Jackie Campbell

BVSc(hons) Dip CMT, CHPV

Jackie is one of Australia’s leading voices in the field of veterinary palliative care. As the Director of Sunset Vets, the nation’s largest network of veterinarians focused exclusively on palliative and end-of-life care, Jackie spends much of her time helping families to navigate medical decision making with their pets at end-of-life.  

A graduate from the University of Queensland in 2006, Jackie spent the first part of her career in mixed and small animal practice before an interest in the management of chronic pain led her head-first into the field of Palliative Care. In 2016 she became Australia’s first veterinarian to obtain Certification in Palliative Care and she continues to support the work of IAAHPC through her representative role here in Australia. 

She is the founder of the Australian Palliative Care Advisory Council, an initiative harnessing cross-discipline expertise to develop and support best end-of-life care practices within veterinary medicine and is also responsible for the nationally recognised Sunset Grief program. Run in partnership with key university institutions, this platform helps deliver free professional grief counselling to families needing assistance through their grief. This support is available for all veterinarians across Australia to access for their clients.