Category Archives: About
CHERRI TRUSHEIM, DVM
Dr. Trusheim is the visionary behind Urban Animal. Since graduating from veterinary school in 1999 and pursuing an internship on the east coast, Cherri has been searching. She has gone to bartending school, carpentry school, taken the real estate course and considered law school. It wasn’t until realizing Urban Animal that she found her passion. […]
ANNA MOORE, DVM
Dr. Anna Moore was born and raised in Alabama, but considers herself a Seattleite at heart. She obtained her undergraduate and veterinary degrees at Auburn University. She then completed an internship in equine medicine and surgery which is as surprising to her as it is to you. After that, she moved to Seattle and found […]
POLLY PETERSON,DVM,DACVIM
Dr. Polly Peterson, DVM, DACVIM (Internal Medicine) is a Seattle native and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Cell and Molecular Biology. She received her DVM from Washington State University before completing an internship at North Carolina State University and a residency in Internal Medicine at Texas A&M. She was one […]
MICHAEL LIGHT, DVM
Dr. Michael Light is no stranger to our city. He lived here for 16 years prior to leaving for upstate NY, but the desire to be back on the west coast & part of Urban Animal brought him back in 2019. He considers Seattle home, despite growing up in the suburbs of Chicago where he […]
NICOLE STAIR, DVM
Dr. Nicole Stair hails from eastern Washington, where she received an undergraduate degree at Whitman College in Walla Walla before earning her DVM from Washington State University. She did one year of general practice before completing an internship in emergency and critical care. She worked in emergency medicine for the next 9 years, before starting […]
SAMANTHA HMELO, DVM
Dr. Hmelo hails from the east coast, but she is thrilled to be able to call herself a Seattleite! She received her veterinary degree from Ross University and went on to complete a 1 year rotating internship at The Ohio State University. She practiced emergency medicine ever since until her recent jump into general practice. […]
TRICIA HANS, DVM
Dr. Tricia Hans earned both her BBA and DVM degrees from the University of Georgia. Go Dawgs! Since vet school, she has practiced in the Chicago suburbs, and both northern and southern California, before relocating to Seattle in 2017. She is currently dog mama to a stubborn chiweenie named “Georgia”, and collects as many cats […]
MARY SCHMID, DVM
Dr. Mary Schmid was born and raised in Nashville, TN before heading off to New Orleans where she earned her undergraduate degree from Tulane University. After graduation an internship at The Elephant Sanctuary In Tennessee led to a full time position as an elephant caregiver. While it was an honor to be able to care […]
JENNA HEFT, DVM
Dr. Jenna Heft grew up in the Midwest but was lured out here by the promise of outdoor adventure, and has been happy to call the Seattle area home since 2012. Academically, she studied Zoology at Michigan State University, and then went on to veterinary school at University of Illinois. After graduation she spent several years in general […]
DR.ASPEN DAVIDOFF,BVM&S
Dr. Aspen Davidoff grew up in Bellevue and graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA with degrees in Biochemisty, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology (BBMB) and French. She then headed across the pond to attend veterinary school at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. After graduation, she worked as a veterinarian in Tunbridge Wells England for 2 years […]
