Jaritza Catalan, RVT
Registered Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Jaritza Catalan graduated from the Veterinary Technology program at Gwinnett Technical College in 2017 and interned at The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine with a focus on Large Animal services and Small Animal Rehabilitation.
She has been a certified Registered Veterinary Technician since 2016 and has been part of the Georgia Veterinary Associates Team since 2014.
Jaritza joined Georgia Veterinary Associates as a member of our Pet Care staff and has risen from Veterinary Technician to Registered Veterinary Technician since.
Jaritza also received the Gwinnett Technical College Veterinary Technology scholarship in 2017.
Jaritza has been a special guest on GVA's weekly podcast People, Pets & Vets. You can find her episode here: Episode 25
Heather Fischer, RVT
Registered Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Heather Fischer graduated from the Veterinary Technology program at Gwinnett Technical College in 2015.
She had been a certified Registered Veterinary Technician and part of the Georgia Veterinary Associates Team since 2015.
Drue Harris, RVT
Registered Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Drue graduated from Gwinnett Technical College in 2019 and was named Gwinnett Tech's Outstanding Student of the Year from 2017 to 2019.
Drue interned at Russell Ridge Animal Hospital and decided to come on full time in 2019. She has been a certified Registered Veterinary Technician since 2019.
Drue has a passion for cats and enjoys wellness visits and playing with our CARE Fund kittens.
Drue has been a special guest on GVA's weekly podcast People, Pets & Vets. You can find her episode here: Episode 5
Nathaly Rodriguez, RVT
Registered Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Nathaly Rodriguez graduated from the Veterinary Technology program at Gwinnett Technical College in 2016 and interned at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine with a focus on Exotic services and Small Animal Rehabilitation.
She has been a certified Registered Veterinary Technician for three years and has been part of the Georgia Veterinary Associates Team since 2015.
Nathaly also has her Fear Free Certification.
Heather Brown
Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Heather has been a special guest on GVA's weekly podcast People, Pets & Vets. You can find her episode here: Episode 26
Jennifer Collins
Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Jenn has been a special guest on GVA's weekly podcast People, Pets & Vets. You can find her episode here: Episode 24
Joyce Bagley
Groomer, Camden Village Animal Hospital
Joyce has been grooming since 1991. With over 27 years of experience, her love for animals shows and she is passionate about making your pet look fresh and feel its best.
Joyce joined the GVA family in 2019 and grooms across three different locations; Russell Ridge, Hamilton Ridge, and Camden Village.
Her home base is Camden Village Animal Hospital.
Susie Smith
Groomer, Apalachee Ridge Animal Hospital
Her love for animals has always been strong, but became a passion in 2000. She started as a bather for
Petsmart then got her groomer training with a mobile grooming company. She worked for Petco for 8 years
as a groomer, then found her true home at GVA.
She has been part of the Georgia Veterinary Associates family since July 2015.
Susie lives in Stone Mountain with her family. She has 2 dogs and 2 cats 1 bird and a
bearded dragon.
Come see her at Apalachee Ridge and let her get to know your fur babies.