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Our Staff

Dr Phillip Sharman

(Owner Of Practice)

Phil started work at Casino Veterinary Clinic soon after graduating in 1987. At that time it was a 3 vet practice with a 70% reliance on cattle work. Phil spent 2 years in England in 1991 - 1992 working mostly with horses and Dairy cattle in Worcestershire before returning to work with Ross Sillar.

In 1997 Phil filled in as the District Vet for Casino's Rural Lands Protection Board before buying the practice in August of 1998. Along with wife Linda, Phil designed and built the surgery that the practice uses now and it was officially opened in July 2000.

Phil has 2 girls, Evie and Annabelle. Both girls live in Canberra and both work as government advisors. Phil and Linda are very proud of their daughter accomplishments. Phil enjoys following the Queensland Reds and lives in the vain hope that the Wallabies will one day hoist the Bledisloe cup and World cups again. Work wise he mostly enjoys anything to do with cattle and anything surgical. Phil has two Labrador siblings called Pip and Pop who love the water and terrorizing the local lizards.

Dr Jai Gardner

Jai has been with us since March 2023 and graduated from Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga in 2020. Jai is a very talented vet but is particularly skilled with horses and horse reproduction. Jai worked in Beaudesert from August 2020 until January 2023 until he decided to move closer to family and join the Casino Vet Clinic team!

Jai will be dividing his time between working with us and helping to manage the family dairy. Jai is pictured with his dog Wilma but his real love is his Border Collie Boots, who is his true number one priority!

Jai lives with his Partner who is also a vet and they live on the family dairy together. Jai thoroughly enjoys playing Rugby Union and played for the Mallanganee Rangers in 2023. Jai enjoys anything adventurous including fishing, camping, motorbike riding and hiking.

Dr Nick Wimble

Nick started with Casino Veterinary Clinic in August 2023. Nick came to us as a student for a short period in 2014 but has luckily returned to us to get back into some large animal medicine. During his years of absence Nick worked as a mixed- animal practitioner in Western Sydney, a surgical-intern at a special referral hospital and a Locum Veterinarian travelling up and down Central and Eastern Australia.

Nick has a very keen interest in emergency and critical care and works at North Coast Emergency Vets in Bangalow on his available weekends. Nick enjoys working cases and is a very talented vet!

In Nicks spare time, you will find him either in the bush, the surf, the gym or running with his partner Amy and their 8 year old Aussie shepherd Zena, pictured to the left.

Dr Sam Donaldson

Dr Sam started with us in March 2024 and graduated from CSU in Wagga Wagga in 2021. Sam spent her first couple of years out of uni in Goondiwindi and north-western NSW.

Sam loves all aspects of cattle work, but equally enjoys the diversity, challenges and adventures of daily rural mixed practice life. Sam is an excellent large animal vet and equally skilled in small animal medicine.

Sam is always such a bright personality in the clinic and we are so happy to have her with us. Be sure to welcome Dr Sam if you see her around the clinic. Sam is pictured here with her beloved Dalmation, Maisie.

Nicole Shirm- Veterinary Nurse

Nicole began work at Casino Veterinary Clinic in July 2013 and has a certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing and her certificate in microchipping. Nicole has been with us for over 11 years now and has trained most of our junior nurses.

Nicole has been running our puppy preschool classes for over a five years now and thoroughly enjoys watching her students grow and progress in their learning. Nicole's main focus in her classes is owner education and puppy socialization with the main basic commands thrown in as well. Nicole runs our Facebook page and website and keeps it up to date with the latest information!

Nicole has previously worked at North Coast Emergency Vets and Lennox Head Veterinary Clinic. She has since finished at these clinics and is back with us as Head Nurse, four days week. Nicole owns a cleaning company on the side, so keeps herself very busy. She lives with her partner Billy and their gorgeous German Pointer, Maya.

Lisa Jones- Veterinary Nurse

Lisa originally worked with us in 2016 as a junior nurse while she was studying her Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing. Lisa worked with us for a year and has since had a family and a wide range of jobs including Diary farming, Camel farming and aged care nursing and is now a fully-fledged Veterinary Nurse and started back with us in June 2022.

Lisa has a keen interest in surgical nursing and since working back with us has completed some refresher courses in Surgery and Emergency. Lisa loves how different each day can be and how rewarding vet nursing is. We are so happy to have Lisa working back with us!

Lisa has two beautiful young girls, Bethy and Addy who are completing primary school. Lisa is married and lives with her husband Lee where they own a small property near by. Lisa is a very devoted mother whose kids are her whole world. Lisa is pictured here with her beautiful boy Freddy, the Aussie Shepard mix. Lisa is one of our nurses who works some Saturdays so will be ready to greet you and your fur baby!

Phoebe Peters- Junior Nurse

Phoebe began working with us in February 2022. Phoebe has completed her certificate in Animal Studies in 2021 and is currently studying Certificate 4 in Veterinary Nursing. She has also completed her microchipping course in 2023.

Phoebe has a keen interest in Emergency and Critical care and large animal medicine and enjoys going on large animal call outs with our vets. Phoebe works at a local dairy farmer in the mornings before work and enjoys seeing her dairy girls each morning! Phoebe does most of our ordering in the clinic and keeps our shelves fully stocked. Phoebe also runs our Instagram page so be sure to go give it a follow!

Phoebe lives with her partner Hamish and their Catahoula cross named Xena who is pictured to the left. Phoebe is one of our nurses working some Saturdays and is ready to greet you with her friendly smile!