Surgery Staff
|Professor Kenneth A Johnson||Dr Katja Voss||Dr Ben Landon||Associate Professor Max Zuber||Dr Soo Kuan||Dr Chris Tan||Dr Sonya Wasik|
Professor Kenneth A Johnson
MVSc PhD FACVSc Diplomate ACVS and ECVS
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics
Director of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor Johnson recently returned to The University of Sydney as a Clinical Professor, Director of Orthopaedics and Chief of Surgery. He has specialist qualifications in surgery as a Diplomate of American College of Veterinary Surgeons, a Diplomate of European College of Veterinary Surgery, as well as being a Fellow of Australian College of Veterinary Scientists.
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Dr Katja Voss
Dr med. vet. Diplomate ECVS (Small Animal)
Registered Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Dr Ben Landon
BVSc FACVSc (Small Animal Surgery)
Registered Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Ben Landon graduated from the University of Sydney in 1994 and then worked in private emergency and surgical practices for a number of years. He undertook a surgical residency at the University of Melbourne from 2003. During this time he commenced a Masters in scintigraphic evaluation of portal circulation of dogs undergoing cellophane banding of portosystemic shunts. He was also involved in a study on the development of a novel axial pattern flap for closure of facial defects in dogs. He gained Fellowship of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Small Animal Surgery and specialist registration in 2009. He enjoys all aspects of soft tissue, neurologic and orthopaedic surgery but has particular interests in minimally invasive surgery such as laparoscopy, thoracoscopy and interventional radiologic techniques (with particular application to portosystemic shunts).
Associate Professor Max Zuber
BVSc FACVSc
Max graduated from Sydney University in 1969 and qualified as specialist animal surgeon, and a Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 1985. Max has a part-time appointment at the University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Sydney as Honorary Associate Professor of Surgery with responsibility for teaching surgery to final year students and developing computer based learning programmes for medical and surgical teaching. Max, has a particular interest in orthopaedics, oncology and nuclear medicine and is a partner at the Gladesville Veterinary Hospital in suburban Sydney.
Dr Soo Kuan
BVSc MACVSc
Senior Registrar in Small Animal Surgery
Soo graduated from the University of Sydney in 2000. Since graduation, Soo has worked in zoos, and in several small animal practices. In 2004, whilst in private practice Soo obtained her membership in small animal surgery with the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists. She then completed a surgical internship at the Northern Sydney Veterinary Specialist Centre. In 2006, Soo returned to the University Veterinary Centre Sydney as a small animal surgery resident, with the aim to attain Fellowship in Small Animal Surgery.
Soo shares her life with 3 dogs and 4 cats, and also organises the monthly surgery journal club in Sydney for all specialists and any practitioners interested in small animal surgery.
Dr Chris Tan
BVSc BSc (Vet) MACVSc
Resident in Small Animal Surgery
Dr Sonya Wasik
BVSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) MACVSc
Resident in Small Animal Surgery