Our Staff

Debbie Kirkpatrick
Practice Manager
Debbie has been with our clinic since January of 1989. She attends many Practice Management meetings in order to offer the best services possible to our clients. She is married to the perfect man, Glen and has 3 wonderful sons, Russell, Trevor, and Terrence. She is very active in her church and a HUGE football fan. Go Chargers!! The Kirkpatrick's have 2 cats, Paul and Morgan.  Debbie is dedicated to helping all our clients, patients and staff have a great experience at our clinic.

Tina James
Lead Technician
Taking on the role of supervisor and surgery technician, Tina has been caring for our clients and patients since September 1997. She is a single mom of one incredible son, Sebastian. She coaches soccer and is great at organizing everything in our clinic.  She is the greatest when it comes to keeping track of our inventory and searching for hard to find medications for our patients. She and her son have 4 crazy cats, Nino, Madeline, Elliott, and Toad (who thinks he is a dog) and 2 (constantly growing) aquatic turtles.

Tori Kane
Administrative Assistant
A Poway resident since 1989, Tori came on board as a "perfect fit" in our reception area back in early 2008. Better known as the "Desert Rat", she enjoys spending time with her two boys, Ron and Kevin, out "4-wheelin". She is also "mom" to her dogs, Duger, Jaxson and Willow.  Tori offers an extra service for our clients and patients: pet sitting for those clients who would prefer to have their dogs and cats stay home rather than be boarded away from home when their owners go out of town.

Nichol Fox
Veterinary Technician
With 2 years equine sports medicine studies at Feather River College, 2 years canine search and rescue in the Colorado Rockies and over 10 years grooming experience, Nichol helps provide new services at our clinic. Joining our team in early 2008, Nichol is a single mom to her beautiful daughter, Grace, who is the "light of her life". She enjoys spending time with her best friend, Dana, their Golden Retriever.

Simon
Hospital cat and Caretaker
Simon, a "large-and-in-charge" gray kitty needed a home. He came to the clinic, looked around and decided to stay here. His day consists of eating, sleeping, begging for food, sleeping and....sleeping. When he is feeling spunky his goal is to torment Mittens.

Mittens
Hospital Cat and Greeter
Mittens, a long haired black and white female kitty, couldn't stay at her home so we, reluctantly, took her in. Lucky for us because she is probably one of the best "greeters" we have ever had. Like all good cats she hangs out near the "dog lobby" and comes down off her perch regularly to annoy the reception staff. Her main goal in life is to avoid Simon.