Dr Terry King was born and raised in Townsville, North Queensland.
He graduated with his Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Queensland in 1975.
Over his 19 years in private practice in Brisbane’s north western suburbs, Terry accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience in small animal practice.
After a year’s sojourn in the USA and Brisbane’s Animal Emergency Centre, Terry joined the University of Queensland Veterinary Teaching Hospital in late 1995 as a medical resident.
He went on to become the Director of the Clinic and Hospital in 1997 until 2002.
Terry joined the team at Veterinary Specialist Services as a Director in 2003, until 2016 where he now resides as a medical referral clinician.
Terry’s real passion arises from the emergency side of veterinary practice, particularly the intricacy of understanding and treating the critically ill.
He is highly committed to family veterinary medicine, emergency and critical treatment and prolonging the human-animal bond.
Ruth Sutcliffe
BVSc, MVSc MANZCVS
Senior Lecture Internal Medicine
Dr Sutcliffe holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Melbourne, and a Master of Veterinary Studies in Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery from Murdoch University. She has Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in small animal medicine. Dr Sutcliffe is one of JCUVet’s academic clinicians who combines teaching internal medicine with clinical practice at JCUVet. Although not a specialist dermatologist, she enjoys dermatology and is particularly interested in cases with complex combinations of medical and dermatological problems.
Dr Jason Mouatt is a University of Queensland (BVSc) graduate who, upon graduation, spent 5 years in general small animal and equine practice. In 1999, he returned to the University of Queensland to complete a residency in Small Animal Surgery. Dr Mouatt became a Specialist Small Animal Surgeon (FANZCVS) in 2002.
Dr Mouatt went on to become the Clinical Head of Surgery at the University of Melbourne Veterinary Hospital before moving to private practice in 2004. Jason then joined the Veterinary Specialist Services (VSS) in Brisbane, became a partner/ director of VSS the following year, and spend the next 10 years working from their Carrara practice on the Gold Coast. During his tenure at VSS Carrara, the clinic became one of the busiest Specialist Veterinary Surgical Centers in the country.
Through this time, Dr Mouatt has been involved in all areas of clinical surgery. He has a strong interests in orthopaedics, joint surgery and replacement, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and oncological / reconstructive surgery. He also has a love of mentoring and clinical training and enjoys teaching interns, residents, nurses and general practitioners.
Dr Mouatt regulary visits JCUVet to provide advanced surgical services and mentor Dr Gosztyla.
Brenton Gosztyla
BVSc, BBioMedSc
Small Animal Surgeon
Dr Goszytla graduated James Cook University in 2012 where he studied his Bachelor in BioMedical Science and continued on to complete his degree in Veterinary Science. Following graduation, Dr Gosztyla worked in general practice for 5 years where he developed a special interest in orthopaedic surgery. In 2017, he was appointed to a position in referral surgery under the supervision of Dr Richard Mitchel, Dr Craig Thomson and Dr Jason Mouatt. Dr Gosztyla has continued to develop his surgical skills and is planning to undertake his Membership in the Australian & New Zealand College of Veterinary Science in Small Animal Surgery in 2021.
At home Brenton has a menagerie of animals he looks after including horses, dogs, cats, cows and goats.
Craig Thomson
BSc BVSc MANZCVSc (Surgery)
Registrar in Small Animal Surgery
Dr Thomson graduated University in 2001 and has worked as a referral surgeon at JCU, running the surgical department and educating JCU vet students for the past 8 years. He recently relocated to the Sunshine Coast to complete his Small Animal Surgery Residency under Dr Richard Mitchell. Dr Thomson has a special interest in orthopaedic and brachiocephalic airway surgery, and he regulary travels to JCUVet to provide surgical services and mentor Dr Gosztyla.
Dr Tosoni was born and raised in FNQ and graduated from JCU in 2011 before moving to South Australia to work in rural mixed practice. She returned to the north at the end of 2015 to be closer to her family and to pursue her interest in clinical teaching. Dr Tosoni enjoys all aspects of small animal veterinary medicine, with a particular interest in preventative health and working dog health and care.
She shares her home with her trusty sidekick Luxie, a German Wirehaired Pointer.
Pooja Bahal
BVSc
Emergency and Critical Care and GP Clinician
Dr Bahal graduated from Sydney University in 2013. She started her career working in rural mixed practices in Victoria and South Australia for three years before moving to sunny Townsville. Pooja has been part of out Emergency and Critical Care team since late 2018 and is currently pursuing further education in the field. In addition to emergency medicine, Dr Bahal enjoys soft tissue surgery and small animal behavioural medicine.
When not at work, Dr Bahal loves spending time outdoors with her husband and dogs, Hamish and Nyx.
Susan Chantelle Dunn
BVSc
General Practice Clinician
Dr Susan Chantelle Dunn completed a Zoology degree at JCU prior to doing veterinary science at JCU
She graduated in 2012 and worked at JCU Vet as a new grad, where she enjoyed working as part of the emergency team.
Dr Dunn then took a few years off to have children, before rejoining JCUVet in 2019
She is mum to two beautiful kids and a demon cat named Pixie. Pixie is a naughty torti, that was hand raised by one of the amazing nurses she worked with, so she has a bit of an identity crisis (doesn’t know she is a cat, and tends to behave more like a moody teenager)
Outside of her work and family, she enjoys playing soccer (or as most people call it, football), crafting, reading and watching movies.
Dr Miyake gained her Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree from the University of Sydney in the early 1990s before returning to Japan where she worked as a general practice veterinarian and researcher at the Small Animal Clinical Research Foundation in Tottori. In 1998 she returned to Australia where she was appointed Veterinary Registrar in Small Animal Anaesthesia at the Veterinary Centre at the University of Sydney.
In 2002 she relocated to the United States and undertook a combined Anaesthesia Residency/Master’s degree program, achieving a Master of Clinical Science (MSc) at Colorado State University. This was followed by a posting as emergency anaesthetist at the Colorado State University’s James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
In 2007, Dr Miyake returned to Australia working as an anaesthetist in Sydney, visiting, consulting and giving seminars in various private practices and specialist referral centres. In 2008, Yukari was a Senior Veterinary Registrar in University of Sydney, Camden campus and then joined The Royal Veterinary College as a Lecturer in Anaesthesia.
In 2010, Dr Miyake joined the team at JCU as the senior lecturer in veterinary anaesthesia. She leads both the clinical practice and clinical teaching components of the anaesthesia team at JCU Vet.
Gretel Fowler
BSc,BVSc MANZCVS (Anaesthesia and Analgesia)
Anaesthesia Team Clinician
After completing a Bachelor Degree in Animal Science in 2007, Dr Fowler went on to pursue her Veterinary Science degree at James Cook University, Townsville. Dr Fowler graduated in 2012, receiving the Small Animal Medicine Award, and the Animal Behavior, Ethics and Welfare Prize.
Once in general practice, she developed a keen interest in all aspects of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, and thus when the opportunity arose, she accepted a position at JCU Vet in 2018 as the Clinical Veterinary Anaesthetist. Gretel enjoys all aspects of anaesthesia, but is particularly interested in advanced monitoring techniques, complex anaesthesia for the critically unwell patient and ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia. In 2019, Dr Fowler gained membership qualifications in Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, through the Australian and New Zealand Collage of Veterinary Scientists. Dr Fowler was recognized as the top Australian candidate in the Anaesthesia field for 2019.
Gretel shares her home with her husband and three fur children; a Devon Rex named Rudy, a Greyhound named Winifred and a Bull Terrier named Bundy. Outside of work, she enjoys outdoor adventure and travel.
Dr. Nicolson grew up in New Zealand before making the move to Queensland to complete his veterinary training. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 2011 with honours. It was during university that he developed a strong interest in cardiology. In 2012 he completed a 1 year rotating internship at the University of Queensland Veterinary Teaching Hospital. In 2013 Dr. Nicolson commenced a cardiology residency at the University of Sydney Veterinary Teaching Hospital, under the supervision of European-boarded specialist cardiologist Dr Niek Beijerink. In 2017 he successfully obtained specialist status in the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals, in the subspecialty of Cardiology. Dr Nicolson then spent 12 months working in Melbourne as a mobile cardiologist before establishing Veterinary Cardiac Services, a mobile service focusing on the Sunshine Coast and North Brisbane. Dr Nicolson makes regular visits to JCUVet to provide specialist cardiology services to north Queensland.
While Dr. Nicolson enjoys all aspects of cardiology, he has a particular interest in congenital heart disease, canine cardiomyopathies and arrhythmia management.
Dr Hutt graduated from the University of Queensland in 1988. He worked in general practice in Brisbane for 18 months before travelling to the UK in 1990, where he worked in small animal practice for the next 11 years. He was a clinical assistant in dermatology at the Animal Health Trust from 1998 to 2001. In 2001 Dr Hutt set up North Kent Referrals, a multi-disciplinary referral practice in the south of England, and he owned and ran the practice until its sale in 2012.
Dr Hutt holds the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Dermatology, is a member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (MANZCVS) by examination in small animal medicine, and is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology. He is a past President of the British Veterinary Dermatology Study Group.
Following his return to Brisbane in 2013, Dr Hutt joined the team at Dermatology for Animals. He makes regular visits to JCUVet to provide specialist dermaology services to north Queensland.
Outside of work Dr Hutt’s major interest lies in English Literature and in 2006 he completed a Bachelor of Arts at the Open University.
Dr Terry King was born and raised in Townsville, North Queensland.
He graduated with his Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Queensland in 1975.
Over his 19 years in private practice in Brisbane’s north western suburbs, Terry accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience in small animal practice.
After a year’s sojourn in the USA and Brisbane’s Animal Emergency Centre, Terry joined the University of Queensland Veterinary Teaching Hospital in late 1995 as a medical resident.
He went on to become the Director of the Clinic and Hospital in 1997 until 2002.
Terry joined the team at Veterinary Specialist Services as a Director in 2003, until 2016 where he now resides as a medical referral clinician.
Terry’s real passion arises from the emergency side of veterinary practice, particularly the intricacy of understanding and treating the critically ill.
He is highly committed to family veterinary medicine, emergency and critical treatment and prolonging the human-animal bond.
Pooja Bahal
BVSc
Emergency and Critical Care and GP Clinician
Dr Bahal graduated from Sydney University in 2013. She started her career working in rural mixed practices in Victoria and South Australia for three years before moving to sunny Townsville. Pooja has been part of out Emergency and Critical Care team since late 2018 and is currently pursuing further education in the field. In addition to emergency medicine, Dr Bahal enjoys soft tissue surgery and small animal behavioural medicine.
When not at work, Dr Bahal loves spending time outdoors with her husband and dogs, Hamish and Nyx.
Philip Judge
BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Stud MACVSc (VECC Medicine of Dogs)
Emergency and Critical Care Clinician
Dr Judge graduated from Massey University in 1992, and spent 7 years in general practice in New Zealand before undertaking a residency in veterinary emergency and critical care at the University of Melbourne. Dr Judge has spend over 20 years in university and private veterinary emergency centres, and is former Senior Veterinarian at Melbourne’s busy Animal Emergency Centre, and former Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at James Cook University.
Dr Judge is a published author and expert in australian snake envenomation in dogs and cats. In addition, he is co-founder and director of an online veterinary education company, Vet Education.
Dr Judge works part time and on-call at JCUVet in the veterinary emergency centre, assisting staff veterinarians in the care of emergency and critically ill patients.
