Meet our team

Caring, professional, unrivalled

At Croydon Vets our professional team of vets and nurses care passionately about animals and treat every patient as a sentient being. Every member of our team is hand selected for their compassion and ability to go above and beyond for our clients. They have the skills to provide a timely diagnosis and first-class veterinary treatment.

Vets

Veterinary Surgeon

Melania MRCVS

Melania has been practising in London since 2016 and is an integral part of our award winning London Vets Team!

Mel qualified in Italy in 2012 and decided upon pursing a role treating pets in London to enhance her excellent knowledge of both surgery and medicine.  Mel is currently furthering her surgical skill by undertaking an advanced certificate in small animal surgery which means she’s spending a lot of time in our busy operating theatre!  Still greatly enjoying the interaction with pets and their owners, Mel takes pride in managing complex cases and building excellent relationships with all our clients.

An immensely proficient small animal practitioner, Mel is confident in all routine soft tissue surgery, radiology and ultrasound.

Melania usually works from Monday to Saturday. Book your appointment to see wonderful Melania!

Melania:

Veterinary Surgeon

Aurobind MRCVS

Aurobind qualified in 2020 at the University of Pretoria. Beginning work as a state vet in Makhanda, South Africa, Aurobind gained valuable surgical experience working in partnership with the SPCA, before launching a mobile primary healthcare clinic servicing impoverished communities in the region. In this capacity, Aurobind worked with a variety of species ranging from dogs and cats to goats, cattle, donkeys, and buffalo.

Aurobind moved to the UK in 2022 to pursue a role as a small animal practitioner with a keen interest in soft tissue surgery and diagnostic imaging.

When not in the surgical theatre, Aurobind enjoys hiking, theatre performances (the other kind), and cooking.

Senior Veterinary Surgeon

May MRCVS

May joined the Croydon team in March 2023, having moved back to the UK with her family after practising in Hong Kong for around 10 years. She has particular interests in soft tissue surgery and has completed a certificate for acupuncture. Outside of work May enjoys scuba diving, hiking and spending time with her cat and dog.

May:

Veterinary surgeon

Cat MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Vilma

Nursing Team

Head Veterinary Nurse

Deanna

Deanna Joined the Croydon team in June 2022 and became Head Veterinary Nurse in November 2022. Before Deanna worked as an out of hours emergency nurse, while completing her Emergency and critical care certificate with Vets Now, making her very experienced with critical and medical nursing cases.

Outside of work Deanna is an avid runner who has taken on the challenge and completed two full marathons and multiple half marathons in aid of charities which are close to her heart.

Deanna:

Veterinary Care Assistant

Laura

Laura joined the Croydon team in April 2023, and is an amazing addition to the team. Laura has worked as a VCA for a total of 15 years and is very experienced in the industry. Outside of work Laura has two grown children and shares her home with four rescue dogs and two cats.

Laura:

VETERINARY CARE ASSISTANT

Amy

Student Veterinary Nurse

Naomi

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Shanna

Shanna joined us at the beginning of 2022 as a student veterinary nurse.
She started her veterinary career at a 24-hour veterinary hospital in Sidcup, working her way up from being a client care assistant to beginning her veterinary nursing training in 2020 and she will be qualifying at the end of this year.
Whilst training she has developed an interest in medical nursing and likes looking after our inpatients when she has the opportunity.
At home, she has a multitude of animals, which include 2 dogs, 2 rabbits, and a horse.
When she has free time, she likes to spend it socialising with her friends and horse riding.

Support Team

Practice Manager

Alison

Alison qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 1997. She has had a varied career working for charity hospitals, emergency clinics and most recently as the Head Nurse for a referral centre in Surrey.
She joined DNA Vetcare as an Area Manager in 2022, looking after our Corner, Croydon, Mitcham & Wimbledon branches.

Outside of work she is a mum of two daughters, and is kept busy helping her husband to run a girls football team. She also has a houseful of rescue pets, that she fostered and who never left.

Alison:

Veterinary Receptionist

Klare

Klare has been a Veterinary receptionist for the last 6 years, she enjoys going dancing in her free time learning salsa and bachata. Klare has a dog and a cat who she loves dearly.

Veterinary Receptionist

Wendy