Dr. Peter Trembath
Position: Practice Owner, Head Veterinarian
Qualifications: BVSc (1st class honours)
Having been vet since 1980, I have become good at most things but not the best at everything. Honest and direct face to face communication with clients is important and I strive for myself and the team to achieve positive, predictable results at KVCC. Treating animals to give good value and ethical outcomes for the final and owner is a high priority. As a team we are willing to tackle most problems and do our best to get results.
Dr. Rupert Trembath
Position: Associate Veterinarian
Qualification: BVSc
A Katherine local, I graduated from JCU in 2017 and my passions are mostly in large animal Medicine/Reproduction and Surgery as well as Small animal Orthopaedic Surgery, and of course, fishing.
Providing top quality care to patients is the goal I/we strive for. Whether it be out of the back of my car at a remote cattle station, or in town at the clinic. Doing the best we can and trying our hardest is what’s important.
Dr. Amy Harding/Trembath
Position: Associate Veterinarian
Qualification: BVSc
I grew up on a cattle station on the Sturt Plateau where I had a wonderful childhood! I went to boarding school in Adelaide and then on to study at the University of Queensland.
After Uni, I spent some time working in New Zealand with dairy cattle and loved it, gaining a passion for large animal surgery and medicine. I moved back to the Territory to settle in Katherine and I am thankful for the great team and wide variety of animals I get to work with.
Outside of work, I am working on the farm with my husband and son, playing sport and making time for adventures when I can!
Dr. Cait Daffey
Position: Associate Veterinarian
Qualification: BVSc
I grew up in the sheep and cropping region of rural Victoria. Surrounded by animals, I quickly knew I had a passion for them, especially horses. I spent a gap year, following high school, on a cattle station in the NT and fell in love with the area.
Completing vet school in Townsville in 2019, I then traveled to southern WA to work in mixed practice for 12 months before joining the team in Katherine.
I love the diversity of cases, the relaxed territory lifestyle and the awesome bunch of people I get to work with everyday. Outside of work I love traveling and anything outdoors.
Dr. Ayden Doumtsis
Position: Veterinarian
Qualification: BVSc
Originally from Victoria, I have since spent the past five years in Townsville. Where I graduated from James Cook University in 2022.
As a new graduate, I aim to hit the work force with an eagerness to develop the skills I have acquired, whilst continuing to learn and gain competency in the profession.
Being able to work from my car and service animals, both large and small is the goal, providing veterinary care to Katherine residents and the greater rural community.
The hands on lifestyle suits me to a tee as I love to explore the great outdoors, whether it be with camera or fishing rod in hand.
Rachel
Originally from coastal NSW, I competed my degree at James Cook University in 2023, but decided I was made for the NT life after visiting as a kid.
I knew I wanted to be a vet while looking at poorer conditioned cattle in a small community in Tanzania. I feel vet offers me the perfect opportunity to simultaneously aid both human and animal health and welfare. I’d love to take my work back over there one day.
I’m super keen to be working with the KVCC team this year! If you don’t find me in the clinic I’m probably out looking for crocs.
Sally Trembath
Position: Manager/ Nurse
Born and breed in South East Queensland, I graduated boarding school in Toowoomba QLD. I had a year working in a boarding school in the UK before completing my bachelor of human nursing in Armidale NSW. I meet Dr Rupert Trembath whilst working in Longreach, central west QLD and we have been together even since. I started working for KVCC in 2022 and am loving it. My favorite animal are Jack Russel’s and any of my spare time is spent either in the garden or outside with our many animals.
Shivanii Petoe
Position: Vet Nurse
Born and raised on the sunny Sunshine Coast, I moved to the NT to chase a childhood dream of wrangling camels in the Red Centre!
Following this I travelled north with the hopes of expanding my knowledge in the animal industry, which is what led me to working at KVCC.
After working as a zoo keeper and cameleer I have a strong passion for large animal husbandry which is why I love Katherine Vet Care.
Katherine Vet Care has given me an amazing opportunity to work with both small and large animals.
My goal is to provide the best care possible and continue to grow as a vet nurse.
Outside of work you’ll find me with my partner and two dogs, on a horse or enjoying some down time.
Lucy Keough
Position: Vet Nurse
Growing up in the suburbs of Sydney, I knew that the city life wasn’t for me. After moving to CSU in Wagga Wagga and completing a Bachelor of Equine Science in 2016, I decided that I wanted to gain as much experience as possible in many aspects of animal husbandry, particularly with horses. In rural NSW, worked on thoroughbred studs playing with foals, as a horse trail guide in the depths of the Blue Mountain forests and a farm hand on a premium sheep station. In 2019 I decided to travel to Canada and work for one of North America’s top cutting horse trainers, travelling on the road from week to week and going to cutting horse competitions all over southern Canada.
The restrictions of COVID pushed me to travel to Northern Queensland, where I worked on a cattle station, which I absolutely loved! I was sucked in to the northern Australian lifestyle. This led me to travel across the border to Katherine, and pull up a stump at the wonderful KVCC. Currently studying a Certificate IV in veterinary nursing, I am learning every single day and feel so grateful to be a part of such a fantastic veterinary team!
When I am not working or studying, I am playing guitar, singing and mucking around with horses.
MOIRA McCREESH
Position: Vet Nurse Assistant
Animals have always been linked to the most interesting and enjoyable aspects of my life. Starting with those on my Grandad’s small mixed farm in Ireland and continuing through a lifetime of companion dogs and cats. Living in rural areas of the NT since 1981, I’ve had plenty of opportunities for bird and reptile watching and have found that non-mammalian life forms are just as interesting as the furry types. A long, long time ago I was a human nurse and later became involved in human preventative health. During the last few decades I went on several human aid work deployments to developing countries. These highlighted the connections between humans and animals and made me aware of the urgent need to protect biodiversity for the sake of all inhabitants of this planet. Over the last five years I’ve enjoyed being a volunteer foster carer for rescue animals. I am grateful to Katherine Vet Care Centre for supporting me to become a Veterinary Nurse now. My particular interests include physiotherapy and rehabilitation for injured and older animals and the roles of nutrition and enrichment in healing.
The team is always here to discuss preventative medicine so that every pet can stay as healthy as possible. As a team, KVCC is approachable, realistic and competent in our work and strive to give everything our best.
We invite you to contact us to discuss your requirements for your animals both great and small, preferably by phone on (08) 8972 2752 or email admin@katherinevetcare.com.au