Devoted. Caring. Passionate. The team at Midwest Vet Centre thinks of you and your pet like family. Because we are all united by the love we share for our faithful companions.
Directors
Tara Craft, BVSc, AAV
Head Veterinary Surgeon, Feline Doctor & Clinic Cat Advocate
Tara graduated from the University of Sydney in 2008 and after working in Dubbo, she moved to Geraldton. Dr Tara has a wealth of experience with her passion being in soft tissue surgery and anything cats.
Dr Tara and Nurse Natalie have owned Midwest Vet Centre since October 2020.
Natalie Woods
Veterinary Nurse & Practice Manager
Natalie joined the Midwest team in 2017 after graduating in 2016. Animals have always been Natalie’s passion and have played a big part in her life and she has too many different species on her property to count!
Dr Tara and Nurse Natalie have owned Midwest Vet Centre since October 2020.
Veterinarians
Suellen Taylor, BSc BVMS
Veterinary Surgeon
Suellen graduated from Murdoch University in 1993 and has worked with the Midwest Vet team since 2011. Suellen works casually within the clinic whilst also lecturing our upcoming student Vet Nurses at our TAFE.
Kat Smith, BVSc
Equine Veterinarian
Dr Kat has over 15 years experience as an equine veterinarian. Her special interests are equine reproduction / stud medicine and loves her rural life on her property in Walkaway.
Jacqui Morgan, BSc DVM
Veterinary Surgeon
Dr Jacqui joined the Midwest Vet team in 2023 after graduating from Murdoch Univerisity.
Ruby Thorn, BSc DVM
Veterinary Surgeon
Dr Ruby joined the team for 2024 after graduating from Murdoch University!
Ellie Williams, BSc DVM
Veterinary Surgeon
Dr Ellie joined the team for 2025 after graduating from Murdoch University! She joins a long line of Williams Veterinarians! She enjoys treating large animals, especially horses and cows. On the weekends you might find her riding her horse War Fille
Felicity Keane, BVSc
Veterinary Surgeon
Dr Felicity joined the team after graduating from Massey University in 2024, moving across the ditch to the hot and sunny west coast. She is settling in well already jumping into sports and clubs, and calling Geraldton home! She cannot wait to meet your furry friends and enjoy our surf!
Monica Bai, BSc DVM
Veterinary Surgeon
Monica graduated with a DVM degree from Murdoch University in 2021, after which she moved to Queensland to complete a 12-month rotating internship in both equine and small animal medicine. Following that, she returned to Perth to be closer to her family, where she worked as a full-time equine vet for two years!
Nurses
Roxanne Yates
Head Veterinary Nurse
Joined Midwest Vets in January 2014, after qualifying as a vet nurse in 2013. Roxy is our Head Nurse and provides lots of love and care to the nurse team as well as her patients. Her favourite things are her two sons, her fiance and her pets. Her favourite breeed is the chihuahua.
Shay Craine
Veterinary Nurse
Shay joined the Midwest Vet Centre team in 2013 and then in 2015 took some years off to raise her babies.
Leonie Cukela
Veterinary Nurse
Leonie joined the Midwest Vet team in 2022 as an experienced vet nurse. She enjoys providing gold standard emergency care for largies and smallies, with Equine being her passion. She has two dogs named Diesel and Ellie, two cats named Cobra and Cleo, a galah named Charlie, some chooks and two pet sheep.
Chloe Leggett
Veterinary Nurse
Chloe joined the Midwest Vet Centre team in 2023! Her favourite part of her role is surgery and providing nutrional advice for pet owners. In her free time you might find her playing softball or cuddling with her kitties.
Darcey Brooks
Veterinary Nurse
After moving to Geraldton in 2022 and Darcey joined the Midwest team in 2023 as a kennel hand while studying. Now a registered and experienced vet nurse, she enjoys large animal visits and providing after-surgery care and cuddles for our inpatients.
Leah Cruttenden
Veterinary Nurse
Leah previously worked at an emergency and specialist clinic in Perth and we are stoked to have her knowledge and experience in the team! See loves the fast pace of emergencies and enjoys providing gold standard critical care for those pets who need it the most. On the weekends, you will catch her fishing and camping with her partner and dogs.
Emily Morey
Veterinary Nurse
Emily joins our clinic in July 2024 after moving down from Carnarvon, where she previously worked for the wonderful Dr Emma up at Coral Coast Vets in Carnarvon for three years. Emily has a passion for behariour and training, and being a patient adcocate for fear free handling. She loves to spend her free time fostering animals and hanging out with her own cats and her partner.
Sophie McCagh
Veterinary Nurse
Sophie joined Midwest Vets in 2024 and brings plenty of experience with her. She loves dogs, especially Dachshunds
Renae Walker
Veterinary Nurse
Renae has returned to the team after a short break and brings many years of experience to the team. She loves our native wildlife and exotic pets, and on her weekends you can find her spending time with her daughter and haning out with her pets Yoda, Gucci the chihuahuas and Dorien and Eris the cats.
Arlie Hart
Veterinary Nurse
Arlie joined Midwest Vets in 2022 as our Kennel Hand and is now a registered vet nurse. She enjoys monitoring any type of surgery, and her favourite patient is a sheep. One the weekend you might find her at the beach or camping with her dog Flicky.
Ella McDonald
Veterinary Nurse
Ella graduated in 2024 and joined the team in 2025! She loves all things feline, especially Ragdolls and cannot wait to meet the cats of Midwest Vets. On the weekends, you might find her hanging out with her dog Banjo and two cats, or at the beach surfing.
Casey Fiorenza
Veterinary Nurse and Clinic Cat Advocate
Casey joined the Midwest Vets team in 2015 as a vet nurse, our client care superstar and social media manager. As a self-described extreme cat enthusiast, she loves all things cat including spending all of her free time volunteering with Mid West Cat Shelter Inc. She has two cheeky French Bulldogs Navi and Nadja, and her menagerie of rescue cats Ponyo, Valla, Cheeky Charlie, Link and Mez.
Support Staff
Darby
Kennel Hand
Darby joined the clinic in 2023 as our kennel hand. Her favourite animals are horses and in her spare time she loves to ride her horse Drifter. She has enrolled in Veterinary Nursing for 2025 and is excited to further her studies.
Chloe C
Kennel Hand
