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| Dr. William J. Langhofer, DVM |
| Dr. Langhofer grew up in Indiana as the son of a veterinarian. He graduated from Purdue University in 1998, as the youngest veterinarian in the nation. He works closely with many species of exotic pets, and is very interested in holistic medicine in dogs and cats. He and his wife have a beautiful daughter and son. His pets at home include 3 dogs, 2 cats, 3 birds, and a desert tortoise. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, spicy food, and is an avid whitewater kayaker. |
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| Dr. Darren Wright, DVM |
| Dr. Wright is a native of Arizona. He graduated cum laude from Arizona State University in 2003 with a degree in Agribusiness Management and obtained his Doctorate from Michigan State University in 2008. His medical interests include Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Exotics/Aquatic Medicine, though he loves all aspects of veterinary medicine. In his little free time, he enjoys hiking, home improvement projects, and spending time with friends and family. |
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| Dr. Rowena D'Monte, DVM |
| Dr. D'Monte grew up in India and decided that she wanted to become a veterinarian because as a young child her family could not afford to pay for the vet bills for all of her sick pets. She graduated from Washington State University in 1984, and now works in general practice and emergency clinics throughout the valley. She has many pets including 4 dogs, 2 cats, 1 snake, 1 rabbit, a tortoise, and an iguana. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, eating out, watching movies, and eating cotton candy. |
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| Dr. Kristina Kryda, DVM |
| Dr. Kryda grew up in Michigan and had always dreamed of working with animals and being a veterinarian since she was a child. She graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology in 2004 and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 2007. She also participated in study abroad programs in countries such as Switzerland and South Africa. She now resides in Arizona with her two cats and leopard gecko. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, rollerblading, hiking, amateur astronomy, and writing. |
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Technicians
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| Nina Sotomayor - Office Manager |
| Nina is a native to Arizona, born in Flagstaff and raised in Mesa. She currently has 4 cats, a rabbit, a Bearded dragon, a Baird's Rat Snake, and 3 desert tortoises. She became interested in working with animals at a young age when she anounced that she wanted to be a herpatologist. After high school she enrolled in the Veterinary Assistant course at Pima Medical Institute. She has worked at TSVC since May of 2004. On her spare time she enjoys watching movies and television, reading, hiking, shopping, playing board games, and spending time with her family and friends. |
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| Samantha Mossbarger |
| Samantha was born in England and raised in Arizona. She Currently has a Pit Bull named Carmel, a Doxen named Mylee, a Shih-Tzu named Isis, and a cat named Spike. All her life she wanted to work with animals, and that is how she ended up at Pima Medical Institute to become a Veterinary Assistant. In her spare time she enjoys swimming, laying on the beach, and taking trips to San Diego. |
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| Sharleen Fotitt |
| Sharleen was born in California in 1979, she moved to Michigan when she was six. She resided in Kingsley, Michigan for ten years before moving to Prescott, Arizona. Sharleen is happily married, a Pima Medical Institute graduate and has two dogs. Her dogs are Bullet, an American Pit-Bull Terrier, and Cash a Basset Hound and Pit-bull mix. She loves working with animals of all kinds and hopes to one day be able to run a rescue of her own. |
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| Tiea Sutherland |
| Tiea was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in South Scottsdale. She has had many, many pets growing up, and loves animals. She went to Pima Medical Institute and graduated with honors as a Veterinary Assistant. She has always loved working with and around animals. She has two little girls and two cats. If there was such a thing as spare time she enjoys hiking, biking, travel, and spending time with her children. |
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| Autumn Hughes |
| Autumn was born in Minnesota, and cannot wait to travel back. Since being in Arizona she has dreamed of being everything from a horse trainer to a sea world entertainer. She started working at TSVC in early 2009 and has never been happier. In her free time, she loves taking spontaneous trips out of state, going out with friends, shopping and spending time with her family. |
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| Tom Walsh - Pet Hotel |
| Tom was born and raised in Indiana, and lived in several different states before settling in Arizona. He has a varied work history including a home health care attendant, hotel front desk and night audit, a punch press operator manufacturing pipe hangers. He has always been a dog owner and lover and started working in the kennel over five years ago. "I get to play around with bunch of dogs everyday- who could ask for a better job,” he asks. Other interests include collecting unusual antique items as well as an old bottle collection. |
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| Tammy |
| Tammy is new to the clinic and enjoys seeing all the pets that come through the doors at TSVC. She has four children, all of which share a love of all animals. They have had many different pets. In the past, she and her family have had dogs, birds, hamsters, frogs, fish, cats, rabbits, and desert tortoises. But her favorite pets are large dogs,m rabbits, and desert tortoises. When Tammy happens to find spare time, she loves running, hiking, ballroom dancing, gardening, and cooking for her family and friends. |
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| Steve Vlenzuela |
| Steve is an Arizona native, but has lived in Texas as well. Steve has two jobs, one is at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Spa. Steve has worked for the hotel for 20 years. He also works for Dr. Langhofer and the Pet Hotel for over 8 years. Steve has two dogs Snarf and Bugsy, and one cat, Dave. |
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| Melissa Gruver |
| Melissa is a native of Arizona that lives with her two pet, her dog Jade and her cat Shadow. She loves veterinary medicine because it gives her something new to look forward to everyday. She spend her time working but, also love to play violin and guitar. Melissa also tries to find time to go up north and hike around the mountains. |
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| Brittany Miller |
| Brittany Miller is a freshman at ASU in the Pre-Veterinary program. She loves all animals in all shapes and sizes and wants to become a Veterinarian so that she can help those who cannot help themselves. Along with playing with animals, Brittany enjoys outdoor activities, music, movies, and has one dog named Anabelle. |
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| Christina Kozak |
| Christina was born in Long Island, New York and moved to Arizona in 2000. She currently has two dogs and one cat. She graduated from Pima Medical Institute in the Vet Assistant Program. She plans on going back to school to become a vet like she has wanted to since she was 5 years old. In her spare time she loves to go to the lake with her family and play with pets. |
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| Jenny McKell |
| Jenny was born in South Orange, New Jersey. When she was 28 she moved to Bradenton, Florida and ended up in Arizona in 2007. Jenny has been working with animals since 1995. In her spare time Jenny enjoys the beach, watching movies, music and spending time with her terrier mix Lucy and her 3 cats.
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| Amber Wolf |
| Amber was born in Austin, Texas in 1988. She recently moved to Arizona to further her education. She graduated from Pima Medical Institute and is currently taking classes at Mesa Community College. She has an American Pit-byll terrier named Nala. She has been happily married since 2005 and has 2 beutiful children. She loves helping animals and one day wants to open an Equine Clinic of her own. |
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