Our Staff

Technicians

Leslie

Leslie has a passion for patient care. She has been a technician for 32 years and has done everything from working at the Defense Research Establishment working with primates to helping sick patients by hand feeding them back to health. She enjoys her career today as much as the day she started. She is a patient care rock star and always makes sure those long term patients get the extra loving they need to heal. In her spare time, she enjoys being with her husband, 2 sons and daughter. She is also a proud grandma and enjoys spending as much time with her 4 grandchildren as she can. As much as Leslie loves being a tech she reports being a grandma is the best job of all. Leslie has grand kitties but no pets of her own right now.

Katie

Katie spent her younger years in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Bolivia, South America. She settled here in Alberta with her family in 2005. Her love for animals has always been a passion in her life. She graduated from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology as an Animal Health Technologist and has been working in Medicine Hat as a technician since then. She is a seasoned runner and loves to train for marathons as well as traveling, cooking and hanging out with friends and family. She enjoys spending time at home with her husband Daniel their little girl Adelaide and recently welcomed baby number two.

Amy

Amy grew up around large animals and decided to make a career out of it. She can often be found in large animal helping out with the many cattle that we see each and every year. Amy and Brett recently welcomed their second child and Amy has recently returned from her leave. They share their home with a cat Dalton. Amy has been part of the AMC South team since 2015.

Sarah

Sarah moved to Medicine Hat in 2011 with her husband and two daughters from Calgary. She has been working as a technician since graduating from Fairview College in 2003. Their family enjoys spending time together whether it be camping or taking part in one of the many sports the girls attend. Sarah also enjoys being outdoors and even the occasional horseback ride. Sarah can often be found in the clinic after hours in her glory helping with emergencies and critical cases. Sarah's family has one pet a beta fish named Rose who is quite old, Rose was named by Sarah's daughter Lilly.

Denniel

Denniel has been a pet lover her whole life, growing up with pets just solidified Denniels goal of working in the veterinary field. After a few years as a veterinary receptionist and other jobs that weren't quite right she pursued her animal health technician certification. Now with a few years under her belt she has found her passion within the field to be social media management and nutritional consultations. The love of animals is apparent when you meet the "Zoo" as it is lovingly called that is Denniel and her wifes home. They share the "Zoo" with 4 dogs; Oakley, Denver, Marjory, Brio, 2 cats; Shoes and SJ, and a water dragon; Chestnut. Denniel has a special soft spot for boxers and can often be found petting the newest baby boxers instead of working.

Kaylee

Kaylee joined the team in 2020. Bio and picture coming soon!

Robyn

Robyn joined the team early 2020. She completed her AHT program at Olds College in 2006. She has worked in central Alberta for much of her career doing everything from cattle to elk to referral equine medicine. She has a collection of animals at home including a tribe of purebred dairy goats, horses, cats and dogs. Robyn is certainly busy and loves her time with animals both at home and in clinic. Picture coming soon!

Support Staff

Jessica

Jessica was born and raised in the Medicine Hat area. She graduated from the Veterinary Office Assistant program at the Academy of Learning in 2000. She began working as a receptionist at a local clinic in 2003 and has been working in the veterinary field ever since. Her favorite part of the job is getting to know clients and spending time with their furry companions. She is married and a mom of busy twins. Her hobbies include hanging out with family and friends, travelling, being outdoors and shopping. Jessica and her family share their home with 2 cats named Enzo and Kenny. Enzo was named after a player on Big Brother season 12 who's nickname was "Meow Meow" and Kenny was given his name because Jessica loves cats with human names.

Holley

Holley is part of our reception team but is also in charge of ordering and inventory. Holley was born and raised in Medicine Hat. She graduated from the Academy of Learning College with her Medical Office Assistant diploma with Veterinary Specialty in March 2014 and has been working at the clinic since then. Holley has always loved animals but was unable to have them growing up. Now she is married with three daughters, a granddaughter and has added two fur babies, Oreo, a Labrador retriever and Canuwky, a Cocker Spaniel. With her love for animals and always wanting to work in the medical field somehow, now Holley feels she has the best of both worlds.

Samantha

Samantha joined Animal Medical Centre South in 2016. She is part of our reception team as well as a student of a correspondence Animal Health Technician program so she splits her time between animal care and client care. She hopes to graduate in 2020 and become a full time technician at AMCS. Sam and Matt have 2 daughters Rylee and Maisy as well as a Saint Bernard Maggie, a chihuahua Roger, 4 kitties , Alison, Daphne, Dutch and Ezzie and her chinchilla's. Sam is passionate about rescue so is she often has extra pups and kittens in their home while she works to finding them a new home. Samantha doesn't have much spare time with all this going on but does spend what little time left studying for technician school.

Kaylin

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Kaylin joined the AMCS team in 2018. She is attending school in hopes of becoming a Veterinarian in the future. She is a tremendous help to all of the staff and can be found caring for clients and patients all day long.

Jenna

Jenna is part of the amazing reception team and you may have already spoken to this happy team member. Jenna was drawn to the vet clinic life due to her lifelong passion for animals. She shares her country home with two dogs Jay and Riley and five very spoiled barn cats. The home they share is very special to Jenna and her husband Ryan as they designed it themselves then Ryan and Jenna's father built it on long owned family land. Their dog Jay is a bit unique in the fact he is often found just sitting in the dam in the summer cooling off or in the winter dragging his belly in the snow. The newest pup Riley is turning out to be a great herding dog and has been practicing on cats but is moving up to cattle. Both dogs were a surprise to Jenna as birthday gifts from Ryan two years apart. That's one lucky lady !!

Dayna

Dayna joined the reception team in 2019. Picture and bio to follow.

Marrissa

Marrissa has been the backbone of patient care and the background work that happens at AMCS. She is in charge of ensuring patients are comfortable during their stays with walks and fresh bedding throughout the day. She also takes care of the team and ensures we are always ready for the next procedure. She has 2 dogs Lacey and Odin, Odin is a registered therapy dog and they like to visit senior homes bringing joy to those that are not able to have pets of their own.

Managment

Baboon

Baboon AKA boon is our most temperamental member of the management team. He can be found protecting the front desk and often defends it with a little nibble or a swat. He was the first office cat at Animal Medical Centre South. Baboon came to AMCS as a young kitten in need of medical attention as well as a home. He likes to torment the staff and visitors alike. Baboon is five years old.

Meredith

As the resident softie Meredith can often be found snuggled up in a blanket or on one of the office chairs. She is the softest soul in the management team but also one of the most playful. She enjoys spending her days sunning herself as well as carrying around one of her many toys.

Derek

Derek is our resident trouble maker. He and Meredith are sisters and were saved when their very pregnant mother came in to the clinic looking for a home. Derek is often found running wild in large animal area hunting and chasing bugs as well as running on top of the stocks. Despite being the trouble maker of the group Derek is most likely to console a sick patient in need. Derek recently opted for family life and now resides with a long term client he had a very special bond with. We miss him dearly but are sure he is living his best life.