OUR TEAM

Dr Leisa Denaro BVSc
Our team is headed by Veterinarian Dr Leisa Denaro BVSc. Dr Leisa believes that pets are valued family members. She believes that having a practice with a team of qualified, experienced and caring staff that are like-minded in their beliefs in responsible pet ownership and quality preventative health care is very important so she set about surrounding herself with great people who make up the team.

Dr Leisa is a member of the Australian Veterinary Association, The Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association, The Unusual & Exotic Pet Group, the Australian Veterinary Practice Management Association & the Nambour & District Chamber of Commerce. Her two “children”, Kelpie & Billy can usually be seen around the practice. 

Mrs Helen Bird VN
Nurse Helen is our qualified senior veterinary nurse and she has over 20 years experience. Helen handles both surgical and outpatient nursing duties and ensures all pets are well cared for whilst at our practice. Helen's 4 legged family members are Sallie the German Shepherd, Jess the Ridgeback cross and Harvie James the howling feline!
Teneille Richardson  Mrs Teneille Nicholson VN
Nurse Teneille has over 10 years experience as a qualified Veterinary Nurse. She joined our practice after having a year off to have her first child and has recently had her second daughter. Teneille's friendly personality and efficiency ensures all our clients receive great service and professional advice. Teneille’s four legged pals are Tye, the Staffy and Missie the German Shepherd cross.
Miss Alyce Murphy
Alyce joined our practice in 2008 and has brought both professional service and vibrant enthusiasm to the team. She is pictured here with Zeeli the mastiff x American bulldog and Rags the labrador.
Miss Amanda Cooney
Amanda is our Pet Pampering expert. She is the senior stylist for SnipsNDips Pet Pampering Parlour. Amanda has many years experience grooming and pampering pets and she performs everything from a complete clip off to breed
specific clips and puppy’s first trim. Her expertise ensures all the pets at SnipsNDips are calm and happy and looking great! Amanda's best friend is Floyd, the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen.
Mr Jodie Denaro
You will meet Jodie taking on Saturday nurse/reception duties. He also keeps the place looking neat and tidy and well maintained. Jodie is married to Dr Leisa. Billy is a very happy kelpie dog when his favourite Dad is at work with him on Saturday
Kelpie & Billy
Officially known as Kelpie the Wonderdog and Billy the Kid they are the resident Frisbee-chasers! Kelpie has been by Dr Leisa’s side in vet clinics since she was 6 weeks old. Billy is Kelpie’s son and for many years went to work on the farm with Jodie but now happily lounges around the clinic during the day.
Sir Claude
Claude is the resident over-seer. You will see him draped over the reception counter ensuring things are done correctly! Claude was brought in to Dr Leisa one night as a stray. He had a fractured jaw and was very thin and ill. After failing to find his owner, we adopted him (or rather he adopted us) and immediately made himself at home and put himself in charge.His favourite hobbies are eating and walking on the keyboards!

OUR PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY

We acknowledge the strong bond between people and their pets and contribute to further development of this bond within our practice. ie we treat your pets as we would our own pets - as valued family members.

At Lamington terrace Veterinary Surgery we aim to:

  • Provide professional veterinary services in a friendly & welcoming environment
  • Emphasise Preventative Health, and offer high quality patient care at all times
  • Consider the welfare of our patients as our highest priority & treat both owners & pets with care, empathy & respect at all times
  • To strive for knowledge: our veterinary & nursing staff are committed to ongoing training programmes to ensure our knowledge is the best it can be
  • Respect, support & encourage team members to utilise & develop thier skills and contributions to the practice team
  • Present an uncomprimising standard of appearance and hygiene for both staff and premises
  • Be Animal Advocates by being involved in educating the community about responsible pet ownership & the benefits of the human-animal bond 
  • Be an approachable source of information on quality pet health for our local pet lovers

OUR COMMUNITY SPIRIT

At Lamington Terrace Veterinary Surgery we like to celebrate the Human-Animal Bond. We are advocates for responsible pet ownership.

  • Annually we host the RSPCA Million Paws Walk in Nambour to help the RSPCA raise vital funds.
  • We are also proud supporters of the Greyhound Adoption Program and both Seeing Eye Dogs (Vision Aust) & Guide Dogs Queensland
  • Lamington Terrace Veterinary Surgery also cares for injured wildlife free of charge

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

Wherever possible we source recycled paper,soy based inks for printing & we utilise worm farms for waste composting including animal faeces.

Rainwater is used in our grooming parlour.

We are also undertaking the EcoBiz program to help reduce our carbon footprint.