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Clinically Wild Bios

 

Get to know the vets, techs and surgeons who run a 24-hour emergency pet clinic in the wildest part of the United States.

 
  • Dr. Melissa Deiderich
    Pet patients get shipped in to us from the Bush, meaning the interior, coastal, or Aleutian chain of Alaska, where there are no veterinary services. Read more ...
     
    Dr. Kathy Doty
    This Anchorage native loves to scuba dive in Hawaii, and has no plans to retire in the Far North because as she says quite firmly, "I hate the cold." Read more ...
     
    Dr. Colin Hurd
    "One of my more interesting surgeries was on a dog that swallowed a fish hook. The hook was lodged in the esophagus in the neck just behind the skull. It was in a very sensitive area." Read more ...
     
    Laura Kelly, Technician
    "I moved to Alaska after graduating from college to be with the man I was dating. So, it was a man that brought me to Alaska. Like the Alaskan women always say, "The odds are good, but the goods are odd." Read more ...
     
    Dr. Shannon Kesting
    "It's much more 'laid-back' here than in the lower 48. People in Alaska work to live, in the lower 48, most people live to work." Read more ...
     
    Dr. Michelle Leibold
    One of my favorite activities is gardening during the summer. I love to work outside in the garden at 11 pm or midnight! Read more ...
     
    Dr. Allison Melocik
    I have gotten the rare opportunity to work on bald eagles, porcupines and many different species of birds. I will never forget the first time I had to remove porcupine quills from a dog. I thought "only in Alaska." Read more ...
     
    Dr. Stuart Nelson
    "As they say, 'Alaska is only fifty miles from Anchorage.' After one leaves the largest population of the state, the vast acreage of unspoiled wilderness beckons the curious and adventurous. The fact that it is there, frees the spirit." Read more...
     
 
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