Dr Lynda Shaw

Lynda grew up in Sydney with a variety of pets (and family members!). She graduated from Sydney University in 2006 with Honours and has since worked on the Central Coast for 7 years before settling in to call Newcastle home. She has strong interest in small animal medicine, ophthalmology and neurology.

Lynda enjoys getting out and enjoying the natural beauty of Newcastle through bush walking or a leisurely cycle. She also enjoys reading and getting creative in the kitchen. She lives with her cat Mapel, who sometimes allows her to have foster kittens to stay.

Dr Lasanthika Thewarage

Veterinarian

Dr Lassie joined the Greencross Vets team in 2020 after moving from Sri Lanka where she was a senior small animal veterinarian and completed her Bachelor of Veterinary Science with Honours. Dr Lassie is passionate about small animal medicine, veterinary parasitology and pathology. Dr Lassie can’t wait to one day have a pet of her own once she settles into Canberra life.

Caitlin Lowe

Receptionist

Caitlin is our wonderful receptionist, who has strong interests in puppy training and behaviour, nutrition and wildlife. She loves every single animal but has a special love for her elderly lady Missy the Pomeranian, her rats Poppy and Annabelle, and Consuela the cat.

Grace Fryer

Veterinary Nurse

Grace is our Veterinary Nurse who is completing the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Grace loves learning and finds the biology of animals very interesting. She also enjoys getting to know our clients and their pet’s personalities! Grace has a cat named Lola and three guinea pigs at home.

Dr Sara

Veterinary Director

Dr Sara is our highly experienced Veterinary Director with over 10 years of experience in the industry. After earning her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in the US and practicing in General Practice and Emergency for 8 years, Dr Sara recently moved to Australia and joined Greencross Vets. She is now sharing her holistic approach to medicine with the Canberra community. Dr Sara is passionate about rehabilitation, imaging, dentistry and behaviour, and is also a mum to her three kids and her fur-kid Frankie the Labrador.

Sophie Nixon

Veterinary Nurse

Sophie is our Veterinary Nurse and Groomer who especially loves cats! She has lots of experience in rescue shelters and spends her time not working at her property with her pug Arnie, four rescue cats, five chickens, and two horses.

Jackie Bolton

Veterinary Nurse

Jackie is our Veterinary Nurse who is completing the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Jackie enjoys all aspects of nursing and looks forward to finishing her studies. When Jackie isn’t learning as much as she can about the veterinary industry, she’s spending time with Chip her Labrador X and her cat Whiskey.

Bianca Simpson

Practice Manager

Bianca is our Practice Manager and qualified Veterinary Nurse at Greencross Vets Phillip. Bianca is dedicated to ensuring that the Phillip team provides the highest standards of care for every patient, and clients receive the best customer service possible. Bianca has a strong interest in diagnostic testing and procedures and pet owner education. When she is not at work, Bianca is most likely spending time with (or feeding!) her two cats Mischa and Melvin.

Jessica Brzozowski

Jessica has been working at Greencross Tanilba Bay family since June 2018 and completed Certificate IV in Vet Nursing in 2014.
Jessica owns 3 dogs; Liz, Kippa and Samson, 2 cats; Gomez and Shadow and a horse named Chester.
Jessica also has 2 children named Skarlett and Isaac.

Dr Lauren Dey

Lauren grew up in Melbourne but moved to Perth to study. After graduating from Murdoch University in 2010, she worked in Western Australia for 2 years before moving to Newcastle and joining the Greencross family. These days her main interests are in small animal medicine and she enjoys furthering her study in this area.
Lauren lives with her husband, Jax the cat and Mira the Cattle dog

Page Power

Page was part of the team at Greencross Vet Lambton since 2011, before moving to Greencross Vets Warners Bay in 2023. She is a qualified Certificate IV Veterinary Nurse and also runs the clinic’s puppy school and canine commandos classes.

Page holds her her Certificate IV in Companion Animal Services through DELTA and she has a keen interest in dog training and behaviour. Page also visits local schools with Rumour, her American Staffy; educating children on dog bite prevention and safety around animals.

At home, Page has 2 horses, 3 Mini Schnauzers, 1 Hairy Maclary look-a-like, 1 Mini Foxie, 1 American Staffy and 1 German Shorthaired Pointer. She also has a couple of rescue rabbits, 4 turtles, 2 pythons and some chickens.