Opening Times
Monday - Friday
8:30 - 10:00 am
2:30 - 3:30 pm
5:00 - 6:50 pm
Saturday
10:00 - 11:00 am
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Consultations
by appointment
Our Veterinary Surgeons
We have five full time veterinary surgeons at the Hospital.
Shane Guerin
MVB MACVSc Cert SAO DVCSc Dipl ECVS MRCVS
Shane is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and he qualified from UCD in 1986. After six years in private practice, Shane completed a small animal surgical residency at Massey University in New Zealand.
This was followed by a further three years as clinical lecturer in UCD. He began a Diplomate in 2000. Shane became a partner in the practice in 1999 and he specializes in Veterinary Surgery with a special interest in orthopaedic and spinal surgery.
Pat O’Doherty
MVB MRCVS
Pat qualified in 1984. Having worked in a variety of
mixed and small animal practices both in Ireland
and the UK, he returned to Cork in 1990 where he joined
with Mr.Liam Guerin as a partner in Gilabbey Veterinary
Hospital.
While on a daily basis he is involved in all aspects of veterinary medicine, his primary interest in recent years is in zoo and wildlife medicine and exotics. He is currently the veterinary consultant to Fota Wildlife Park.
Tom Conway
MVB MRCVS
Tom qualified in 1993. He went to England where he
worked in mixed practice in North Wales and then in
small animal practice in Birmingham.
Having been a student at Gilabbey, he returned to
Gilabbey in 1996, where he became a partner in 2001.
Tom’s interests are wide and varied but he has a special
interest in dermatology.
He has completed workshops in Ireland and England and distance learning courses with Sidney University. Tom has also a special interest in oncology and chemotherapy and also loves a bit of surgery.
Lisa McAuliffe
V.N BSc BVSc CertVOphthal MRCVS
Lisa qualified from the University of Liverpool and went
straight into small animal practice on the Wirral. She
developed an interest in ocular diseases and has completed
the RCVS Certificate in Ophthalmology.
Lisa joined Gilabbey in 2008 and sees both first opinion and referral ophthalmic cases. She has a particular interest in intraocular surgery, particularly cataract surgery
Megan Parker
BVS DVM
Megan qualified from Michigan State University and joined the practice in 2010. Megan has previously worked in small animal and equine hospitals in the States and Ireland.
She is particularly interested in soft tissue surgery and internal medicine.