Alberto Bonfiglio

Originally from Italy, Alberto moved to the US in 1993 to be a flight instructor. While there he pursued a BS (hons) in Biology at the University of Texas. In 2009 Alberto earned the Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M and promptly joined the US Army as a Veterinary Corps Officer. While on Active duty Alberto enjoyed working with hundreds of Military Working Dogs and volunteering for humanitarian missions. Once out of the Army, Alberto and his family moved first to Oregon and is now enjoying the warm Queensland weather! Professionally, Alberto has an interest in emergency medicine, surgery, and dentistry in small animals and exotic pets, especially reptiles. He is also interested in regenerative medicine and stem cell research.

Alberto is passionate about providing excellent health care to small animals and exotics, and enjoys coaching and educating staff and clients on pet health issues. One of Alberto’s personal projects is the application of 3D printing to the development of custom made orthopedic implants. Other academic interests include research in robotics, artificial intelligence, reptile behaviour, and, just to keep his head above the clouds, astrobiology.

When not performing looking after patients, or coding, Alberto can be found practicing Shaolin Kempo with his beautiful wife Danielle, playing with his kids building Star Wars Lego models, riding motorcycles, or getting bucked off horses.

Danielle Bonfiglio

Dr Danielle was born and raised in Hawaii. After graduating from High School, she moved with her family to Texas for college and then veterinary school. After graduating from Texas A&M Veterinary College, Dr Danielle completed a 1 year internship in Florida. In the last 10 years Dr Danielle has worked as a General Practitioner at various private practices across the US gaining invaluable experience in all aspects of veterinary medicine.
For Dr Danielle’s latest adventure, she moved to Australia with her husband, 2 energetic boys, and soon her Norwegian Fjord horse that keeps her busy. Danielle’s professional interests include internal medicine, surgery, and ultrasonography.
In her free time she loves going to the beach, horseback riding, hiking, and anything outdoors. Dr Danielle’s favorite dogs are Golden Retrievers.

Melina Tame

Veterinary Nurse

Ever since Melina was little, she has been surrounded by animals, whether they be cats and dogs or horses and cattle. Melina grew up on her family’s cattle farm just outside of Yandaran enjoying the country air and getting her hands dirty. She knew from an early age she was destined to have a career in the animal industry. Since starting with Greencross Vets over a decade ago, Melina has completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and accumulated years of experience in the industry. Melina is an excellent mentor, who also spends her time overseeing the training of our trainee and intern nurses.

Melina is a pet parent to several animals including 2 Kelpie X, Turbo and Dotti, 2 horses Highlander and Marvin, and a cat, Boots. When Melina’s not in the clinic, she enjoys spending time with her family taking trips to the beach or out on the boat fishing and crabbing.

Jamie Boyce

Practice Manager/Veterinary Nurse

Jamie has been working in the veterinary industry for almost twenty years and praises her team of vets and nurse for keeping her loving her job day in and day out. She is constantly looking to develop her professional education and loves the fact the team are always open professionally developing their skills and sharing their knowledge.
Outside of the clinic she is an adoring mother to a 4 year old mixed breed ragdoll x called ‘Leroy’. She can often be found enjoying some down time creating Amigurumi Crochet animals and toys and have recently developed a green thumb, gardening succulents.