We're a team of highly experienced vets and nurses dedicated to caring for your pet through every life stage. Donald first came to Elwood and Albert Park Vets in 1988, and has been providing warm, compassionate and thorough care to local pets ever since. When not in the clinics, you can find Donald at the theatre, sampling Melbourne's good eats, perusing local book shops or tending his native garden down at Anglesea.
If you can't find him there, he may well be off exploring overseas. Donald is the quintessential generalist - he enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine. His particular areas of interest include internal medicine and solving challenging behavioural problems. Elena used to locum for us when other vets were away or we need extra hands on deck.
If you can't find him there, he may well be off exploring overseas. Donald is the quintessential generalist - he enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine. His particular areas of interest include internal medicine and solving challenging behavioural problems. Elena used to locum for us when other vets were away or we need extra hands on deck.
Services
Did you know that a vet will perform around 200,000 consultation over a professional lifetime? It's not surprising that sometimes we forget that not everyone is familiar with what happens during a consultation. Even if you've brought your well pet in for a vaccination or check up, we'll still go through pretty much the same steps.
We all know that prevention is better than cure, but it's is more than just yearly vaccination. Did you know that we actually practice four levels of prevention - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary? But not all preventive activities are effective or needed for every pet - prevention need to be tailored for you pet based on individual risks.
With our high-quality ultrasound machine and well-trained vets we can provide fast and accurate results with minimal patient stress. Ultrasounds do not involve radiation and can be carried out while there is movement, making them very safe and particularly useful for wriggly pets. As our ultrasound machine is portable, we can also perform scans where the patient is.
We can take blood at Albert Park and have it analysed within a couple of hours at our Elwood practice. Some tests we can do during a consultation! We can also test for FIV infection in cats and perform blood typing in cats and dogs (for blood transfusions). There are some tests that can only be done at a specialised laboratory.
We have a small operating area at Albert Park, but we also have access to the purpose-built theatre at Elwood Vet. This means we can perform a wide range of surgical procedures. All the vets do surgery at Albert Park.
However, Craig (who works at Elwood) has a love of and extensive experience with complex surgeries, so he does most of the orthopaedic procedures and complicated soft tissue surgeries (eg open chest surgery and liver/gallbladder surgery).Unlike most general practices, several of the vets at Albert Park have many years of experience working in emergency centres and are happy to perform procedures such as bloat surgery and trauma surgery.
However, Craig (who works at Elwood) has a love of and extensive experience with complex surgeries, so he does most of the orthopaedic procedures and complicated soft tissue surgeries (eg open chest surgery and liver/gallbladder surgery).Unlike most general practices, several of the vets at Albert Park have many years of experience working in emergency centres and are happy to perform procedures such as bloat surgery and trauma surgery.
Reviews (9)
Marissa Hewitt
Dec 27, 2021
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Harriet Girle
Dec 12, 2021
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Had an exceptional experience at Albert Park Vet with Dr Elena. Our cat Maceo had been recently diagnosed with FLUTD and required emergency care — Albert Park Vet has provided us with outstanding after-care and a treatment plan to help manage his symptoms for a healthy recovery. Very knowledge, attentive & overall a reassuring experience during a very stressful time.
Derek Wang
Sep 08, 2021
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Craig Davies
Aug 05, 2021
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We took our cat to Albert park vet to be seen by Donald, the issue was that we had got him as kitten and were told he had stomach issues, at first he was ok, but soon developed constant diarrhoea.. after a short while of trying various diets to no avail we took him to the vet and were told it looked very bad and there was likely nothing they could do, implying he wasn't going to make it, we asked if we could try change his diet and were told to feed him whatever he likes as it was likely to be a fatal disease, we had two other cats and this fatal disease would most certainly kill them too, we were
Kristian Sowerby-Williams
Jul 09, 2021
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Gene Blackley
Jun 26, 2021
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Alanna Blackshaw
Jun 19, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Reliability, Responsiveness, Value
the most amazing vets i have dealt with. so lovely and kind. percy has been going to albert park since i got him and we have always had the best experience. they follow up when they say they will and always check in to see how your furbaby is doing after a surgery.
the most amazing vets i have dealt with. so lovely and kind. percy has been going to albert park since i got him and we have always had the best experience. they follow up when they say they will and always check in to see how your furbaby is doing after a surgery.
Nicholas Myers
Feb 20, 2021
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Charlotta Adolfsson
Dec 05, 2020
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After having a couple of bad experiences with our other Vet - we moved over to Albert Park Vet - and this was the best decision ever made! We have been to 3 of the Vets working there -and they are all great!. We are now with Elena - and the level of service is exceptional! never an issue to get an appointment - even when they are fully booked they do the best to fit you in. also getting follow up calls - to check in and just make sure everything is OK. We have 2 dogs and they are bot "clients" of theirs. What an amazing place!
