Meet Our Team

Dr Stuart Mason - BVSc (Hons) MANZCVS DACT
Registered Specialist Veterinary Reproduction (Small Animal)

Practice Owner

Stuart graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1999 with first-class Honors. After graduation, he worked in a mixed, primarily dairy (65%) practice in West Gippsland for two years. Stuart then worked at a clinic in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne for 22 years, evolving through this time into a Registered Specialist in Veterinary Reproduction (Small Animal). Stuart supports his veterinarians in all facets of Veterinary Medicine, with a special interest in Small Animal Reproduction. In 2005 Stuart learnt to perform transcervical inseminations (TCI) in dogs and has been instrumental in its development within Australia.

Stuart has provided many lectures for both Vets and lay people locally and internationally. Stuart regularly organises education seminars for breeders with Dogs Victoria. Stuart has published many scientific papers and spoken at many veterinary conferences in Australia for the Australian Veterinary Association, the Australian Reproductive Veterinarians, the Centre for Veterinary Education and Vision Australia, and overseas for the Society for Theriogenology and the European Veterinary Society of Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR) at their International Symposium of Canine and Feline Reproduction (ISCFR).

Stuart is a current Academic Associate for the University of Melbourne, helping to train new veterinarians. He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Animal Reproduction Chapter. He became a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in June 2012, subsequent to examination in Animal Reproduction. In August 2012, Stuart successfully completed his examinations with the American College of Theriogenologists to become a Diplomate. Stuart is a Registered Specialist in Veterinary Reproduction (Small Animal).

Stuart has three children and four pets (Axel, a Pomeranian; Jerry, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; Mickey, a Birman cat; and George, a Domestic Shorthair cat). Outside of work Stuart enjoys spending time with family and pets, watching his beloved AFL team the Melbourne Demons and watching re-runs of Seinfeld. Stuart will become the sole director of Doncaster Veterinary Hospital from the 25th of March 2024.

Dr Josie Mason

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Dr Michael Yeung B. Sc, B. V.Sc

Veterinarian
Michael is from San Francisco, California. He graduated in 2013 from the University of Melbourne and has joined the DVH team in 2014. Prior to veterinary school, he worked as a Registered Veterinary Technician in the States for over 6 years where he has developed an aptitude in caring for sick patients.
Mike has a cat called Balvenie (named after the Whisky) and Ruby, a crazy German Shepherd. He is a Cantonese speaking vet and in his free time, he practices Japanese fencing (kendo) and enjoys hiking, playing the guitar and keeping an assortment of freshwater tropical fish.
Dr Tanya Cavallin B. Sc, B. V.Sc

Veterinarian
Tanya grew up a few suburbs away in Templestowe and after graduating from the University of Melbourne in 2017, she moved to Bendigo to work in a mixed practice (a veterinary practice with small and large animals).
In her spare time, Tanya likes baking, making ice cream and painting as well as playing with her energetic border collie Casey.
Dr Emily Chan BVSc BAnScMgt GS-Sau

Emily graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2013. Emily worked in a couple of small animal hospitals in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne before starting with the DVH team in 2023.
She enjoys all aspects of small animal general practice but particularly enjoys surgery and expanding her surgical skills.
Emily shares her home with two dogs, three cats, a rabbit and a bird. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking and baking, exploring nature, and travelling.
Dr Amanda Yang BSc BVSc (Hons)

After completing her Bachelor of Science degree in Singapore, Amanda went on to pursue her veterinary degree and graduated from The University of Queensland in 2015. Born in Singapore, she's naturally fluent in both English and Mandarin. During her veterinary studies in Queensland, she fell in love with farming and also completed a cert III in poultry production. She loves interacting with clients and is particularly interested in small animal medicine and surgery. Growing up with rabbits, she has a soft spot for them when they visit the clinic. She brought home a stray rabbit in 2022 and bestowed her the title of Princess Lola. When she's not at work, she is busy in her garden pursuing her permaculture dreams or in her kitchen working on the next recipe.
Dr Jo Plochacki

Jo joined the Doncaster Veterinary Hospital team in 2024. Jo enjoys all aspects of small animal general practice with a special interest in reproduction, sporting and working dogs and also helping senior pets.
When she’s not at work she is still around animals spending as much time as she can in the great outdoors training her dogs in behaviour, tracking and high level obedience.
Jo is grateful to coffee (in copious amounts) for providing her also copious amounts of energy to achieve all this!
Sarah

Veterinary Nurse
Sarah originally comes from New Zealand and has completed a Certificate II in Animals Studies and a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. She started working at the clinic in September 2020 and has a passion for surgical nursing.
Sarah loves riding her quarter horse Chaz, spending time with family and travelling Australia. She also has a 1-year-old DSH cat called Olaf.
Rachel

Veterinary Nurse
Rachel started working as a volunteer in 2019 and competed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing at the end of 2021 and is a Qualified Vet Nurse.
Growing up with a number of animals including chickens, birds, fish and rabbits, Rachel always knew she wanted to work with them. When she found out about vet nursing in high school, she knew that was what she was destined to do.
Rachel loves travelling, swimming and staying active by competing in triathlon’s, and lives with a bearded dragon lizard called George, an Australian shepherd named Shia and a budgie named Ziggy.
Stacie

Veterinary Nurse
Stacie has completed a Certificate III in Animal Studies (specialising in veterinary nursing), Certificate IV in Companion Animals and is currently studying a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. She has always had a love of animals and that passion led her to work at the clinic.
Stacie keeps herself busy with 3 kids, her husband and her first foster fail (like many of the staff at Doncaster vets) Bill-E, a DSH. She also fosters animals for the RSPCA and likes to raise money for charity - she even completed the Oxfam Trailwalker 100km Walk!
Jenni

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Aimee

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Annina

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Samantha

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Chantelle

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Dona

Reproduction Technician and Veterinary Technician
Dona is from the US and graduated from Madison College in 2009 with an Associate Degree in Veterinary Technology. She moved to Australia in 2017, and completed her Certificate IV in Laboratory Techniques in 2021. She finds being on the reproduction team is the perfect mix of being able to work with animals and perform laboratory duties.
Dona enjoys spending time with her family and watching her boys play sport.
She has 2 American Staffies named Bobo and Jovie and a rescue kitty named Stache.
Isabelle

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Hannah

Veterinary Nurse
Hannah started working at the clinic in August 2023 and is currently studying a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing to become a qualified Veterinary nurse. She previously completed a Certificate 3 in Animal Studies
and hopes to combine her prior experience as a Public Health Nutritionist with animal care in the future.
Hannah has a 13 year old DSH cat called Chase and a 13 year old Maltese Shih Tzu called Buttons.
In her spare time she loves to travel, dance and volunteer.