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Why OrthoPets is the Industry Leader!
OrthoPets Qualified Staff
Megan
Megan's love for animals lead her to devote her spare time volunteering at veterinary clinics when she was 12 years old. Megan, a Colorado native, became part of the OrthoPets team in 2009. Prior to taking her position at OrthoPets, Megan's personal dog Zoe was first a patient. After seeing Zoe return to her same old self, Megan knew she wanted to continue helping other pets regain their quality of life. In her free time, Megan loves to play with her daughter, spend time with her family, her two dogs, and play softball.
Megan works in the OrthoPets Virtual Clinic. She is also the lead contact between OrthoPets and OrthoPets distributors around the world.
Dusty
Dusty grew up in Kansas and moved to Denver, CO in 2004. She graduated from Bel-Rea Institute of Veterinary Technology in 2006 and pursued her career as a certified veterinary technician in Denver CO. Dusty joined OrthoPets Denver Veterinary Clinic in 2009. It didn't take long to realize just how exciting and challenging the new field of Veterinary Orthotics & Prosthetics (V-OP) was. Dusty is Martin Kaufmann's lead V-OP veterinary technician.
Dusty has two boxers, Isabella and Rocky. They love fitness and outdoor activities together along with spending time with her husband.
Karen
A born animal lover, Karen has been in the "official" animal care field for about 15 years, most of which was at a general practice where she had the pleasure of working with Dr. Mich.
Karen and Dr. Mich kept in touch after Dr. Mich left general practice, she was the connection that brought Karen to OrthoPets in May 2011. At home, her passion is training her shelties in dog agility. She is originally from Minnesota and is still a Vikings fan! Karen is the office manager of the OrthoPets Denver V-OP Veterinary Clinic.
Brian
Brian was raised in Idaho Springs Colorado and currently lives in North Denver with his girlfriend Jennifer and their Boxer/Aussie mix "Daisy". Free time finds them enjoying fishing and camping in the summer and anything to do with snow in the winter. His formal training as an auto mechanic brought him into the OrthoPets family as an O/P Technician. Brian says, "This job is a lot like working on cars, except I don't usually come home from work bleeding and I get to wear sandals with socks and pajamas (scrubs)....it really is the best job ever!!!"
Shawna
Shawna is from the San Francisco Bay Area of California. She moved to the Denver area with her boyfriend in 2009.
Shawna graduated from an AVMA accredited school for Veterinary Technology in 2003. She has almost 9 years of experience in emergency medicine and enjoys working in specialty practice. She saw that OrthoPets was an exceptionally unique company and jumped at the opportunity to help animals in a whole new way.
In her spare time, Shawna likes to continue her work in emergency medicine. She loves to draw and anything that has to do with art. She also enjoys exploring what Colorado has to offer with her boyfriend.
Josh
Josh is a native to Colorado. Josh worked in the human field of orthotics for several years, and decided to bring his knowledge from the human field to OrthoPets. Josh is the main modifier on staff, and is in charge of all OrthoPets ordering for the lab.
Josh is a musical genius, playing various styles of music on both the electric and upright bass. He also enjoys kitty cats, and long drives to the mountains.
Brook
Brook is a graduate of Metropolitan State College of Denver with a Bachelors degree In Biology, a graduate of Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology, has a certificate from the National Personal Training Institute, is NSCA and NASM-CES certified. She has been working in the veterinary field for 8 years and as a personal trainer for 2 years.
Brook works on the virtual clinic side of OrthoPets. Brook is the lead technician of our out of state virtual clinic appointments via Skype, Face Time, and iChat.
She is excited to work for OrthoPets where she can use her knowledge to help improve the lives of pets and their families. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband and taking her four dogs to the dog park.
Kelsey
Kelsey graduated from Jefferson High School in the spring of 2011.
She was introduced to OrthoPets through a contact at that school and went on to arrange an internship before being offered a position at the company. She has always known that she wanted to work in the medical field and enjoys her work at OrthoPets immensely because of the experience and skills that she is learning. She will be starting at University of Colorado – Denver in the fall of 2011 in a medical program that also guarantees her position in Colorado School of Medicine. She plans to become a trauma specialist and stay in Colorado to work.
Jake
Jake is originally a Texas native, although has spent most of his life high in the mountains of Colorado. He is currently attending Colorado Mountain College, and plans to transfer to Colorado State University or CU Denver at the end of the year to study biology.
He enjoys spending time in the great outdoors, snowboarding, hiking, and playing with his best friend and companion, Atta, the bionic Border Collie. He has been working at Ortho Pets since August when he took Atta to get fitted for a knee brace. Future plans for Jake include the continued pursuit of education, living abroad, and spending time with amazing animals of all sizes, shapes, and species.
Andrew
Andrew was born in Kansas and moved out to Colorado in 2010.
Andrew started working at OrthoPets Denver Vet Clinic, and now works in the lab as the main prosthetic technician. Andrew’s goal is go through schooling to become a certified orthotic and prosthetic practitioner. He enjoys spending time with his two boxers and his lovely wife. In Andrew’s spare time, he loves outdoor activities.
Stephanie
Stephanie has worked in the veterinary field for over 12 years.
She started as a veterinary assistant and decided going to Bel-Rea was a great way to get more information about the field. Once she graduated and became a certified vet tech, she went into general practice and spent 9 years in the field.
The last 2 years Stephanie worked in the emergency medicine field. She loves the changing field of veterinary medicine. Stephanie spends her off time hiking and being outdoors with her two dogs Maggie (in my picture) and Calvin.
She was excited to join the team at OrthoPets as their head technician for the Denver V-OP Veterinary Clinic. She looks forward to meeting future clients and learning all about this new field!
Cody
Cody was born and raised in Denver, CO.
Cody plans to attend Bel-Rea Institute of Veterinary Technology in 2012. Cody has a heart for animals, and hopes that someday he can put his love for animals into a full time career. Cody works in the fabrication lab as an orthotic and prosthetic technician.
Amy and Martin Kaufmann
Amy and Martin grew up in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and moved to Denver, CO in 2002.
Martin and Amy started a fun hobby making orthotics and prosthetics for pets out of their 400 square foot garage in 2003. Martin went to school for human orthotics and prosthetics. Amy went to school for education, and was teaching in the Denver area. In 2007, Martin and Amy, made the leap of faith to both quit their full time jobs and go full time OrthoPets. Martin and Amy partnered with Dr. Patsy Mich in 2009. Today, OrthoPets has 13 employees and
moved into their new 5000 sq. foot clinic March of 2010. Martin and Amy enjoy spending time with their 4 year old son and two dogs.
For more information on Amy and Martin’s please visit http://www.orthopets.com/companyinfo2.html
Dr. Patsy Mich
Dr. Patsy Is a Colorado native and graduated from Colorado State University school of veterinary medicine in 1991. She spent the first 14 years of her veterinary career in general practice and in 2002 became one of the few board certified specialists in canine and feline medicine and surgery in the state of Colorado (ABVP). In 2005 she returned to Colorado State University for a 3 year residency in anesthesiology and a 2 year fellowship in integrative pain medicine. In 2009 she became a board certified veterinary anesthesiologist (ACVA) and specializes in pain medicine and V-OP. She is an acupuncturist as well as a certified canine rehabilitation therapist through the canine rehabilitation institute (CRI). She is on faculty at CRI and is an affiliate faculty member at Colorado State University.
Dr. Patsy is co- owner and medical director for OrthoPets; she sees all of the Denver Clinic patients and consults on virtual clinic cases.
Dr. Patsy is always ready to snowboard, hike, cycle, and kayak. She enjoys speaking and teaching about veterinary anesthesia, pain medicine, and V-OP. Her favorite place to be at work is on the floor with the OrthoPets patients.
To read more about Dr. Patsy, please visit: http://www.orthopets.com/companyinfo2.html
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