Meet the Team

Beacon Veterinary is family owned.

Matthew Ball

Principle Veterinarian
BVSc (Hons) MVS GradDipEd MANZCVS (Pharm)

Matt has dreamt of being a veterinarian since he was 10 years old. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1999 and now has 25 years  experience in mixed animal practice, small animal emergency clinics, industry and government. He also has post graduate qualifications in education, disease surveillance and pharmacology. He spent six years as the District Veterinarian in Lismore so has high level skills in livestock disease investigation.  Matt is passionate about helping animal owners prevent disease and care for their animals.    He also works as a Technical Veterinarian for Virbac providing advice to livestock producers across Australia.