Shantelle Naidoo

Senior Veterinarian with 25 years of clinical experience in small-animal medicine and surgery. Extensive expertise in canine and feline practice across primary care, emergency, and after-hours environments, with 86–95% of caseload focused on dogs and cats. Experienced in managing complex medical and surgical cases, providing sole-charge clinical leadership, and supporting high-performing veterinary teams through sound decision-making, client communication, and clinical oversight. Regularly undertake 6+ emergency shifts and manage 10–15 hospital cases per week, with additional experience in exotic-animal medicine.

• I am comfortable working in both a team and unsupervised. I am a strong leader and have great teaching skills.
• I thrive on a well-functioning team, and am goal-orientated.
• I enjoy all aspects of Veterinary Science and am keen to study further.
• I will be an asset to any company and practice.

• I have been working in the private veterinary sector for 20 years and have been exposed and involved in 95% small animal and 5% exotic animal surgery work(mainly birds/rodents/reptiles).
• Surgeries I have performed include:
• Exploratory laparotomy
• Splenectomy
• Biopsies-liver/spleen/abdominal organs
• Nephrectomy/enterectomy/gastrotomy
• Cystotomies
• Assisted in feline urethrostomy
• Inguinal/perineal/umbilical herniorrhaphies
• Forelimb/hindlimb/toe/tail amputations
• Othaematoma correction
• Correction of cherry eyes/entropion/ectropions
• Scrotal ablations
• Oronasal fistulas
• Sialoadenectomy/ranula correction
• Colectomy/colopexy(cats)
• Anal sacculectomy(dogs)
• Caesarian sections(dogs/cats)
• Mastectomy/soft tissue removals
• Cranial cruciate repairs-lateral imbrication technique/assisted in fascia lata technique
• Medial patella luxation repair with deepening of the trochlea groove
• Long bone # internal fixation with intra-medullary pins/cerclage wires
• Assisted in lateral ear canal ablation(Zepps)
• Femur head and neck osteotomies
• And many more.