About

Mona Vale Veterinary Hospital

Our practice has been looking after pets in Mona Vale and the surrounding suburbs of Bayview, Church Point, Warriewood, Narrabeen, Newport, Bilgola, Avalon, Whale Beach and Palm Beach for over 50 years.

We have grown to be one of the largest veterinary hospitals on the Northern Beaches and our team brings a wealth of knowledge, skills and expertise in all areas of small animal pet health care.

Your local vet

All Vet Services

Dr Anne Graham, Dr Alison Moran and Dr Jenny Wingham lead a dedicated team of associate veterinarians and veterinary nurses to provide professional, compassionate and personalised veterinary care with your pet?s happiness as their primary focus.

The team strives to promote the welfare of animals through excellence in veterinary medicine, education and service to our clients as well as the community.

Our vision for the practice

We, the team at Mona Vale Veterinary Hospital, promote the welfare of animals through excellence in veterinary medicine, education and service to our clients and the community.
We will provide the best quality, comprehensive veterinary care on the Northern Beaches and will go the extra mile to deliver this experience to our clients and their pets.
Through compassion and common sense, we will treat our patients as though they were our own pets and treat our clients as though they were our own families.
We are an inspirational, energised and dynamic veterinary care team ? looking after each other and encouraging each other to achieve our best.

Professional

Our Team

Our caring and compassionate veterinary care team! Meet the Veterinarians & Veterinary Nurses who form the team at Mona Vale Veterinary Hospital. We?re pleased to provide exceptional vet care for your pets.

Dr Jenny Wingham – BVSc (Hons)

Dr Jenny joined MVVH in 2007 following an interstate move from Victoria and along with Dr?s Anne and Alison, took over ownership of Mona Vale Veterinary Hospital in 2012.

Jenny has worked in a variety of veterinary practices throughout her career, beginning as a mixed animal (large and small) vet in Bathurst, then working in a variety of clinics in NSW and Victoria before setting up her own practice in Melbourne, which she ran in partnership for many years. The tug of grandparents (and childcare) prompted a move back to Sydney.

Dr Jenny enjoys the challenges of soft tissue and orthopedic surgery and stimulation of problem solving tricky medical issues, particularly endocrine ones (hormones). She is one of our behaviour vets, having pursued further education in this area.

Out of working hours, you will find Jen at the gym or going for a run. She loves entertaining family and friends and is a regular at Narrabeen Baptist Church. Dr Jenny’s home includes 5 other humans (hubby and 4 young adults), 2 labradors (Popcorn and Butters), 1 domestic shorthair cat (Mayver) and 2 chooks (Oprah and Julia)

Dr Alison Moran -? BVSc (Hons), MANZCVS, G.Dip Anim.Chiro, IVAS, CCRT

Born in Sydney but raised firstly in the UK, Dr Alison came back to Australia to live in Dubbo, Central West NSW.? Coming back to the big smoke to attend Sydney University, studying Veterinary Science, she graduated with honours in 1995.
Dr Alison?s veterinary career began in a large and small animal practice in Bathurst (where Dr Jenny had also been working), then worked in the UK for seven years in various rural and city practices including Belfast and Ballyclare in Northern Ireland, London and Chandlers Ford near Southampton. Upon her return in 2005 she started at Mona Vale Vet.
Along with Dr?s Anne and Jenny, she became part owner in 2012.?
Dr Alison successfully obtained her small animal medicine membership (MANZVS) in 2006 and went on to obtain a Graduate Diploma Animal Chiropractic as well as completing a course in Tui Na Chinese massage , Canine and Feline Neurology. She is a qualified veterinary Acupuncturist (IVAS) and a certified Canine rehabilitation Therapist (CRI).?
Her post graduate studies have all been geared towards providing a holistic supportive plan to maintain the mobility of our elderly dogs and cats and provide long term relief from chronic pain.
Outside of work you will find Dr Alison hanging out with the family. Four children (1 uni student and 3 high schoolers) keep her busy with mum?s taxi. Her fur and feather children consist of two Labradors – CC and JJ, two cats ? Simon and April, and four chickens.?

Dr Anne Graham – BSc (Hons), BVSc (Hons), Dip Practice Management (Vet)

Dr Anne was born and raised on the Northern Beaches but having a pilot for a dad meant she lived all over the world during her early years including UK, Greece & South Africa.

After high school Anne studied Science at New England University in Armidale, graduating with Honours in Molecular Genetics. She joined a small start up forensics firm call Genetic Technologies where she performed the first DNA profiling, often working closely with NSW Police & the Department of Human Services, helping with paternity testing .

After travelling through South America, USA, Europe and UK for over 12months Anne came home to start her Veterinary Degree, graduating with honours from University of Sydney in 1997. Her first job took her to Singapore where she worked for both a local Veterinarian and the quarantine station looking after all the small animals coming into the country.

Returning to Australia in 1999, Anne worked in many of the clinics along the Northern Beaches before taking up a more permanent position at Mona Vale Vets where she has remained ever since. Although in 2008 she & her family took off after buying a 4WD with a camper trailer and travelled around Australia for 6 months.

In 2011 she went back to the books and obtained her Diploma in Practice Management (Veterinary), just in time to become a partner with Alison & Jenny in February 2012.

Dr Anne shares her home with 3 chickens and 2 young adult kids from time to time. Out of hours, you can find her enjoying trekking, camping and boating in the great outdoors.

Veterinarian Team

Dr Kate Howison – BVSc

Dr Kate graduated from the University of Sydney in 1997 and was part of Dr Anne?s graduating year.

With a call to the country, Dr Kate ventured to rural NSW to work in mixed animal practices around the Deniliquin area. During her time here, she extensively developed her surgical and clinical skills and maintained senior veterinary roles.? She became a partner within a multi clinic group and then move into Regional Lead Vet with Apiam Animal Health. Dr Kate supported the people and animals in many clinics. The role involved encouraging passionate vets and vet nurses to embrace ways to improve the services that the clinics could deliver to patients. Dr Kate also helped design, deliver and manage Apiam?s TeleTriage System ensuring a positive, continuing relationship between the veterinarians, their clients and their patients.

Moving back to Sydney with her husband & family, Dr Kate calls Mona Vale home. Her fur family consists of two K9 companions, a big black Labrador, Fred and Charlie a loyal Kelpie.

Trust is an important pillar in relationships and for Dr Kate, it is the foundation for working together with pet parents and colleagues to care for and improve the health of Mona Vale Vets? fur family members.

Dr Tess McIntyre – BVB / DVM

From a young age, Dr Tess was inspired to become a vet, largely thanks to growing up on All Creatures Great and Small! That early love for animals and veterinary care led her to pursue a career in the field, and she hasn?t looked back since.

Dr Tessa graduated from Sydney University and we first met her during a series of clinical rotations with us. We saw such amazing potential in this ?vet in the making? that we knew we had to have her as part of the MVVH team!

She has a particular interest in surgery and is excited to continue developing her skills in this area. One of her favourite parts of being a vet is the privilege of walking alongside pets and their families through all stages of life. She also enjoys the day-to-day variety that the role brings – no two days are ever the same.

At home, she shares life with CC, her 17-year-old Jack Russell cross who?s still going strong. Outside of work, you?ll often find her bushwalking with friends and family, or heading to the mountains to ski whenever she gets the chance.

Dr Tiarna Barclay – BVSc

Dr Tiarna graduated from the University of Sydney in 2014 and has spent the past decade working in veterinary practices around the Newcastle region, before relocating to the Northern Beaches. Over this time she has developed strong clinical skills and a keen interest in surgery, while always valuing the importance of building lasting relationships with clients and their pets.

With two cavoodles of her own, Lenny & Willow (featured in her photo! ) Dr Tiarna has a particular soft spot for oodles and understands the special place pets hold in the family.

Outside of work, she enjoys an active lifestyle, whether it?s at the beach, on long coastal walks, riding her horses at her parents? property, or heading to the mountains to snowboard. She also loves the gym, exploring new food spots and spending quality time with friends and family.

Dr Aileen Wong – BVSc (Hons), MANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine), GCert (SAUA)

After graduating from Sydney University in 2009, Aileen started her veterinary career with us at MVVH. She recently left to complete a small animal medicine internship at a specialist hospital on the North Shore, then missed us too much and had to return!

She has special interests in veterinary medicine and imaging and has passed her membership exams in small animal medicine, completed a graduate certificate in abdominal ultrasound and an intensive post graduate course in diagnostic imaging focusing on radiology. She divides her time between MVVH and as a veterinary mobile ultrasound assistant, where she works with medicine specialists and continues to grow her knowledge.

?Animals are such a special part of our lives and Aileen feels very privileged to be able to care for the pets and owners of the Northern Beaches. Aileen and her husband share their home with Zilla the Burmilla, Joey a 20 year old rescue domestic shorthair with chronic kidney disease, and two rescue greyhounds, Waffles and Maple. Outside of work, Aileen can be found at the gym, to try and counteract her love of food and desserts, or gardening trying to grow her own vegetables with varying success! ?

Dr Emily – BVB/DVM, GCertSAECC

Dr Emily graduated from the University of Sydney in 2019 – she went to university (and high school!) with Dr Toni. Coming out of uni, Dr Emily jumped straight into emergency, working in several emergency and specialist hospitals. She joined the MVVH team in 2022 to get some experience in general practice. Today, she splits her time between MVVH and in emergency at NEVS.

Dr Emily obtained her Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care from the University of Melbourne in 2022, and is looking to sit her membership exams in Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care in 2025.

Dr Emily lives in the north shore of Sydney with her husband and two rescue cats, Squid and Pickles. In her spare time she enjoys reading, swimming and the occasional scuba dive!