Liz Acevedo -- Technician Supervisor Hired: 5/23/2001
Certified Technician: Liz is celebrating her 1 year anniversary to Miguel on 10/10/09. She is the proud mom of son Ethan, 6 yrs old, 2 year old dog Tank, cat Jupiter, toad Chili, and gecko Twister. She enjoys every aspect of her job, but she especially loves taking care of all of her chemo patients. |
Leslie Arrington -- Receptionist Hired: 7/22/2009
Phone Support: Leslie is a mother of two. She has been a client of CCVS for over 8 years. She has many pets at home: 5 dogs, 1 cat, 4 bunnies, 11 chinchillas, 1 ball python snake, several hamsters and gerbils, and also fish. She has always loved animals and has never known a time without pets. Originally from New York, she has been in PA since 2000. Starting as a receptionist, she hopes to accomplish all the knowledge she can absorb. On a personal note, she is a proud Puerto Rican who loves to read and spend time with good friends. |
Brandy Baker -- Receptionist Hired: 7/13/2007
Brandy can be found answering our busy phone lines and adopting out pets. She is the proud mother of Emily age 6, Adrienne age 3, and a free range rat named Baby. |
Yancy Bixler -- Certified Technician Hired: 6/21/2002
Yancy puts a great deal of empathy into her work. She loves when patients go home to happy owners. She also loves her many cats at home and does a lot of kitten rescue during the summer. Yancy teaches and tutors for the veterinary technician program at Northampton Community College as well as enjoys various outdoor activities. |
Katelyn Breiner -- Technician Hired: 1/25/2008
Katelyn is 19 years old and works at CCVS cleaning instruments and as a technician. She has finished one semester at NCC and is planning on moving to Tennessee to start college at Roane State. In her spare time she house sits and plays with her pets. She has three cats and one dog, all rescues, most adopted from CCVS. |
Melissa Brower -- Office Manager Hired: 7/29/2004
Melissa is always willing to lend a helping hand or a chiro arm. She is the proud mom of daughter Hannah Lynn, dogs Mya and Chance, and kitten Bam Bam. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling with her fiancée Drew and their daughter Hannah, cooking, and figure skating. |
Elizabeth Caesar -- Technician Hired: 5/2/2005
Elizabeth has been with CCVS for 4 1/2 years. She enjoys doing physical rehabilitation. She has been married for 8 1/2 years to husband, Chris and has two sons, Chase and Mason. Her pets consist of a 9 yr old pit-bull, "Bucca", and "Bull", a veiled chameleon. |
Tabitha Clewell -- Night Technician Hired: 10/3/2005
Tabby is always willing to learn new things and take on the many challenges of working in an emergency practice. She can be found most often in ICU with the critically ill patients. Tabby enjoys spending time with her family, karaoke, and caring for her pit bull, boxer, and 4 cats. |
Meribeth Cordero -- Certified Technician Hired: 6/11/2007
Meribeth is a certified technician from N.C.C. She has two dogs, a cat, and a mouse. She enjoys the fast-paced emergency environment, educating clients, and learning new things every day. Some of her interests include music, reading, writing, and exotic pets. |
Amanda Croot -- Receptionist Hired: 4/8/2010
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Nicole Deckert -- Night Technician Hired: 11/18/2006
Nikki graduated with a degree in Medical Assisting and enjoys using that knowledge to care for our many patients. She is currently working overnight in our ICU. In her spare time she can be found at her son’s football and baseball games and when she is not there she is a host on a page in a canasta, a pinochle league. |
Warren Eckel Jr. -- Kennel Assistant Hired: 6/14/2010
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Lois Eisenhauer -- Technician Hired: 12/10/2007
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Mark Feld -- Kennel Assistant Hired: 8/11/2010
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Kathy Lee Futchko -- Kennel Assistant Hired: 5/27/2009
Kathy Lee is 20 years old and works in the kennel taking care of all of the animals that are staying at the clinic. |
Abby Gerenser -- Technician Hired: 7/24/2003
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Theresa Green -- Receptionist Hired: 1/6/2008
Phone Support: Tess is most often found answering phones and filing. She is currently enrolled in online schooling. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, 9 cats, 4 dogs, and gecko. Tess enjoys fostering kittens that are too young or weak to care for themselves. |
Carrie Huegel -- Technician Hired: 8/30/2006
Carrie is wife to Clint of 15 years and mother to Chase, 12 years, Austin, 11 years, and Anya, 3 years. She thoroughly enjoys chronic wound care, bandage changes, and laser therapy. Being involved in any area of the hospital, from office visits to surgery to ICU is very fulfilling, challenging, and exciting! |
Stacy Keeney -- Technician Hired: 5/7/1998
Stacy enjoys her three beautiful children Shannon, Taylor, and Ben most of all, but she still has a passion for polydactyl cats and large dogs. At work she enjoys caring for hospital patients on the weekends, and she still continues debugging lab equipment during the week. Thirteen years and going, she still loves her CCVS family and can't imagine life without the animals. |
Pat Kline -- Technician Hired: 3/22/2010
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Kareen Kosman -- Technician Supervisor Hired: 11/15/1990
Dental Department Supervisor: Kareen finds dentistry to be the most compelling part of her job. She enjoys lab work, interacting with clients, and assisting in surgery. She is a member of our Blood Bank Committee and was on the Relay for Life team. She enjoys home life with Shaun, their three year old daughter Victoria Layne, their fish, and their two hamsters "Kasey" and "Kane". The family enjoys spending weekends at the races. Kareen also enjoys outside activities with her daughter like swimming, fishing, boating, baking, and flying kites at the park. |
Natalie Krampert -- Night Technician Hired: 4/9/2009
Natalie is 21 years old and takes care of all the animals in the kennel. She has attended college at NCC and is planning on moving to Tennessee to attend Roane State. She is a godmother to her nephew Jacob, and has four cats and one dog. |
Debra LaBarre -- Certified Technician Hired: 7/13/2007
Debbie has been a certified tech for 5 years. She recently got married. She has two pugs: Lucy who is 3 years old and Ethel who is 1 year old. She also has a cat named Kitty who is 1 year old. Debbie is currently going back to school to be an LPN. She enjoys outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, yard work, and most of all playing with her animals. Traveling is also a very big passion of hers. |
Jacqueline Lang -- Technician Hired: 10/29/2007
Jackie has been a tech at CCVS for two years. She recently bought a new house and got married on 9/5/09. She lives on a farm and has goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, cats, and dogs. |
Eileen Lange -- Assistant Hired: 7/18/2004
Administrative Assistant: Eileen likes learning new things and the everyday challenges of patient billing and inventory control. She enjoys gardening and sewing, and is a collector of Maltese puppies. Eileen has three children and four grandchildren. |
Victoria Lenkersdorf -- Certified Technician Hired: 2/23/2009
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Lorraine Lennon -- Technician Supervisor Hired: 12/18/1995
Surgical Department Supervisor: Lorraine has a strong interest in surgery and anesthesia. She very actively seeks continuing education, and is the drive behind our blood donor program. In her spare time she can be found showing and breeding her Westies and Goldens. She is now, in her spare time, the 4-H leader for the Dog Club called "Top Dog". Lorraine spends most of her spare time fixing up her home for herself, her Westies, and her Goldens. |
Bradley Meixsell -- Technician Hired: 6/26/2010
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Spas Mitzin -- Night Technician Hired: 2/2/2004
Spas came to us from Bulgaria, where he was a large animal veterinarian. He has been with us for 7 years as a night technician. Spas is married to Zoia, who is a teacher in this country for children with disabilities. He also has two daughters. Krastina, 30 years old, is an officer in the US Air Force and also attends the University of L.A. School of Medicine. Also, Krastina is getting married December 29th 2009 to Thomas Whittman. Nina, 26 years old, is finishing her bachelor degree in Criminal Justice at Stroudsburg University.
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Elizabeth Peterson -- Kennel Assistant Hired: 5/27/2010
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Kristy Purdy -- Technician Hired: 9/15/2003
Kristy is a technician with a heavy concentration in surgery. She can be found assisting the doctor in many of their surgical procedures. She is now also assisting in dentistry and has a special interest in that area. Kristy also assists with the Canine and Feline Blood Donor Program with Lorraine and Kareen. She is a mother to two beautiful girls, Briana and Mikayla. When not at work she enjoys spending time camping with her boyfriend Kenny, their girls, and family. |
David Rimmey -- Kennel Supervisor Hired: 3/1/2001
Dave has worked here for 9 years in February. He moved to Tannersville from Mt. Pocono a year ago. Dave lives with a cat he adopted from here nine years ago and the cat still doesn't like him! |
Cindy Rizzo -- Certified Technician Hired: 9/8/2003
Cindy is the proud mother of Anthony, 13 and Brianna, 12. She has three four-legged companions, “Allie”, a rescued pit mix, “Gennesee”, a tuxedo cat, and “Josie”, a calico with an attitude. Cindy also has one three-legged companion, “Caleb”, a rotti who was bottle raised and one limb less. She loves to watch her son play football and her daughter do gymnastics and cheerlead. Cindy recently got engaged to her boyfriend Jeff. She loves to care for the critical and not so critical patients in the ICU. It’s so rewarding to see such ill patients going home after caring for them for so long. |
Angela Russo -- Receptionist Hired: 12/29/2003
Angela lives with her fiancee, Chris, their twin cats, "Stink" and "Dink", and their ball python, "Ralphie". Their beta fish "Frankie" recently died of natural causes and their persian mix, "Chyna", passed away 4/1/08 due to polycystic kidney disease and is very much missed. |
Kathy Ruwedel -- Technician Hired: 9/10/2001
Technician Support: Kathy has 2 dogs, 3 cats, and 2 birds. She loves to travel with her husband of 28 years and taking long hikes with the dogs. She also enjoys her time speaking to clients everyday. |
Nicole Santiago -- Technician Hired: 6/19/2003
Nicole is mom to three kids, Matthew, 9, Caitlyn, 4, and Gabriella, 2. She enjoys the fast pace of CCVS and spends her free time with her husband, Albert, kids, and their two cats, Oscar and Izzy. |
Susan Schlichting -- Receptionist Hired: 3/29/2010
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Robert Scott -- Maintenance Hired: 2/27/2008
Robert helps keep CCVS clean. He and his wife have three cats, three dogs, two rats, and a tank of fish at home. He is married to a wonderful pet / animal lover. |
Carolyn Sherman -- Technician Hired: 5/12/2005
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Dena Simms -- Technician Hired: 3/29/2006
Dena is attending Northampton Community College to become a certified tech. She is always eager to learn hands on. She is outgoing and easy to get along with, enjoys always changing her hair color, tattoos, and her pets at home. A lover of rottis and animals who have special needs, she is always good for a laugh, and famous for saying, "Every little ting is gonna be alright!" when the day gets rough. |
Michelle Stangle -- Receptionist Hired: 7/27/2007
Michelle still loves her job, even with all the craziness. She and her husband are happily married for almost 13 years. They are the proud parents of three mini Schnauzers, four chinchillas, and nine ferrets. Her horse recently went to Montana with a former employee. You can find Michelle fishing with Herb or working around her home in her spare time. |
Ron Stem -- Physical Plant Supervisor Hired: 1/2/2002
Ron is the man that keeps a roof over our heads, the equipment working, and the light bulbs in the sockets. He is a 1983 MCTVS graduate with a degree in carpentry. He has a daughter Rebekah and a son Jacob. He enjoys archery, fishing, camping, and coaching West End Little League baseball. |
Vicki Telesh -- Technician Hired: 7/19/2004
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Theresa Valanda -- Technician Hired: 9/14/2006
Theresa is going to Penn Foster to become certified as a veterinary technician. She is happily married to Robert and has 2 girls, Racheal, age 5, and Naomi, age 9. She is a technician who helps out in Instruments. She has a rottweiler named Diego. |
Lizzie Wademan -- Technician Hired: 7/2/2009
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Katlyn Werner -- Kennel Assistant Hired: 4/13/2010
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Valayre Wernet -- Maintenance Hired: 6/19/2006
Valayre has been a tech for around 10 years. She has been happily married for 6 years to her husband Gregory. They have 2 beagles, Chaise and Buck, and 5 cats. Her hobbies are ceramics, scrapbooking, and collecting antiques. |
Rob Wichman -- Kennel Supervisor Hired: 8/5/1999
Rob enjoys keeping the animals comfortable most of all. He can be seen walking our patients in all kinds of weather. He brings with him many years of experience with guide dogs. He lives with his wife of 40 years, Sharon, and together they have six grandchildren. He owns Rocky, one of our many rescues, and one cat. |
Karli Williams -- Kennel Assistant Hired: 7/29/2010
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Kaleigh Yaich -- Receptionist Hired: 6/29/2010
Kaleigh is a very hard working individual. You can usually find her making appointments or answering the busy phone lines. Kaleigh lives with her parents and her seven furry siblings. |
Priscilla Yates -- Technician Hired: 9/10/2002
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