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.
Melissa Whitmire, RVT
Registered Veterinary Technician, Hamilton Ridge Animal Hospital
Melissa Whitmire graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors in Psychology in 2001. After some time spent volunteering at the Honolulu Zoo, she decided to pursue a career in Veterinary Technology. She graduated from the Veterinary Technology program at Athens Technical College in 2006.
She has been a certified Registered Veterinary Technician for 14 years and has been a part of the Georgia Veterinary Associates team since 2017.
Her special interests include animal behavior and endocrinology.
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
Jordan Duncan
Veterinary Technician, Hamilton Ridge Animal Hospital
Kaitlyn Duncan
Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Katarina Frankova
Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Sarah Milburn
Veterinary Technician, Apalachee Ridge Animal Hospital
Shea Greenfield
Veterinary Technician, Apalachee Ridge Animal Hospital
Chrissie Hogg
Veterinary Technician, Hamilton Ridge Animal Hospital
Chandler Lumbatis
Veterinary Technician, Apalachee Ridge Animal Hospital
Rachel Marx
Veterinary Technician, Camden Village Animal Hospital
Naki Smalls
Veterinary Technician, Hamilton Ridge Animal Hospital
Danielle Steward
Veterinary Technician, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Marsha Ballard
Receptionist, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Marissa Harrison
Receptionist, Apalachee Ridge Animal Hospital
Carlan Loeb-Muth
Receptionist, Camden Village Animal Hospital
Brittany Patullo
Receptionist, Hamilton Ridge Animal Hospital
Rachel Stoyka
Receptionist, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Kelly Wood
Receptionist, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Maddie Drinkwater
Pet Care, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Alison Porter
Pet Care, Apalachee Ridge Animal Hospital
Marquia Slater
Pet Care, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Jada Thomas
Pet Care, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Cassie Willcoxon
Pet Care Manager, Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
Joyce Bagley
Groomer, 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.
Cara Wiltse
Pet Care at Apalachee Ridge Animal Hospital
Morgan Newsome
Pet Care at Russell Ridge Animal Hospital
