Staff at Forrestdale Veterinary Hospital
We have a core group of staff members who live up to our motto of Care, Compassion and Excellence in everything they do.
Dr Chelsea Melvin
Chelsea graduated from Murdoch University and has worked in Small Animal Practice around Perth. Growing up on a farm in the Wheatbelt has meant from a young age Chelsea has loved all animals but has a special spot for Kelpies. Her particular interests lie in medicine as she enjoys the challenge of working up cases. In her spare time, she enjoys following sports and spending time with her own kelpie dog Max.
Dr Meg Green
Meg has been a vet for over 15 years – she has worked at City Beach Vets for over 14 of those years! Meg loves to help clients and their pets and strives to stay up to date with everything new in veterinary medicine – she has done so much additional study her sister jokes she has more letters after her name than in her name!
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r Janae Kretzmer
Janae studied veterinary medicine at Murdoch University and has spent the last four years working in a busy mixed practice, gaining broad experience with both large and small animals with more recent experience in emergency and critical care. Janae joined the team at Forrestdale Vet Hospital in 2025, bringing her practical skills and compassionate approach to the clinic. She is Fear Free Certified and is passionate about creating a calm, low-stress experience for her patients. Janae has also recently completed additional training in ultrasonography. Outside of work, she shares her home with her two cats, Momo and Lenny.
Dr Ash Cullen
Ash started working at City Beach Vet as a pre-vet student in 2015. After getting into vet school at Murdoch University, she continued to work there until she graduated as a vet in 2021. After 4 years of working in other busy small animal practices, she has come full circle and returned! Ash is particularly passionate about palliative and geriatric patient care. She is also a bit of a crazy cat lady and frequently fosters neonatal orphaned kittens. Ash has a beautiful cat named Smelly who she hand reared since 2 weeks old.”
Dr Nev Robertson
Nev is one of the partners at Forrestdale Veterinary Hospital and you will see him working here periodically. Nev’s main interests are surgery and small animal medicine. Nev graduated from Sydney University in 1985 and has worked in small animal practice in WA, Sydney, Queensland and the UK. He completed an anaesthesia internship at Murdoch University and holds a Master of Veterinary Studies degree. He owns a beautiful Golden Retriever named Maggie.
Dr Alan Wade
Alan is one of the partners at Forrestdale Veterinary Hospital and works at Forrestdale periodically. Alan graduated from Murdoch University in 1987 and has worked in many busy practices in the UK and Perth. He has a focus on small animal medicine and surgery. Alan owns a beautiful Border Terrier named Charli and a cat called Tom.
Our Veterinary Nurses
Caitlyn – Veterinary Nurse
Mad
ison – Veterinary Nurse
Madison joined the Forrestdale Vet Hospital in 2021 after graduating as a Veterinary Nurse in 2019. She has a strong passion for providing compassionate care to all animals and enjoys building trusting relationships with clients and their pets. Outside of work, Madison loves spending time with her dog, Maisy, and relaxing with a good book.
Bec – Veterinary Nurse
Tahlia – Veterinary Nurse
Tahlia joined the Forrestdale Vet Hospital team in 2023 as a student nurse and graduated in 2024.
She enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing, with particular interests in surgical assistance, anaesthetic monitoring, and of course puppy cuddles.
When she’s not at the clinic, you’ll find her spending time with family, friends, and her German Shepherd, Alphie, or off camping along the beautiful west coast of Australia.”