Partner Veterinary Urgent Care (PVUC) is a women-founded and owned business. Our mission is to heal and transform our veterinary profession. We’re healing an industry in distress from the inside out by taking a team-first approach to veterinary care. Our leadership team has a reputation for building and retaining happy, healthy teams and founded Partner Veterinary to give more professionals a healing environment to do the job they love.
Anne Abernethy, DVM
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, EMERGENCY SERVICES
Anne is a highly experienced emergency room veterinarian with an interest in trauma, toxins, wounds, managing hospitalized patients, and client communication. Her travel all over the…
Emma Kate Evans, DVM, DACVECC
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, SPECIALTY SERVICES
Emma Kate Evans received her DVM at Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a small animal rotating internship in Richmond, Virginia, followed…
Kea Kiser, DVM
URGENT CARE VETERINARIAN
Dr. Kiser graduated from Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2019 and has 3 1/2 years of experience working in general practice. Her specific interests include internal medicine, dermatologic conditions, and…
Alexis Perez, DVM
URGENT CARE VETERINARIAN
Following graduation, Dr. Perez completed a one-year small animal rotating internship at the Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group in Brooklyn, New York. Since then, she has practiced as an emergency veterinarian in the…
Melissa L. Miller, DVM, PGSS-C
PRACTICE LIMITED TO MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Dr. Miller is deeply committed to ongoing cancer research as well as continuing education for clinicians and technicians. Her clinical interests are heavily weighted in the treatment of lymphoid and histiocytic diseases, alternative medicine, and immunotherapy…
Christy Schwartz
HOSPITAL STEWARD
Christy is the hospital steward for Partner Veterinary Urgent Care. She comes to Partner with over seven years of veterinary medicine management and over ten years in human medicine…
Heather Carter, MPS, LVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia)
VICE-PRESIDENT OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE
Changing the face of veterinary medicine starts with a strong team of thought leaders dedicated to revolutionizing the team experience. Heather has 15 years of experience in the veterinary industry…
Katie Brooks, LVT, CVPM
CEO
Katie has brought a unique and effective leadership style to the veterinary profession. As a ‘blue-collar’ CEO, she worked her way from a career as a licensed veterinary technician…
Christine Stafford
PRESIDENT
After two decades of developing private veterinary specialty practices and training leadership teams, Christine understands the challenges that today’s veterinary practices face…
Stacy Walls
DIRECTOR OF STORYTELLING
Stacy is a creative and innovative marketing professional with over a decade of veterinary marketing experience. Her role is to tell the world all of the amazing stories…
Amber Mau, SHRM-CP
People Operations Director
Amber has over a decade of experience in all things Human Resources. Her expertise and experience focus on the creation and build out of organized HR support tools…