Dr. Sharlene Somarathne

BVSc MRCVS

Dr. Sharlene Somarathne graduated in 2011 from the Royal Veterinary College in the UK. She volunteered in Chang Mai’s Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand before embarking on a charity spay and neuter program for stray dogs in India. She completed an Internship program at a small animal hospital in the UK before moving to Qatar with her husband in 2012 where she worked in small animal practice.

Dr. Sharlene particularly enjoys Cardiology, working up challenging medical cases, and is passionate about communicating well with clients to ensure that they are involved in their pets’ healthcare.

Outside of work, she is kept busy with her lively 6-year-old son and her cat who she treated as a kitten with a spinal injury and went on to adopt and adore.
In her spare time, she enjoys learning Swedish, Book Club, and baking anything that contains sugar!

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Dr. Natalia Morozova

DVM MRCVS

Dr. Natalia joins us from Italy. She is extremely experienced having worked the last 11 years in Australia, India, Italy, and Cape Verde.

Dr. Natalia takes great pleasure in seeing challenging cases and delivering a very high standard of Veterinary care. She has specialist skills in abdominal ultrasound and clinical pathology/cytology.

She brings with her a very lucky rescue dog.  She loves to continue the veterinary science learning journey and is passionate about attending congresses and lectures in her spare time.

Dr. Natalia speaks English, Italian, Russian, German and Spanish

Dr. Eric Chen

Dr. Eric graduated from the University of Melbourne and then worked for a busy small animal practice in Australia. Seeking more adventure he then worked for a large chain of respected western hospitals based across multiple cities in China and Hong Kong, before joining Qatar Veterinary Center.

He brings over a decade of experience with his main professional interests including internal medicine, endocrinology, clinical pathology, and oncology.
He is working toward obtaining advanced qualifications in internal medicine.

Dr. Eric believes in practicing evidence-based medicine and is passionate about educating owners about caring for their pets, especially those with chronic health conditions.

In his free time, Dr. Eric enjoys travelling (his grand goal is to visit 100 countries), movies (he attends film festivals regularly), and seeing and experiencing different foods and cultures.

Dr. Eric speaks English, Mandarin and Korean

Dr. Lenny Leśniewski

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Lenny Leśniewski to the Qatar Veterinary Center Family.
Dr. Lenny joins us with extensive experience in, and passion for, soft tissue surgery including complex, state of the art procedures. He also has 1o years of orthopaedic experience including chest surgeries.

Dr. Lenny stresses the importance of the well being and recovery outcomes of his patients and handles complex surgical cases while providing the highest level of care.

Dr. Lenny is also a skilled diagnostician and is dedicated to ensuring accurate diagnosis and then implementing effective treatment plans to improve the health and well being of his patients. He is committed to promoting preventative care and educating owners.

Outside of the hospital Dr. Lenny was a semi professional basketball player. He loves sport including rock-climbing, running and diving. He is passionate about reading and is committed to personal development.

Dr. Lenny speaks English, Polish and Spanish

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Dr. Louise Robin

Dr. Louise graduated from the University of Bristol veterinary school in the United Kingdom in 2007.  She initially worked in mixed practice in the Peak District, treating small animals, horses and farm animals alike, and has concentrated solely on small animal work since 2011, most recently holding the role of senior vet at a large and very busy small animal practice in York.

In 2015 she completed a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Small Animal Medicine) through the University of Liverpool veterinary school, and is an RCVS recognised Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine.  As such, she really enjoys challenging medical cases and also brings with her much experience in all areas of veterinary practice, including imaging and soft tissue surgery.  She also really enjoys getting to know pets and their owners!

Dr Louise has volunteered with veterinary and conservation projects abroad, including helping to teach veterinary students in Ethiopia and in the conservation of leather back turtles in Costa Rica.

Outside of work she is kept busy with her two young sons, and enjoys a good game of tennis when time allows (and the weather is cool enough!)

She speaks English and is learning Arabic.