Anaesthesia Staff

Dr Sanaa Zaki - Dr Kim Ticehurst - Heide Kloeppel

Dr Sanaa Zaki - Lecturer in Small Animal Anaesthesia

BVSc (Hons), MACVSc, GradCertEdStud (Higher Education)
Senior Clinical Registrar in Small Animal Anaesthesia


Career History
Dr Zaki graduated from the University of Sydney in 1992 and worked in a busy mixed practice in Sydney’s West. After two years in private practice she commenced work and postgraduate training in anaesthesia at the University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Sydney (UVTHS), under the supervision of Dr Martin Pearson. Dr Zaki was later employed as a Senior Registrar in Veterinary Anaesthesia at the UVTHS.

Dr Zaki is a member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists, Anaesthesia and Critical Care Chapter, and has been an examiner for the College.

Special Interests
Her area of expertise is in small animal anaesthesia, and her main interests are pain management, intravenous anaesthesia and anaesthesia for cardiothoracic surgery.

Faculty Web Profile

Dr Kim Ticehurst - Anaesthesia Business Unit Head

BVSc DVetAn

Career History
Dr Ticehurst is a Senior Registrar in Veterinary Anaesthesia and the Head of The Anaesthesia Business Unit at the UVTHS. She is also the Unit of Study Coordinator for the final year students.

She graduated from Sydney University in 1981 and worked for a short time in private practice before returning to complete a Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia under the supervision of Dr Jan Ilkiw. Dr Ticehurst then worked for a number of years as a tutor in Veterinary Anaesthesia before leaving to have a family. She trained veterinary nurses and animal attendants at TAFE before returning to the UVTHS in 2001.

Special Interests
Dr Ticehurst ’s principal interests are small animal anaesthesia in particular the use of local anaesthetic techniques and cardiac arrhythmias occurring under anaesthesia

Dr Heide Kloeppel - Senior Clinical Registrar in Small Animal Anaesthesia

Dr. med. vet., CertVA, DVM

Heide graduated from the vet school in Hanover, Germany in 2002 and moved to Switzerland where she completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Berne and also developed an interest in anaesthesia and analgesia. Heide undertook an internship at the University of Vienna, followed by a residency in anaesthesia and analgesia at the Animal Health Trust in the UK.

She gained her RCVS certificate in 2008 and she joined the anaesthesia team at the UVTHS in February 2011. Heides’ main interest is pain management in small animals and critical care.