Ashleigh Miles

Veterinarian & Practice Owner

Steven Porep

Veterinarian & Practice Owner

Rod Gilbert

Veterinarian

Owner

Graduated in 1982 from Queensland University

Rod lived and ran a Veterinary Practice in Port Moresby, New Guinea for 6 years before moving to Cairns in 1990 and starting the  Marlin Coast Vet Clinic.

There have been a lot of changes at Marlin Coast Vet Hospital since those days of the "single vet" surgery and he is very proud of the purpose built hospital finally built in 2012. Rod is also a AQUIS accredited veterinarian for all your animal export needs.

Rods speciality is orthopaedics & joint problems and does most of the orthopaedic work in the clinic. 

Peter Barratt

Veterinarian

Graduated in 1983 from Murdoch University

Peter has worked with large and small animals from Bowen to Townsville before joining the team in 2007.  He has a special interest in all things to do with Native, birds and exotic species.

Champika Nissanka

Veterinarian

Champika (a.k.a Champ) graduated with a BVSc from the University of Melbourne in 2010.  He also has a degree in Veterinary Science from Sri Lanka.  He has worked in practices in the East Melbourne suburbs and East Gippsland in Victoria.  He then moved permanently to Cairns in 2013 and worked at a vet practice in Brinsmead.  Champ joined the Marlin Coast Veterinary Hospital in 2015 where he enjoys all aspects of the veterinary profession including being part of a very dedicated team of professionals.  His main interests are internal medicine, dentistry and surgery.

In his spare time, Champ enjoys gardening, travelling & a game of chess.  After their beloved King Charles Cavalier Spaniel named Monty passed away last year, he and his wife Nishari are hoping to become parents again soon.

Liam Sweeney

Veterinarian

Aidan Wilson

Veterinarian

Tegan Ford

Front Office Manager

Tegan Is one of the lovely smiling girls who greet you at reception.  She is a very hardworking member of our team, and can usually be found helping clients on reception. She has completed her Certificate 3 & 4 in Companion Animal Studies, and is also a Level 11 Parelli Natural horsemanship. Tegan assists in horse calls, admissions and discharges and stock ordering, along with her busy reception duties.

Tegan came to us after spending 17 years working in the retail pet industry and has extensive knowledge with tropical & marine fish, birds, dogs, cats and reptiles. 

Tegan is kept very busy by 2 lovely horses, 1 cat and 2 beagles, one of which is a retired customs dog.

Ronelle Duce

Nurse Manager

Ronelle Is a qualified Veterinary Nurse with 12 years experience and a qualified Veterinary Technician. Ronelle loves all animals, has an irrepressible sense of humour, and is an invaluable team member

Ronelle is our nursing manager and helps with the running of the surgery and staff.

Ronelle has a Maltese called Kushka  and a bob tailed cat called Dennis.

Shannon Diblasio

Head Nurse

Shannonis a qualified Veterinay nurse and joined us in 2013. She has a high level of experience and knowledge with exotics, birds and reptiles having previously worked in the zoo industry. Shannon is a member of FNQ Wildlife Rescue and has raised mainly macropods in the past.

Shannon has a strong passion for all the native wildlife Cairns has to offer and enjoys spending time exploring the great ourdoors.

Shannon is owned by her cheeky Galah Inca, an Amazon parrot called Echo & her cat Willow

Molly Coe

Trainee Nurse

Joined us as a school based apprentice in 2012. 

Molly is now a fully fledged member of the team and has completed her Veterinary Nursing course IV in 2018

Kelly Irvine

Veterinary Nurse

Kelly is a qualified Veterinary Nurse, and has been nursing for 10 years. Kelly started nursing in 2007 after completing her Certificate 2 in Animal Studies at Victoria University.

Kelly worked at a bird specialist clinic for 4 years where she completed her certificate 4 in veterinary nursing at Box Hill Institute of TAFE in Melbourne.  She then expanded her knowledge and nursing by entering the Emergency and Critical Care Clinics where she completed her Diploma of Veterinary Nursing Emergency and Critical Care in 2016 also at Box Hill Institute of TAFE in Melbourne.

Kelly relocated to Cairns from Melbourne in 2017 when she began working at Marlin Coast. 

Kelly lives with her 2 crazy Labradors, 4 rescued cats, 1 cockatiel and a crazy toy poodle X. In her spare time she loves to read and follow most sports especially Richmond Tigers in the AFL.