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, graduated from Murdoch University in 2003 and has been with us since 2004.
Kim has a special interest in surgery and feline medicine. She also loves Kelpies! Kim loves spending time with Frank at the dog beach and working together sheep herding.
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 Kirsten Underwood
Veterinarian
Dr Kirsten Underwood began working at Cannington Veterinary Hospital after graduating from Murdoch University in 1995 but her full time job now is with South Metropolitan Tafe, Bentley, as an instructor and coordinator of veterinary nursing traineeships.
Kirsten has a special interest in dermatology and small furry pets such as rabbits, and ferrets. Kirsten currently works the occasional Saturday morning shift.
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 Kasia Laskowski
Veterinarian
Dr. Kasia Laskowski graduated from Murdoch university in 2007. She has worked in various small animal clinics and shelters across Perth and has been at Cannington Vets on and off since 2012.
Kasia enjoys all aspects of general practice and finds being able to help pets have long, happy and healthy lives from birth until they are old and grey very rewarding. Her areas of special interest include preventative health care, internal medicine and geriatric wellness.
At home Kasia has a ginger cat named Arnold, who acts more like a dog than a cat, and 3 young children, who keep her busy when she is not at work.
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.
Cara
Veterinary Nurse
Cara is an experienced Veterinarry Nurse who puts patients at ease with her calming demeanour.
She loves horse riding and cuddles with her adorable bunny “Harley“ and her camera-shy labradoodles “Piper” and “Banksy”.
Cara has a special interest in dog grooming as well as critical and emergency care. She is also aspiring to continue studying anesthesiology.
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.
