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Max is a qualified specialist in small animal surgery with a particular interest in orthopaedics and oncology. He graduated from Sydney University in 1969 and has been at Gladesville since 1971. Max has been away from the practice from time to time taking a variety of roles in the Veterinary Faculty at the University of Sydney where he has acted as the Head of Surgery and, more recently, the CEO of the Veterinary Teaching Hospitals. Currently he retains a role teaching surgery and is the Academic director of the Clinical Skills Centre set up to teach clinical skills to vet students without the need to use animals for this purpose. In 1994-95 he was also appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Florida.

Max qualified as a specialist in small animal surgery, becoming a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in 1985. In November 1991 Max opened the first diagnostic nuclear medicine facility for small animals in the Southern Hemisphere at Gladesville. He receives referral cases for this facility from throughout the country.

In 1993 he was recipient of the Seddon award for meritorious clinical contribution to Veterinary Science in NSW and has twice been awarded the Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association’s “Practitioner of the Year”.

Max has been elected to terms of the Presidency of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists and the Australasian Association of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. From 1999 to 2017 he was appointed as the Australasian Veterinary Surgeons Board representative on The Veterinary School Accreditation Committee which evaluates the competence of veterinary graduates from Australia and New Zealand universities as well as those in overseas countries whose graduates can practise in Australia.

This latter work involved Max being away from the practice from time to time, and he has been involved in accreditation matters at Charles Sturt University in Wagga, the University of Melbourne, the University of Pretoria in South Africa, the University of Bristol in England, The University of Adelaide, James Cook University in Townsville and in 2016 the developing veterinary school at City U University in Hong Kong.

Max is a born and bred Sydneysider, father of four and grandfather of 8 who has, with his family and many pets, lived within a 5 km radius of the Gladesville Veterinary Hospital Since 1961.

Dr James Berman graduated Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney in 2002.  He began his career working in his hometown of Canberra.  Since then, James has worked in Sydney, England, the United States and back in Sydney again.  Ever since studying in University James has loved and is happy to call Sydney home.

James enjoys the excitement, unpredictability and challenge of being a vet.  In his time as a Vet he has developed his keen interests in Diagnostic Imaging and Small Animal Medicine.  James has completed post-graduate training in Radiology, Ultrasound, Echocardiography and Small Animal Clinical Studies.  James was awarded Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in the discipline of Veterinary Radiology in 2008 and had Residency training in Veterinary Radiology in Oregon, USA in 2012-13.

Outside work James loves to spend time with his beautiful wife, Selina, son Peter and his aptly named naughty cat Slice.  James like to catch up with friends and family as much as possible and get down to the beach to swim or surf whenever he can find the time.

Dr Mark Hocking graduated with first class honours in Veterinary Science from Sydney University in 1994 and has been an associate at Gladesville Veterinary Hospital (GVH) since 1998. Mark grew up in Sydney and worked at a practice in Canberra for over three years after graduation. Mark completed a certificate in Veterinary Acupuncture (the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society certificate) in 2001. In 2002, he participated in a course in Trigger Point therapy run by Dr Liz Frank, a West Australian vet who has done pioneering research in this area. Mark undertook a year long distance education course in Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2004.

Mark has a keen interest in the use of trigger point therapy and acupuncture to treat lameness and other problems in dogs and cats. This interest has gradually built since arriving at GVH, when he was impressed with the responses of animals treated by Dr Pam Short. Over the subsequent years he has trained in these fields and now trigger point therapy and acupuncture have become an integral part of his work at GVH. He is especially interested in the mechanisms of development and treatment of trigger points and has researched these areas extensively. Mark ran popular workshops on trigger point therapy in 2010 and 2011, teaching other veterinarians about trigger points and his techniques to treat them.

Mark’s interest extends to most other areas of small animal practice, including bird medicine.

Outside work, Mark enjoys natural history, birdwatching, bushwalking, travelling, the beach and fine food.

Rosalie was born in Sydney and grew up with a number of cats and sundry human family members. Rosalie graduated from Sydney University in 1982 and has been an associate at Gladesville since 1988. Rosalie has a particular interest in the medicine of birds and in dermatology.

Rosalie was born in Sydney and grew up with a number of cats and sundry human family members. A career involving animals seemed inevitable after this start. She graduated from Sydney University vet school in 1982 and married another vet shortly after this, and has worked in Sydney in small animal practice since then.

She joined the Gladesville team in about 1990. In 1999 she completed a year of intensive study in dermatology and has a special interest in skin cases, as well as bird medicine and general small animal medicine and surgery.

Rosalie’s interests include bush walking, reading, sports, holidays anywhere (especially Australia) and watching motor racing. Currently she is one of the NSW representatives of the Australian Christian Veterinary Association