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! 

Claire Kendall

Veterinary Nurse

Claire joined us in 2020 as a trainee veterinary nurse and has proved herself to be a talented and valued addition to our family of caring staff here at Ark Vet. She lives locally with her dog Luigi.

Kiki

Clinic Cat

Kiki is our resident cat. She is 7 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.

She often wears a 'bucket' or elizabethan collar, as she has allergies which caused a wound on her leg which she refuses to leave alone. She is under the care of our vets as well as the Dermatology Specialists at WAVES.

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

Courtney Fitzgerald

Veterinary Nurse

Courtney  attended our hospital during her Veterinary Nursing Training and has become a valuable part of the team. Now a fully qualified Veterinary Nurse, she is also attending Murdoch University on her journey to becoming a Veterinary Surgeon!

She has 2 cats, Casper and Ivy.