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About Us - Meet the Team
Vets
 Dr Phillip Reeve BVSc CMAVA
A farmer’s son from Naracoorte in the South East of South Australia, Phil went to Sydney University in 1969 to become a large animal vet. Somewhere in the middle he met another vet student, courted and married her, and they established themselves as small animal vets in 1980 in Para Hills.
In 1983 they established what was to become Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital.
Whilst raising a family of 3 children with Sue, the practice has grown to become a leading veterinary hospital in the Adelaide area. Phil’s main work interests are in consulting, management and surgery, though he defers to Sue for the more complex surgeries. Outside of work, Phil has been involved in their children’s school, Pedare Christian College, their local church St. Wilfrid’s, and the Paracombe CFS as a volunteer fire-fighter.
In 2003, our son, Mark graduated from vet school and joined the practice. We could not be happier having him working here now. Our 2 daughters have completed University studies and are working as a Dentist and a Pharmacist. Our animal family consists of two dogs and two cats.
After 25 years of vetting Phil still has a great passion for animals and their importance to us.
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 Dr Susan Reeve BVSc (Hons) CMAVA
Dr Susan Reeve graduated in sunny Queensland, moved to chilly South Australia. Part-time work and 3 children occupied many years and these days she spreads her time between work and her sewing machine. At work she is the principal surgeon and enjoys her work, gaining great pleasure from seeing pets go home with neatly sutured wounds and a better quality of life.
At home she loves to work with fabric making original clothes especially evening wear and patchwork. She enjoys being challenged at work and is currently developing skills with the ultrasound.
The family animals are 2 dogs and 2 cats and she is the main carer for them as the children have left home and left their pets behind! “Justice”, her mother would say, as Sue left a dog and Persian cat behind when she left home. The dogs are crossbred Bull Terriers which live outside. The tabby and tortoiseshell cats live upstairs.
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 Dr Martin Suter BVSc (Hons) CMAVA
Martin graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1986. He has been at Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital for 6 years now. Prior to that, he worked in Victoria and S.A., including a 2 year stint at the Lost Dogs Home in Melbourne.
Martin has a special interest in Veterinary Dermatology and has completed post-graduate study that area. In 2007 he also completed a postgraduate course in Veterinary Internal Medicine.
Martin has a 17year old cat (rescued from the Lost Dogs Home) and 2 Plymouth Rock bantam chickens.
Out of work time he enjoys gardening and playing music.
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 Dr Karen Philips B.V.Sc. (Hons)
Karen graduated from Sydney University in 2007. She had previously worked as a kennel hand at the practice during her uni holidays and is very happy to be working back home in Adelaide. She is enjoying starting to put all the theory she has learnt into practice and improving her skills in all areas of veterinary medicine. Karen shares her home with two slightly round cats – Gemma and Monty and one very aggressive cat she has hand raised called Charlie. She spends her spare time watching movies, reading and dancing.
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Dr Mark Reeve BVSc CMAVA
Mark graduated from the University of Sydney’s Veterinary School in 2004 and joined the veterinary team at Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital and worked here for 3 years before travelling overseas to the UK to broaden his experience. He grew up in the hospital. He worked as a kennel hand during school, and now enjoys not having to clean cages or wash dogs. Mark enjoys every part of his job and his special interests lie in Surgery and Chemotherapy.
Mark and his partner Kate have a standard poodle puppy at home. He is currently enjoying putting into practice all of the puppy advice he has for new owners. It is giving him a real understanding of how tough a new puppy can be!
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Nurses
 Jodie Raethel – Head Veterinary Nurse and Hospital Manager.
Jodie, a qualified Veterinary Nurse, is our most experienced and senior nurse. She has twenty years experience in the veterinary industry. We were lucky enough to have her join the Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital in 2004. Her personal and professional standards have integrated well into the hospital to achieve the wonderful levels of care and compassion we offer. Her love of the job and passion for the care of animals transfers through her amazing energy into training and development of our dedicated team.
Jodie is also a wife and a mum with two lovely boys.
Jodie enjoys spending time with her family especially water skiing at the river, bike riding and watching her boys play sport.
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 Janine - Senior Vet Nurse
Janine has been veterinary nursing for over 20 years and is a fully qualified Veterinary nurse. She started work at a veterinary hospital in Gawler South and worked there for 15 years, she then worked as the head nurse at a clinic in Paralowie for 7 years. In Febuary 2007 Janine joined us at Tea Tree Gully. Janine's vast amount of experience and knowledge is a great asset to our hospital. She is very interested in all aspects of veterinary nursing and has a keen interest in dog breeding.
Janine is an outgoing staff member and is quite fond of a glass of champagne. Janine spends her free time with her husband their two children and her extended family. Janine has two Italian greyhounds call Austin and Bella and 2 horses named Sticato and Nina.
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 Lisa Goodwin-Towers VN - Senior Veterinary Nurse
Lisa qualified in the UK and has been nursing since 1985. Originally from Eastbourne, Sussex, she emigrated in 2006 and married her childhood sweetheart in 2007. She also brought over her two beloved cats which cost her more to get them here than herself!! And now she has a new addition, a corella called ‘Roxie’ much to the cat’s annoyance!
Lisa is dedicated in producing a high standard of care and will always put her patients first.
She has been running ‘pet slimmer classes’ since 2000 after completing the ‘Hills’ pet nutritional advisor programme.
We are very pleased she has brought her skills, together with her knowledge of pet nutrition to our hospital.
She now runs ‘The Puddin’ Club’ from here; anyone wishing to see Lisa for a free weigh-in appointment, please contact our reception team.
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 Hannah Wolfenden- Senior Veterinary Nurse
Hannah qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2005, the same year she joined TTGVH.
She loves the fact that each day is different and interesting.
A favourite part of her job is running Puppy Preschool Classes, where she gets to witness the start of a wonderful relationship between people and their pets. In 2007, Hannah traveled to the UK, where she vet nursed in a variety of practices in England, Scotland and Wales, for 2 years.
She rejoined the Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital team in 2009 and in her time off enjoys playing tennis, night clubbing and poker.
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 Karena – Vet Nurse
Karena has been with Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital since March 2006. She is currently studying to complete her Veterinary Nursing certificate. Karena has 6 months to complete her Certificate 4 in Veterinary nursing. She looks forward to completing her veterinary nursing course and learning as much as she can about caring for animals.
Karena is interested in the entire spectrum of pets, all the way from cats and dogs to rabbits, birds and even snakes. Karena has a pet Bredl python which was about 30 cms long (but has now grown to nearly 1 metre) and is quite possibly the most affectionate snake ever, unless she is hungry, then she becomes quite insistent.
She now also has a lovely Cavalier King Charles Spaniel girl called Lucy who is still quite a handful – Karena now appreciates what you all go through with your puppies, and thinks it has helped her lots with running our Puppy Pre-schools.
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 Suzanne - Vet Nurse
Suzanne has being working at Tea Tree gully Veterinary Hospital since May 2007. She is currently studying Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing. During the three years it takes to complete the course she hopes to broaden her knowledge of the veterinary industry. She strives to provide the animals with the best care and compassion that they need.
Suzanne moved to Adelaide in early 2007 from her hometown of Bordertown.
In her spare time she helps her parents out on their 3000 acre farm. This includes helping out with the sheep studs and cattle enterprises. She has three working Border Collies, Bella, Jess and Millie, and three horses who eat a lot and a large variety of cats.
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 Shellie – Vet Nurse
Shellie has been working at Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital since 2006 and is really enjoying it. She is studying her Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing and is keen to continue with her education. Shellie is passionate about caring for animals and their well-being.
Shellie has a golden retriever named Rosie who has enough energy for her and then some!
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 Sharon - Vet Nurse
Sharon has been with Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital since October 2007. She is currently studying Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Sharon loves caring for animals, being the first to give them all cuddles as they walk into the hospital and making sure they are sent home comfortable and happy. Everyday Sharon comes home to her son Gavin who helps her take care of her menagerie of animals which consists of: Suzie, a Border Collie x Kelpie; Pixie a silky terrier; Snowball, a Siamese; Sooty, a Domestic Shorthair; Chirp, a green club budgie and a Childrens Python named Sophie. In her spare time her interests include watching the footy and motorsports.
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 Hayley – Animal Carer
Hayley is one of our dedicated animal carers. She started working for us while at school and continues to do so now she is at Uni.
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Office Manager
 Louise Hay - Business Manager
Louise joined the team at Tea Tree Gully Veterinary Hospital in 2007 as the Business Manager. Louise comes here with extensive knowledge in business practices and is keen organise the efficient running of the business. Louise is married and has two teenage children. She also has a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel called Fudge and a cat called Snoopy. Louise likes to spend her spare time involved in the kids sport and school, walking and coffee with friends. She is very excited about her position and looks forward to assisting the professional staff of the hospital.
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