Michelle Simmonds

Veterinary Nurse

Michelle has been working in the Veterinary industry on and off since leaving high school.

Michelle is a fully qualified Veterinary nurse who finds her career very rewarding. She finds job satisfaction not only in seeing everyone’s pets and interacting with the animals, but also because no two days are ever the same.

At home Michelle has three beautiful children, and they own three horses, two dogs and two cats.

Dr Alex Cleversley

Veterinary Associate
Alex grew up in South-East Melbourne and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2016. She joined the Greencross Vets Ballarat team in January 2018. Her special interests include feline medicine and she will be starting a two-year continuing education course in 2020 in this area. At home she has two spoilt Domestic Shorthair cats called Grayson and Alfred. In her spare time she likes to travel, listen to rock music and geek out to all things pop culture, especially DC/Marvel TV shows and films.

Sally Dean

Veterinary Nurse
Sally has been a veterinary nurse since 2014, obtaining her Certificate II in Animal Studies in 2015 and her Certificate IV Veterinary Nursing qualification in 2017. Sally also welcomed her baby girl into the world in July 2019. Sally loves being a part of the Greencross team!

Jemma Pryor

Veterinary Nurse
Jemma joined the Greencross Vets Ballarat/Creswick team in 2019. She is currently working towards completing her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Jemma has a love for all animals and is particularly passionate about behaviour and nutrition.

Ashleigh Evers

Veterinary Nurse

Ashleigh joined the Greencross Vets team in 2018. She is currently studying to complete her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. At home Ash has two cats of her own – their names are Lily and Zala.

Tegan Morley

Tegan has been working as a Veterinary Nurse for over 5 years, and has been with Greencross since 2016.
She has completed both her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and Diploma in Veterinary Nursing (General Practice).
You will find Tegan at both the Ballarat and Creswick clinics zipping around doing a million things at once off her to-do list, or sitting on the floor covered in dog hair giving belly rubs.
At home Tegan has a mischievous Irish Setter named Pretzel and she spends her free time drawing, roller skating and spending time with Family and Friends.

Megan Harrop

Veterinary Nurse
Megan was born and bred on a dairy farm in Swan Hill. This is where she developed her love for animals. Megan loves to surround herself with animals – when she was younger, she had two farm dogs, a pet dog, cats, budgies, a sheep or two, three horses and of course, a large number of dairy cows. Her current pet family consists of a Golden Retriever named Holly, two cats named Gus and Boris and two Guinea Pigs named Giggle and John Snow.

Megan started working in a Mixed Animal Veterinary Clinic in Swan Hill when she was 16 years old before making a location change to the sunshine state in QLD for two years. Megan moved back to Victoria in 2011 and has been based at Greencross Vets Ballarat since then.

Renee Collins

Renee joined the Greencross team in February 2016. Renee has a background in Retail and IT Management. She grew up on a farm near Warrnambool and has been around animals all her life. Renee is kept busy working reception and in the back office managing the day to day business of Greencross Ballarat and Creswick. With 2 children and a new puppy life is busy keeping up with all that is going on.

Shenay Gillie

Veterinary Nurse
Shenay completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2012 and has been working for Greencross Vets since 2013! For the last three years Shenay has been a part of the Ballarat and Creswick team.

Her favourite part of veterinary nursing is surgical nursing and anaesthetic monitoring, and helping with the pet’s recovery, making sure they feel comfortable and safe when they wake up from their procedure. Shenay currently has two young children at home so you can see her at the Ballarat clinic a few days a week.

Annette Currie

A former primary school teacher, Annette decided for a career change at the age of 53. Having bred miniature ponies for over 30 years, she is no stranger to animals. Since joining the Greencross team she has completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and microchipping accreditation. A mother of 4 grown children, Annette is now also a grandmother of two. Married to Rob, they have a 20-acre farm in Warrenheip. Annette & Rob have a menagerie of animals, ranging from cats and dogs through to miniature ponies and a Galah called Rory. Annette is an avid runner; and has competed in long distance events such as the New York and Paris Marathons. She enjoys music, and plays piano, guitar and flute. Annette loves travelling, snowboarding, the beach, surfing, and of course animals.

Dr Rayya T-Malaeb

Veterinary Associate
Rayya graduated from Murdoch University in WA in 2007. She worked in mixed practice for 8 years and in 2016, she decided it was time to just focus on small animal medicine. She is quite happy to tackle all species and loves treating exotic species (wildlife & birds) and pocket pets. She has also discovered a niche for behavioural medicine and is very passionate about attending to your special needs fur babies. In her spare time, she enjoys spending quality time with the family and chasing after her toddler Olivia and 3 fur kids, Shepo (Aussie Shepherd), Punchkin (cross breed) & Lewi (Persian) & two fish (fish 1 and fish 2). She is also a very avid veterinary blogger and obsessed with pet photography.