Meet our team

Caring, Professional, Unrivalled

At Mitcham 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

Senior Veterinary Surgeon

Dane MA VetMB GPCert (SAS) MRCVS

Dane qualified from Cambridge University in 2000. Since then he has worked in all
aspects of small animal work in many practices across London.

His interests include surgery and ultrasound. Dane also holds a post-graduate certificate in small animal surgery and spends a considerable part of his time in the operating theatre.

Dane is the proud owner of the surgery Mascot “Monty” the Mini Schnauzer who regularly comes along to the surgery for copious cuddles from the hospital team.

In his spare time Dane enjoys art (sculpture), swimming and water-polo.

Veterinary Surgeon

Maria

Maria graduated with a distinction from the Veterinary School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2019.

In the same year, she completed a postgraduate training in Anaesthesia and Critical Care in the same department and she is currently studying towards a Certificate in Small Animal Medicine.

She is an experienced General Practitioner, with a passion for emergencies and soft tissue surgeries. Throughout the year she attends multiple courses, to keep her knowledge up to date.

Maria ran her family veterinary clinic in Greece for more than 2 years and as a Member of Greek Action of Volunteer vets, she has participated in missions, in which she neutered and treated stray cats and dogs throughout Greece.

She has been a member of our team since September 2022, and she consults every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Veterinary Surgeon

Ioana Cert AVP MRCVS

Ioana joined our friendly and experienced team at the Corner Veterinary Clinic in 2015.

Prior to this Ioana has worked in practice across London since 2007 treating pets with her advanced knowledge of medicine cases and soft tissue surgery. Ioana’s passion is internal medicine and surgery, leading to her currently studying to become a Certificate Holder in Small Animal Medicine. With her vast general practitioner knowledge over many years, this is quite an accolade!

Being an OV Practitioner means Ioana is available to give advice and issue passports/export certificates to small animal companions wanting to travel.

In her spare time she loves trekking, reading, meeting her friends and baking cakes (to wind down after a busy day in theatre!). She has been living in Sutton for more than a decade with her family and rescue cat Yoko.

Veterinary Surgeon

Niamh

Nursing Team

Veterinary Care Assistant

Jelena

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.