Meet Our Team

David Goddard

Veterinarian

David has worked around the world with a huge variety of animals! Alongside his wife Michelle, they have been a part of the Maryborough community over the last decade. David has a keen interest in orthopaedics & dentistry. When not fixing broken bones, David spends time on the farm mending fences. He loves fishing and his family, which includes 3 children and a dog named Molly.

Michelle Goddard

Receptionist

Michelle is one of the friendly faces you have probably met at our front desk. Being married to Dr David Goddard, one of our vets, she is also actively helping on the farm. She enjoys sundowners and a good time with her friends and loves spending quality time with her kids. 

Deborah Sternbeck

Veterinarian

Dr Deb is our guru of all things soft tissue surgery! She is an experienced vet we wrangle in on Thursdays for elective surgeries making the trip from Gayndah where she lives and also works part-time. Deb's side-kick is her young daughter who often tags along during school holidays and is considered an integral part of our crew. She juggles all this, with her 2 children & husband, while running their Gayndah property; brimming with cattle, horses, dogs and cats.  

Nicole Neilson

Veterinarian

Dr. Nicole Neilson is our bubbly vet you will hear laughing down the corridor when you come and visit.  She enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine, but is our resident aspiring birds and exotics guru. If spending her days at work with animals isn't enough she also shares her and her partners home with two dogs, a cat and a horse named Slim. Outside of clinical practice, she loves camping and the outdoors and the odd scuba dive here and there. 

Nicholl Jacobs

Veterinarian & Practice Owner

Dr Nicholl (or at the clinic often referred to as Dr Nic/Nicolaas) had been with Maryborough Veterinary Surgery for two years before deciding to buy the practice from Dr Goddard, the previous owner. Having emigrated from South Africa, he and his family call Maryborough their new home. He loves working with all kinds of animals but has a passion for team building and working effectively to achieve everyone's goals. 

Tiana

Veterinarian

Dr Tiana has been a resident in Maryborough for longer than you expected, being married to a local. She worked in the bay first before coming to her senses and joining our lovely team in 2023. She loves emergency medicine as well as surgery and, in her own words, "could spend the whole day in the theatre if she could." When not working she is busy building her home in town with her husband and two beautiful basset dogs named Olive and Penny.

Jamie Ogden

Veterinary Nurse

Jamie is a born and bred local. It feels like she knows everyone! She greets all with a big smile and her friendly demeanour makes her a big hit with our clients. She has been at Maryborough Veterinary Surgery since she has finished her cert 4 in 2017. She loves her job and is a self-proclaimed Swiftie.

Liz C

Registered Veterinary Nurse & Practice Manager

Mel

Veterinary Nurse

Liz T

Client Relations

Lisa

Veterinary Nurse

Sam

Animal Care Taker