Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre was purpose built for us and opened in 2004. As a specialist referral hospital the building is designed to house the worlds best. As such, we have on staff specialists well known in several countries and some leaders in their own specialty.
- Dr Rod Straw is known world-wide for his contribution to Veterinary Oncology, he was a part of what was ground breaking techniques in Surgical management of some cancers and now those very same techniques are used to treat animals and even humans everyday!
- Dr Valerie Poirier in one of only a handful of double boarded Oncologists in both Medical Oncology and Radiation world-wide and runs the medical and radiation oncology facility at BVSC
- Dr Bruce Smith is an American and Australian boarded Specialist Small Animal Surgeon and has worked as a Specialist Small Animal Surgeon in referral hospitals for over 10 years in both Queensland and New South Wales.
- Darren Fry has worked in several countries around the world, and have worked as a Registered Internal Medicine Specialist in both Australia and New Zealand.
- Anna Deykin & Edith Hampson, both board certified Ophthalmologists, run a comprehensive 6 day per week Ophthalmology service at BVSC.
It goes without saying, BVSC house’s some of Australia’s finest in the Veterinary Profession.
Please choose any of the below to read our Specialists Biographies:
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Rod Straw BVSc Dip ACVS M(A)ACVSc |  |
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Valerie Poirier DVM, DACVIM (Oncology) | |
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Animal Cancer Care (ACC) | |
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Anna Deykin BVSC, BVMS, FACVSc | |
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Bruce Smith BVSc MS FACVSc Dip ACVS | |
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Darren Fry MA VetMB FACVSc | |