Meet our team
Dedicated to providing the best possible care
Veterinarians
Dr Victoria Harrington
Dr Victoria grew up in East Ivanhoe and attended Our Lady of Mercy College. After graduation in 1998 Victoria completed a bachelors degree in Biomedical Science at Monash University before completing her Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree at the University of Sydney in 2007. Dr Victoria has worked in emergency and general practice since returning to Melbourne and took over the running of the Ivanhoe Veterinary Clinic in Late 2014.
Dr Allison Roberson
Allison hails from the United States. She graduated from Tuskegee University with a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine. After graduating, she completed a Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care rotating internship with VCA in the state of Connecticut. Afterwards she moved to Las Vegas to practice small animal medicine in general practice.
Dr Elise Fookes
Elise graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2019 and has been working in small animal practice in Melbourne since. She started working at Ivanhoe late in 2023. She is passionate about providing care for pets of all life stages and is always more than happy to give love and affection to all of her patients at the clinic.
Dr Julian Sze
Julian graduated from the University of Melbourne and has worked in both Hong Kong and Britain before settling back into her hometown, joining Ivanhoe Vet Clinic in 2024.
Dr Dannie Ng
Dannie graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2021. She completed a rotation internship at a specialist hospital and has worked in mixed practice, small animal practices and emergency centres.
Dr Justina Han
Justina graduated from The University of Queensland in 2022 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours). She is passionate about dermatology and feline medicine, and is currently undertaking further study in small animal internal medicine.
Nurses
Francesca
Francesca has a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and has been with the Ivanhoe Vet Clinic for since 2019.
Lauren
We have been lucky enough to have Lauren as part of the Ivanhoe Veterinary Clinic team since December 2011. Lauren completed a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing at Box Hill TAFE in 2014.
Hannah
Hannah has been a passionate veterinary nurse since 2020, with a keen interest in surgical nursing. Hannah especially enjoys the hands-on side of patient care.
Alicia
Alicia is a Veterinary Nursing student. She will be graduating at the end of 2024 with her Certificate IV.
Abi
Abi is a dedicated vet nurse who graduated with a Certificate IV in Vet Nursing in 2022 and joined the Ivanhoe team in April 2025.
Emily
Since qualifying as a veterinary nurse in 2019, she has dedicated her career to providing compassionate, detail-oriented care for every patient she meets.
Receptionists
Stefan
Stefan completed a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing at Box Hill TAFE. Stefan has a genuine affection for our patients and is particularly good at caring for any inpatients that we may have hospitalised throughout the day.
Adrienne
Adrienne has worked at the clinic since 2000. Adrienne is a real asset to the Ivanhoe Veterinary Clinic team as she has excellent communication skills with the clients and knows many patients and clients on a first name basis.
Caryn
Caryn started at the clinic in 2024. After spending a few years in the banking world, she is now living her dream of working where there are lots of gorgeous cats and dogs!