The Team

Dr Duncan Siegfried

After qualifying from Onderstepoort in 1989, Duncan spent several years working in London. He is particularly interested in internal medicine and spoiling his patients with plenty of biltong! Duncan established the practice in 2001.

Dr Gemma Schreiner

Gemma was born and bred in the UK, graduating from Cambridge University with both her veterinary degree and a Masters in genetics before moving out to South Africa in 2011. Subsequently, she has spent time working in welfare, private practice and doing emergency work, joining the Hillside team in 2020.

From a veterinary perspective, Gemma’s passion lies in small animal internal medicine and veterinary hospice and palliative care, the latter of which she holds a certification in. Outside of work, she enjoys riding her horse, spending time with her husband and daughter and her fur kids and baking – if she gets a chance!

Dr Felicity Hobbs

Dr Felicity graduated from the University of Pretoria’s Onderstepoort Veterinary Science School in 2011. She also has a Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Cape Town. Dr Felicity joined Hillside in 2016 and has been such a welcomed addition to our team. She is an outstanding Veterinarian with an attention to detail that even Dr Duncan is blown away by. Dr Felicity loves running and spending time with her family during her free time.

Dr Cath Dallas

Dr Cath Dallas graduated from Onderstepoort Veterinary Hospital in 1999. She moved to the UK where she practised as a vetenarian for a number of years before returning to South Africa. Cath joined the Hillside Family at the beginning of 2021 and particularly enjoys the surgical side of the practice and making hospitalised patients feel as calm and comfortable as possible. In her spare time, she loves reading, gardening, yoga and spending time with family and friends. She has two children and a menagerie of feathered, scaled and furry critters.

Kathryn Jolly

Kathryn is our practice administrator and head of our reception team. She started with us at Hillside in May 2014. Kathryn has a Master's degree in Marine Science from UCT and worked as an Environmental Consultant for 2 years. She has a passionate love for animals and is a wonderful addition to our team!

Bright Nyirenda

Bright has been with us at Hillside since 2009 and loves dogs. Bright is originally from Malawi and lives here in South Africa with his beautiful wife and their daughter and son.

Megan Wylie (receptionist)

Megan is a canine behaviourist and dog trainer. She has a passion for all things outdoors and loves to be surrounded by all animals great and small. she has been in the veterinary industry for over 10yrs and love every aspect of it.

Simone Theinhaus

Simone joined Hillside in 2019 and works in Reception in the afternoons. She likes to ride her motorbike in her free time when she is not spending time with our patients. As you can see, she loves dogs.

Lizle Anntoinette Olckers (receptionist)

Lizle spent over 2 years working at a vet shop learning as much as possible about veterinary food and over the counter medication. She joined the receptionist team at Hillside Vet in November 2022. Her love for animals ranges from furry friends to scaly friends. She has a few of her own snakes and recently rescued a cat. She is often house sitting in her spare time, enjoys binge watching series and trying arts and craft projects.

Dr Travis Gray

Dr Travis graduated from Onderstepoort in 2014. After finishing an internship in 2015, he moved to Cape Town to do his time as a night vet, where he developed an interest in emergency medicine. He loves cats, and is a cat dad to two rescues; Natsu and Falcon.

Sr Lexi Minutelli

Sr Lexi grew up with a love for animals. She volunteered during her highschool years at various animal rescues. When she matriculated she went to work at rhino orphanages where she gained experience with all wildlife big and small.

She then went on to study a bachelor of veterinary nursing at Onderstepoort. After graduating she worked at a 24 hour emergency clinic and has since joined hillside in March of 2024. Her favourite part of the job is seeing patients improve and heal. She loves exotics and wildlife and enjoys spending time with her 3 dogs and parrots in her free time.

Mr White Cat - RIP

Mr White Cat was something of a celebrity at Hillside Veterinary Clinic! He claimed Hillside Veterinary Clinic as his new home after being found in a drain. He basically ran the practice and could usually be found lounging on the reception counter, ignoring us simple humans. Mr White Cat was deaf, but that did not stop him from living life to the fullest! We will never forget this handsome chap!