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Melbourne Palliative Care Veterinarian

Dr Gillian is an at-home Melbourne Vet who delivers peaceful and compassionate palliative and end-of-life care to pets.

Dr Gillian is an at-home Melbourne vet with a passion for delivering peaceful palliative and end-of-life care.

She graduated from the University of Sydney in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science. Subsequently Dr Gillian worked as a General Practitioner in Canberra for 5 years where she was able to broaden her skills and knowledge in multiple aspects of Veterinary Science.

Dr Gillian’s interest in opthamology eventually let her to Melbourne, where she moved with her husband to undertake an Opthamology internship.

Through her career, Dr Gillians love for Palliative medicine has continued to grow, and she is passionate about helping all pets to live their best lives into their senior years, while helping their families to cherish those precious moments.

Veterinary special interests:

Ophthalmology, geriatric medicine

It always starts with one. Who was your special pet?

My special pet who still takes up a huge space in my heart is my boxer, George. He would always wait outside my door in the mornings, and we would spend the whole day together. He was my shadow and my loyal friend. Sadly George passed away when he was seven years old from lymphoma. I still think about how completely blessed I was to have the friendship and love of such a gentle and endearing dog.

What else are you passionate about?

I am passionate about getting my hands dirty with anything creative. I am currently getting my hands very dirty with pottery and gardening.

What do you love about Palliative medicine?

Palliative medicine to me is about providing alleviative care and kindness to my patients through various therapies and medications. I strongly believe that all pets deserve to be content and comfortable, especially in their golden years. I love being able to enable them to enjoy the time they have and leave us with peace and dignity.

Words you live by:

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce (International Business) (B Com), Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc)

Testimonials

Such an amazing, wonderful and supportive team. Saying goodbye to my little girl was hard, but the Sunset team took so much of the burden. They helped arrange cremation at a time when I could barely get 2 words out between sobs and were patient and helpful when I changed my mind about what time I wanted them to come. I will sing their praises until I'm hoarse and will tell everyone I meet.

Absolutely outstanding care, compassion and support given by Dr Jackie and her team! Cannot recommend highly enough. Thank you for making a very difficult time much more bearable with such care :)

Thank you so much for looking after our family so well over the past years. Thank you for helping us through this most difficult decision and process. Your sensitivity and professionalism helped so much. The pain and the emptiness is almost unbearable but we have so very many happy, happy memories to treasure. Guess we'll just have to bring in the mail and the papers ourselves now! With thanks again.

Thankyou doesn't seem enough to convey our heartfelt gratitude for the outstanding care you have given Eddie. Your compassion and support helped us navigate what was for us a truly traumatic day and for that we will be forever grateful. So thankyou to the whole team for everything you have done as well as all the knowledge you have shared which enabled us to give Eddie such a happy and healthy life.

Thank you to the extraordinary team at Sunset Vets who provided a high level of care and compassion when we recently had to say goodbye to our 14-year-old girl, Jewel. Allowing her to go at home in familiar surroundings made the process less stressful for her, our younger dog and ourselves. Special thanks to Ashlee for her compassionate manner on the phone (who arranged this for us at short notice)... and Dr Jan who was gentle and caring when it mattered most. We're grateful you've provided this service on the Sunshine Coast.

Member of the Australian Veterinary Association & International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care

Home Euthanasia and End of Life Care

Payment Plans Available

Dr Gillian