Lisa Johnson

Veterinarian

Dr Lisa has worked as a small animal veterinarian since qualifiying in 1996 from Murdoch University.She joined the Ark in 2008 and in 2017, has taken the big step of practice ownership with her husband, Rob. Lisa is full of energy and enthusiasm to provide the best possible care for her patients.

Lisa is married with 3 children and lives on acreage where she attends to her many pets including dogs, cats, chickens and horses.

Deirdre McCarney

Head Nurse

Dee originally hails from county Tyrone in Northern Ireland but has made her home in Perth for the past 7 years.

She joined our team in 2016 and took a year's break to try FiFo work. We are very pleased she has chosen to return to us as our head nurse here at the Ark in 2018, where we enjoy her bubbly personality. Dee has over 20 years of Veterinary Nursing experience. Her love, compassion and enthusiasm for animals and the Ark makes her a great nurse and a wonderful fit to our family. 

Dee is one of our puppy pre school trainers and has a love for Golden Retrievers! 

Sanja Markovic

Veterinary Nurse

Sanja is a registered Veterinary Nurse and qualified Groomer who joined us in 2016. She graduated from South Metropolitan Tafe in 2016 but has been in the industry since 2012. Sanja has always had a love and passion for animals and has found her dream job. Her bubbly personality brightens up the hospital and she looks forward to meeting all of your pets. 

Sanja has her own fur babies at home, a White German Shepherd named Bonny who has been her childhood friend since Sanja was 9 years old. Bonny sadly passed away late in 2020. Patchy is a little kitten who was dumped in a box at our front desk and Sanja fell in love with her squeaky little meows and decided to foster her. Patchy turned out to be a foster fail and is happily part of the family. Patchy was diagnosed with ringworm upon her unexpected arrival and with Dr Susan and Sanja treating her, she grew all her fur back and has been enjoying life ever since. Sanja also has a love for birds and has two birds at home, a Rainbow Lorikeet named Pj and a Pink and Grey Galah named Gary. 

Sanja also has a certificate in grooming and she has many regular clients who are pampered with baths, blow drys, clips and nail trims.

Susan Walsh

Veterinarian

Susan is our part time veterinarian. Dr Lisa and Susan graduated together from Murdoch University. Susan has a vast skill set and is highly experienced. With her loving and kind approach to clients and their pets, she is a great fit with our Ark Family. Susan does all our orthopaedic procedures. When Susan isn't looking after patients, she is an internationally acclaimed crochet designer! She is very talented, having created award winning garments and has been published world-wide. She creates some amazing stuff! 

Susan also has fur babies at home, a little Maltese x Kelpie named Bruce, a Greyhound called Pax and a gorgeous long coated cat named Subi. 

Claire Kendall

Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Claire joined us in 2020 as a trainee veterinary nurse and  is a valued addition to our family of caring staff here at Ark Vet.

Kiki

Clinic Cat

Kiki is our resident cat. She is 4 years old and has grown up in our clinic since she was handed in by one of our lovely clients who had found her with a broken leg as a very young kitten. She is very much in charge of supervising the goings on and making sure our staff and patients are given enough love and attention. You may see her on the front desk to welcome you and she will often greet cats coming for a visit in their carriers.

She also spends much of her day lazing about in the sunshine, looking out at the garden.

Stacey Saunders

Veterinary Nurse

Stacey has been with the Ark since 2010 and was our head veterinary nurse for many years who was responsible for the day to day running of the practice. She is a qualified and registered veterinary nurse having completed her cert 4 in veterinary nursing in 2011 at Tafe.

Stacey loves all aspects of nursing and takes great pride in her role. She has 1 dog and 2 cats which she adores and only wished she could have more!!

Stacey is currently working part time on Saturdays, raising her gorgeous son and daughter, Harrison and Frankie

Michelle Boyd

Veterinary Nurse

Michelle is one of our new nurses who is going through her CERT IV of Veterinary Nursing. She has completed a CERT II in Animal Studies. Michelle is a lovely nurse and has a very bubbly personality and our patients just love her. She's got her own fur baby at home, Molly "Golden Girl" the Golden Labrador. Michelle is currently on maternity leave, raising her adorable son, Thomas.