered veterinarians and nurses, everyone plays an important role in making sure your pet receives the best of care.
Meet the experienced and dedicated team taking care of your furry family.
Our Veterinarians
All our Veterinarians are members of the Australian Veterinary Association.
Dr Jared Moore
Lead Veterinarian
Dr Jared Moore has joined Cannington Veterinary Hospital in January 2024 as our Lead Vet with Dr Trevor Cooper’s full support as Trevor now transitions to retirement.
He is a very experienced veterinarian with a background of emergency and critical care management at a large 24/7 hospital located in Newcastle. Prior to this he worked in a very busy multi-vet hospital whilst owing his own mobile vet business in Darwin for several years.
He loves the diversity of GP veterinarian presentations whilst having continuity with his patients and getting to know the carers of all fur family members. He is extremely passionate about giving his patients optimal choices for treatment whilst being conscious of cost.
Jared is a strong believer in quality family time, he spends his free time showing his family all the lovely places to visit in Perth. He also enjoys the gym, sports, fishing and camping to name a few.
He is very interested in training and has already shown us many upskilling techniques, he encourages the staff to pursue our special interests as this will inevitably help our patients and the community.
Jared enjoys all aspects of clinical care however he has special interests in surgeries, anaesthetics, orthopaedics, imaging and emergency presentations.
Dr Kim McCleary
Veterinarian
Dr Kim McCleary, pictured with her dog Frank and soon to be updated photo to included her other fur baby Freida. Kim graduated from Murdoch University back in 2003 and has been with us since 2004.
Kim has a special interest in surgery and all animal medicine, she has a great number of loyal clients and patients who just love to see her upon every visit.
She also loves Kelpies! Kim loves spending time with Frank and Freida sheep herding and doing agility, which Freida has a natural enthusiasm in and recently has won several awards. Mum is very proud!
Kim brings with her a vast array of knowledge and skills to every consult whilst involving all parents in the decision making process. We are truly grateful to have a vet like Kim continue to work with us over the last 20 odd years. She is not allowed to retire ever!
Dr Tara Valentine
Veterinarian
Dr Tara graduated from Murdoch University in 2014. Since then she has worked in the United Kingdom and various locum jobs in Perth before taking a full time position at Cannington Veterinary Hospital in 2018.
Tara enjoys performing surgery and has an interest in animal welfare.
Tara loves dog walking at South Beach with her whippet Adira. She also has a cat named Pepper who she raised after being brought into her clinic as a tiny kitten.
Dr Emily Ho
Veterinarian
Dr Emily graduated from Murdoch University in 2015, where she first worked with us to complete her veterinary placement.
Emily has a special interest in Dermatology and Surgery.
Emily has a Rottweiler dog named Kola and 2 Guinea pigs named Milktea and Smoothie. Outside of work Emily likes to watch tv shows, play video games and spend time with her dog.
Dr Kwei-Fharn Liu
Veterinarian
Dr Kwei-Fharn Liu graduated from Murdoch university 2022, she has a special interest in haematology and pathology and has quite a few achievements and awards under her belt. She was awarded the Vice Chancellor commendation for Academic excellence in 2018, 2019 and 2020 for outstanding performance, having placed in the top 2% and receiving a High Distinction.
She loves spending time with her 5 cats when she is not working or continuing her research.
Dr Carissa Yong
Veterinarian
Carissa joined Cannington Veterinary Hospital in 2022
She is passionate about wildlife, exotics, and small animal medicine, whilst providing the best welfare possible to all her patients.
She is a firm believer in fear-free veterinary services and building strong relationships with both the clients and the patients.
Carissa volunteered at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand and worked with monkeys, elephants and several other species. She has also had previous experience in GP vet clinics in Perth and this is when she decided that this was the field she wanted to be in.
Languages spoken:
English, Mandarin and Malay
Our Support Crew
Tricia
Practice Manager
Tricia has recently joined us as our Practice Manager, coming from the human medical field with over 15 years of management experience and has always been an animal lover. She is also a qualified RTO officer and is currently near completion of her diploma in management.
Tricia enjoys spending time renovating her semi-rural property with her 2 fur babies, Labrador Ruby and American Bullador Sprocket. They all share the house and property with a family of owls, bungarras and bandicoots to name a few of the more friendly wildlife.
It truly is pure joy to work alongside your much loved animals and to give them cuddles and pats with a few kind words whilst they’re with us is a dream come true.
Mikayla
Veterinary Nurse
Bianca
Veterinary Nurse
We welcomed Bianca to Cannington Veterinary Hospital in August 2023 to help out with growing cliental. She is a caring and empathetic nurse who always gives her best efforts with every patient – client contact.
She came from another very busy GP Veterinary Hospital south of the river and has been a great addition to our team.
Bianca special interests are surgeries, critical care, pathology and bloods, she believes every animal deserves the same care and treatment no matter of their circumstances.
She volunteered at K9 rescue and absolutely fell in love with animals and wanted to help every animal thereafter and that’s when she enrolled to become a veterinary nurse. She welcomed her beautiful boxer Marley into her family 5 years ago and since then she has flourished into a gorgeous companion and best friend.
Avel Tan
Veterinary Nurse
Avel’s passions include exotics, pathology, and hospital care — because who doesn’t love a good mix of science and compassion? She has a real calm demeanour and the animals seem to know it, they respond to her very well. She loves to introduce herself to your fur family once in the waiting room and offers all kinds of flattery, pats and treats.
She cherishes quality time with her partner and their forever-fostered cat (Henry), who’s from Cat Haven and has officially taken over their hearts (and the couch).
Avel is a gaming enthusiast and travel junkie on a mission to conquer virtual worlds and new cuisines.
She is an adventurous foodie always searching for the next great restaurant to explore, and when Avel is not busy being a culinary critic, she embraces the joys (and occasional chaos) of veggie gardening.
Willow Dehner
Veterinary Nurse
Willow graduated in 2022 from South Metro Tafe and then proceeded to work in Emergency hospital where she honed her skills further. Willow has since then worked in GP clinics and has a real passion for hospitalised cases and enjoys putting her patients comfort first and foremost.
Another passion for her is wildlife which she developed whilst working in rural area dealing with lots of wildlife and large animals. We are fortunate to have such an experienced emergency nurse with us.
Her other past time is Larp which is a role playing game where participants physically act out scenarios in the appropriate period costumes.