Dr Zachary Hur – BVSc
Zac joined us in 2015 and comes with a lot of enthusiasm and charm. Zac trained at Townsville Veterinary School who pride themselves on producing practical and problem solving veterinarians. Zac has fitted in exceptionally well with our team and will always give you and your pet 100% of his attention. Zac has a keen interest in surgery.
Dr Ella McCarter – BVSc Veterinary Surgeon
Ella has been a member of the vet team since 2017, after graduating with first class honours from the University of Queensland. Ella was also awarded the very prestigious University Medal for academic and personal attributes – a huge honour and recognition of her skills both academically and in her ability to care.
Ella has been part of our AC Vet team since 2012 as a vet nurse throughout her veterinary studies and eagerly joined as a full time member of the vet team upon graduation.
Ella has a keen interest in all aspects of medicine and is very passionate about providing the best care to your animal. Ella is an invaluable member of the team with energy and purpose, matched with skill, compassion and knowledge.
Ella has a fur-baby labradoodle called Henry.
Dr Lauren Miller – BVSc Veterinary Surgeon
Lauren has a number of years’ experience in busy small animal practice before joining us in October 2017. Lauren’s first memory of wanting to be a vet was when she found an injured rabbit and became compassionately intrigued as to how she fix it and what that involve.
Lauren realised her dream and has taken that compassionate personality after achieving her Veterinary degree at Townsville. Lauren has a keen interest in medicine and has quickly become a popular member of our team. Lauren will always pay attention to detail and you will always get a naturally caring and compassionate vet who can add to that a very good knowledge of veterinary medicine.
Lauren is the proud owner of Marco, a Norwegian Elkhound X Labrador and her cat Brax. We welcome Lauren and count ourselves lucky to have her working with our team with service and
compassionate care as our goals.
Dr Ashlee Bernstone – BVSc (Hons1)
Ashlee joined us in early 2021 and has already earnt her place as a valuable member of the Vet team. She spent a number of weeks at ACVets during her final year of university and joined us after graduating with First Class Honours from the University of Queensland.
Ashlee loves the excitement of general practice and enjoys building close relationships with both clients and pets alike. She enjoys the challenge of managing unique medical cases (which always seem to find their way to her!).
Outside of work hours, Ashlee prefers to spend her time in the great outdoors finding new places to explore with her Labrador X Border Collie, ‘Jed’. They can be seen at the beach, on the trail or even on top of a mountain!
Dr Karla de Klerk – BVSc (Hons)
Dr Karla de Klerk BVSC Hons
Karla grew up in Brisbane and graduated with honours from University of Qld. After doing a year internship as an equine specialists at the teaching hospital at University of Queensland Karla moved to Sydney gaining experience in small animal medicine and surgery.
After a few years of NSW Karla moved back to family and Qld and joined the AC vet team in June 2021 and has become an integral part and much appreciated member of the team.
Karla enjoys building strong client relationships and educating owners about preventative care to keep our younger patients healthy, formulating personalised plans to promote quality of life in our older patients, and seeing patients leave the clinic healthier and happier than when they arrived!
When not at work, you can find Karla gardening, riding her horse, spending time with her family or bushwalking.
Dr Casey Miles BVSc (Hons) – BVSc (Hons)
Casey always dreamed of being a vet and made that a reality when she graduated from the University of Queensland with honours.
The aspects of veterinary medicine that she loves the most, is being able to care for someone’s pet for their entire life, so that she can support pets and owners through all the highs and lows life offers.
Casey prides herself on excellent service and patient care. She also has a keen interest in surgery.
Casey is Brisbane born and bred, comes from a large family with 7 Aunts, Uncles and 20+ cousins. She has a kelpie named Titan and a ginger tabby cat named Murby.
On her days off she likes to spend time with family and friends as well as taking her furry comrades on adventures.
