General practice
Dr Nicolle Kirkwood - Senior Lecturer in Primary Care
BSc BVMS (Hons 1) MANCVSc (Small Animal Medicine) DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice) FHEA
Dr Kirkwood graduated from Murdoch University in Western Australia with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine Surgery with first class honours in 1992. After 5 years working in small animal private practice, she accepted a position as Registrar in Primary Care at the teaching hospital at Murdoch University in 1998 and was successful in obtaining membership to the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Small Animal Medicine) in July of that year. In 2016 she commenced a position at the University of Sydney as Senior Clinical Veterinary Registrar in Primary Care and was appointed as Unit Head in 2019. In November 2019 she achieved certification as a Diplomate by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in Canine and Feline Practice. in 2020 she completed the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) and was awarded a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (UK). She has a special interest in infectious diseases and vaccinology with research interests in canine parvovirus and canine leptospirosis.
Dr Kirkwood is loving living and working in the beautiful city of Sydney. In her spare time, she enjoys, hiking, dining out, watching movies, reading and spending time with her beautiful family comprising one husband, 3 children, Meg the Border Terrier and Stanley the ginger cat
Dr Peta Macarthur - Lecturer in Primary Care
BVSc (Hons) MANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine and Behavioural Medicine)
Dr Peta Macarthur is a small animal clinician with over 20 years of experience. Passionate about the vital role of GP veterinarians in animal care, she has completed membership examinations in both Small Animal Medicine and Behavioural Medicine. Dr Macarthur is a dedicated advocate for compassionate, fear-free patient care. She lives in the Inner West of Sydney with her two teenage daughters.
Dr Sandeep Karna - Senior Veterinary Registrar
BVSc MVS PhD
Dr Sandeep works across the Primary Care and Emergency and Critical Care services at UVTHS.
Dr Genevieve Dwyer - Clinical Veterinary Registrar
BVSc MANZCVS (Small Animal Medicine)
Dr Genevieve Dwyer graduated from the University of Sydney in 2017 and began her career in mixed practice in central New South Wales. After returning to Sydney, she completed a rotating internship at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH) and gained memberships in small animal medicine. Dr Genevieve joined the UVTHS Primary Care team in 2024.
Dr Cicilia Muller - Clinical Veterinary Registrar
BSc BVSc MANZCVS (Feline Medicine)
Dr Cicilia graduated from The University of Pretoria in South Africa in 2009 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. She started her career working in emergency veterinary and animal welfare clinics in the city of Cape Town.
In 2013 she moved to the Middle East and worked at the very first small animal veterinary clinic in Qatar and the first ISFM gold standard cat friendly clinic in Abu Dhabi. During 2018 she obtained her membership in Feline Medicine and was admitted to the Feline Medicine Chapter in the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists. Cicilia relocated to Sydney in 2019 and soon after joined the UVTHS Primary Care team.
Throughout her travels she had her husband, two dogs (Frankie and Luna) and cat (Dexter) by her side. Dr Cicilia has a special interest in Feline behavior and she loves talking about everything cat related. She is passionate about helping you have a better understanding of your feline friend.
Dr Jorid Nordaker - Clinical Veterinary Registrar
BVSc Master of Teaching (Secondary Science)
Dr Jorid Nordaker is a Primary Care veterinarian at UVTHS. A Norwegian citizen, Dr Jorid has lived in Australia for almost 20 years. She met her partner in 2004 at a first-year veterinary university event at Nag’s Head. Since 2009, she has worked in general practice while raising three children and completing a Master of Teaching degree.
Dr Jorid values Australia’s tertiary educational system and is proud to be part of the Primary Care Team at the University of Sydney. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys growing herbs and fruit at her home in Sydney’s Illawarra region, and caring for her two dogs, Vernon the Vizsla and Lillevenn the Dalmatian; two cats, Makrell and Vegemite; her garden rabbit, Carrot; and Sabre, an elderly Shetland pony.
Dr Alison Wardman - Clinical Veterinary Registrar
BVSc (Merit) MANZCVS (Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Small Animal Medicine) B.A.
Alison has been part of our Primary Care team since 2016. She graduated from Sydney University Veterinary Science in 2008 and worked in a Country Mixed Animal Practice in NSW for 5 years. She then moved back to Sydney and eventually joined our team at UVTHS.
Alison is proud to have obtained membership through further study in two chapters of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists which recognises advanced practitioner status in those disciplines: Small Animal Medicine in 2017, and Small Animal Dentistry and Oral Surgery in 2024.
Alison has a passion for small animal medicine and dentistry. She loves teaching Veterinary students and helping pets and their owners through providing excellence in Veterinary care. She finds it particularly rewarding to establish a long-term relationship with clients and their pets where she can follow a pet through the different stages of their life.
Outside of work Alison is kept busy with her daughter, and numerous assorted pets and livestock on their acreage near the Blue Mountains.