Albany Veterinary Hospital

Grant McCullough is the Managing Director and Owner of the Veterinary Hospital Group. Grant has worked in Equine and Dairy Practice in Northland, specialist Centres in the UK and for the last 32 years in Small Animal Practice in Auckland. Grant purchased Albany Veterinary Hospital in 1991 and has overseen the steady growth of the group since that time. Grant lives in Coatesville with his wife, a dog, 2 horses and lots of sheep. In recent years Grant has been on the board of the NZ Veterinary Association & served as President from 2019 to 2022. Grant has also completed a term on NAWAC (National animal welfare advisory committee) In his spare time he enjoys family time especially if that includes yachts or snowy mountains

Daniel grew up in the Hawkes Bay and following his graduation from vet school he worked in a predominantly farm animal practice in the King Country, until a desire to see the world led him to the UK for 5 years, where he worked in a variety of veterinary practices. Daniel is now a local in Coatesville where he lives with his partner Sidah, son Marcus and daughter Maia.

Neil graduated from Edinburgh in 2012 and has worked in mixed practice over the last 10 years. Over the last 5 he has started to do more and more companion animal work and has developed a keen interest in orthopaedic surgery. Neil is now working as our referral vet for the Veterinary Hospital Group and doing orthopaedic surgeries sent to us from our 9 other branches.

Dr Harriet Valentine joined the Albany team in September 2024 all the way from England. Harry qualified in 2021 from Cambridge University. She worked in a charity clinic in London for a year before following her husband to NZ. Their beloved dog Richard Todd has joined the Albany clinic family and is loving exploring the parks and beaches Auckland has to offer. Harry has strong interests in the fields of imaging and Surgery. In her spare time you will find her running the countryside or riding her bicycle. You may even see her riding to work with Toddy in a pull behind trolley.

Following graduation from Massey University in 2020, Mikaela started her veterinary career in the Manawatu. Originally working with horses, she has since stopped her equine work to focus on her greatest interest, cats and dogs at Hibiscus Coast Veterinary Hospital and Albany. In her free time, she enjoys running, hiking, training her dogs and creating her pet portraits @mikaelanipperart.

Danielle graduted vet school end of 2023 and started with Albany at the beginning of 2024. Danielle lives locally with her family and dog Holly

Sarah graduated with a diploma in vet nursing in 2012. She has worked as a vet nurse ever since, starting at the Auckland SPCA, before joining the Veterinary Hospital Group at our Parkhill clinic in 2016. After managing the Parkhill clinic for nearly 5 years, she decided to go back to her roots and become a surgical nurse at Albany. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends, going to concerts and travelling overseas. She lives in Massey with her husband and her 2 cats, Dartanyan & Loki.

Karen has been with the Albany Vet Hospital for MANY years. She lives in Wellsford with her family. They have 1 crazy cat called Rubble and a lovely dog called Diesel. In her spare time she will be found at the beach with her family enjoying the waves or out exploring the world with the kids.

Stacey finished her diploma of vet nursing in November 2022 after starting with the Vet Hospital Group as a student in 2021. When she’s not working Stacey will be at the beach, reading or spending time with her husband and their fur-child, Berlioz, a mischievous tuxedo cat.

Jayde has been in the group since 2019. Jayde graduated from her Bachelor’s in Veterinary Nursing at the end of 2021. Since then she has loved working full time in the Vet Hospital group. Outside of work Jayde enjoys reading, watching movies and hanging out with her two Cocker Spaniels.

Marion currently works Saturdays at Albany and picks up shifts whenever possible. She is finishing her Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing in Unitec. She currently lives in North Shore. She recently adopted a lovely rescue dog named Amber (Poodle mix). Marion loves getting involved in surgery and anaesthesia. In her free time, she loves to read, go thrifting and playing videogames.

Emily started full time with the Albany team in late 2023. Emily has worked with the VHG group while studying for her Bachelor in Veterinary Nursing and qualified in 2022. In her spare time Emily likes to make amazing jewelry out of animal teeth, you should ask to see some if your ever in clinic.

Dr Diesel is a new addition to our manager Karen’s family and also to the Albany Clinics family. Diesel is a 2year old rescue dog that Karen and her family rehomed in January 2023. He has settled in very well both at work and at home. He will be seen around the clinic most days either hanging out the front or walking his little person back and forwards to school just down the road.