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Our Staff

Technical Staff
Support Staff

Kelly Frazier, CVT
Jennifer Schmittlein, CVT
Linda Sjodahl-Miller, CVT
Lisa Vallee, CVT
Chris Warren, CVT
Beverly Trushaw, VT

Misty D'Amours, VT
Amy Kramarchyk
Sandra Leiser
Rachel Martin, VT
Devon Sears
Robin Spaulding

  Practice Manager

Shana Petit has been our Practice Manager since 2003. She came to us from Lynnfield, Massachusetts where she worked at the Animal Hospital of Lynnfield for ten years and was the manager for the last two. She is a 2001 graduate of the University of South Carolina where she holds a B.S. in Marine Biology. Shana lives in Connecticut with her husband, Jared, as well as two lab mixes named Keagan and Alabama.

Shana has extensive knowledge in the veterinary field. In addition to her work in Lynnfield, she has held internships at both the New England Aquarium and the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. She is a member of the Veterinary Hospital Manager's Association, including 2007 North American Veterinary Conference and 2006 Veterinary Hospital Manager's Association.

Shana enjoys managing a busy practice where she can work with amazing and caring staff as well as the wonderful clients. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, running and walking with her dogs.

  Technical Staff

Kelly Frazier joined our technical staff in 2006, but she comes to us with plenty of experience having spent twelve years at the South Deerfield Veterinary Clinic. She is a Certified Veterinary Technician who earned her A.S. in Veterinary Science from Holyoke Community College in 1998. She also earned a B.A. in English/Journalism from the University of New Hampshire in 1993.

Kelly shares her life with her husband, John, as well as a blind Pekingese named “Foo”, and 6 felines, “Lenny”, “Rielly”, “Hope”, “Toby”, “Stinky” and “Sophie”. Outside of her work, Kelly is interested in the martial arts, which she has studied for more than 5 years. Kelly is an avid UNH hockey fan and Red Sox fan. She also enjoys gardening and reading.


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Certified Veterinary Technician, Jennifer Schmittlein Jennifer Schmittlein is a Certified Veterinary Technician who graduated from Holyoke Community College in 1984 with an Associates Degree in Animal Science and has been employed by the Northampton Vet Clinic since the same year. She has felt fortunate in having gotten to know so many of the clients and patients over the years. Jennifer has traveled to Las Vegas in 2000 and to Florida in 2004 and 2008 for veterinary conferences. She also routinely attends local conferences. She shares her life with her husband, Jeff, the webmaster for this site, and her teenage daughter, Paige, as well as a sheltie, Jester and two cats, Pixel and Sepia.

Jennifer likes to spend time gardening, collecting antiques and being with her family.

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Certified Veterinary Technician, Linda Sjodahl-Miller

 

Linda Sjodahl-Miller is a Certified Veterinary Technician who has been with the clinic since 1979. She received an Associates Degree in Animal Science from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at UMass. Linda has a special interest in wildlife rehabilitation and small animal physical therapy. In her spare time she enjoys organic gardening and spending time with her husband, John, and their assorted creatures; a dog, Bailey and a cat named Elsie.


Lisa Vallee is a Certified Veterinary Technician who came to work at the clinic in 2004. Lisa received her B.S. in Biology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2000 and an A.S. in Animal Science from Vermont Technical College in 2002. She is especially interested in veterinary dentistry and labwork. She enjoys seeing each day how much people love their pets and vice versa.

Lisa, who is originally from Vermont, now shares her life with her husband, Steve, their three cats, Samson, Delilah and Chloe, a gold fish named Mooshoo and a couple of hermit crabs. She also enjoys rugby, reading and spending time with her nieces and nephews.


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Chris Warren is a Certified Veterinary Technician with a Bachelors Degree in Animal Science from the University of Massachusetts where she graduated in 1993. She rejoined the Northampton Vet Clinic team in 2000 after working for four years in the Critical Care unit of Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital in Springfield. Chris attended the North American Veterinary Conference in Florida in 2001 and 2006, and has continued to attend annual conferences closer to home. She has a special interest in dentistry and ultrasound.

Chris lives with her husband, young son, Keaton, born in 1998 and a daughter, Sierra, born in 2002. She also shares her home with two cats, Squoushy and India, and two dogs, a dachshund named Tucker and a poodle mix named Pumbaa as well as two guinea pigs. She loves scrapbooking and doing anything that allows her to spend quality time with her family.

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Veterinary Technician, Beverly Trushaw
Beverly Trushaw received her Associates Degree from the Holyoke Community College Veterinary and Animal Science department in 1983. She lives with her husband and teenage son, as well as 4 cats, Biti Bon, Plunker, Latka and Bootsie, and one dog, Porchie, a rescue from Hurricane Katrina.

Beverly is especially proud of having raised and found homes for over 50 orphaned kittens. She enjoys providing client education regarding the importance of spaying and neutering. Her special interests outside of work include traveling to warm destinations.


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  Support Staff


Veterinary Technician, Misty

Misty D'Amours graduated from Holyoke Community College in 2001 with an Associates Degree in Animal Science. She has been part of the Northampton Veterinary Clinic team since January of 2000. She attended conferences in Atlantic City in both 2002 and 2004. In 2007 she attended the North American Veterinary Conference in Florida. She shares her home with her husband, Kevin, as well as two dogs, a shepherd mix named Abigail, and a lab mix named Brandy. Misty and Kevin also have two long-haired cats, Dakota and Scribbles and a short haired cat named Kashmere.

Misty says she loves working for a veterinary clinic where she can be proud of the quality care and compasion given to both patients and clients. She has helped to raise many litters of stray kittens and always finds wonderful homes for them.

 

Veterinary Technician, Misty

Amy Kramarchyk is one of our veterinary assistants who came to us with aspirations of finishing a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science. She loves the work experience, learning something new and finding many reasons to smile each day. She loves being surrounded by animals and animal people.

Amy lives in Easthampton with her fiance, Gary, and their animal family, a wire-haired pointing griffon named Ernie, three cats, Socrates, Shimi and Linus and two goldfish, Jaws and Dante. Outside of work she loves to spend time with her pets, listen to music, hike and go to the movies.

 

 

Sandra Leiser is one of our veterinary assistants. She is a 1994 graduate of Hampshire College and has a special interest in veterinary nutrition and canine behavioral issues. She has participated in continuing education with a focus on complementary and alternative medicine.

Sandra shares her home with her partner, three dogs and three cats. She enjoys hiking, bird watching, going to the movies, tag sale shopping and antiquing.

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Veterinary Technician, Rachel Martin

Rachel Martin is a 1995 graduate of Holyoke Community College's Veterinary and Animal Science Program. She came to the Northampton Veterinary Clinic as a technician in 1999. Recently she joined the reception team when a back injury prevented her from the physical requirements of technical work. We feel very fortunate to have her knowledge and expertise available to our clients at the front desk. Rachel attended the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, Florida in 2004, and in March of 2005 attended a seminar on managing inventory. She is responsible for all of our purchasing and inventory control. She also loves working with people and seeing interesting cases,

Rachel enjoys spending time hiking with her husband, Jim, and her young son, Colby, who was born in 1999. She also enjoys scrapbooking. Rachel's four legged family includes three cats, B.J., Tipper and Piglet and a bunny named Eva.


Support Staff, Robin Spaulding

Devon Sears joined our team of client care coordinators in 2004. She had majored in Art at Smith College and has special interests in painting, calligraphy, sewing, knitting and woodworking. Devon has been a Certified Nail Technician since 2002.

Devon's favorite part of working in a veterinary hospital are the little pink kitten noses. She shares her life with her long term boyfriend, two kitties, Charlie and Gideon, and various small, furry pet rodents.

 

Support Staff, Robin Spaulding

Robin Spaulding is one of our client care coordinators. She studied cosmetology and has been a licensed hairdresser for twenty years. She joined our team because of her love for animals. She enjoys seeing all the pets come into the clinic and trying to ease their nervousness during the time that they are with us. She also thinks the kisses she gets from them are an added bonus!

Robin lives with her husband of more than 20 years, two daughters, Katie and Jessie, four dogs and six cats. Outside of work, she enjoys camping with her family.

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