Get to know our veterinary team!
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Meet Our Doctors
Dan Lewer, DVM
CEO and Owner
Emily Kalenius, DVM
Chief Medical Officer and Owner
About Emily
Emily attended Oregon State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating first in her class in 2008. A private practice small animal internship in Los Angeles rounded out her training. Emily worked for 8 years in private practice as an associate veterinarian, mostly in emergency and critical care. In 2017 she partnered with Dr Dan Lewer to purchase Corvallis’ Willamette Veterinary Hospital. During that time Emily developed and implemented an Veterinary Intern Program, which satiated her interests as a lifelong learner and teacher.
Since then, she has partnered to design, recruit, and execute the startup of two other Wilvet emergency clinics — Salem and South.
Her professional interests include, emergency medicine, cardiology, internal medicine and mentorship of new graduates.
As a longtime Pacific Northwest resident, Emily enjoys an active, outdoors lifestyle. After running collegiate cross country in Santa Barbara while completing degrees in Biology and Chemistry, she has since naturally gravitated towards trail ultramarathons and mountaineering. Calling Corvallis, Oregon home, she now enjoys backpacking and hiking with her two daughters and husband, and skiing in the winter.
Kristin Peterson, DVM
Medical Director and Owner
About Kristin
Kristin has always loved animals and loves the challenge of medicine. Her favorite part of working in this field is the wonderful team. In her free time, she participates in horseback riding, camping, fishing, and waterskiing
Brittany Gardner
Veterinarian
Crystal Ebert
Veterinarian
About Crystal
Crystal decided to work in this field because she is happy to be able to help pet families through any obstacles. Her favorite part about working here is practicing high-quality medicine with a compassionate, caring team. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing video games, tabletop role-playing games, and hanging out with friends, family, and her own critters at home. Something she has learned since working here is abdominal ultrasounds.
Emi Menzen
Veterinarian
Anna Wepprich
Veterinarian
About Anna
Anna decided to work in this field because she loves the variety of cases, and the people she gets to meet and work with every day. Her favorite part about working here is working with the amazing team. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her toddler and senior dog. Something she has learned since working here is facts about porcupines and salmon poisoning.
Lea Hayes
Veterinarian
About Lea
Lea decided to work in this field because she loves being able to provide comfort and care to animals and their owners during what can be a very scary and stressful time. Her favorite part about working here is the continued commitment to providing the best medicine to patients. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading, and riding her horse. Something she has learned since working here is learning how to provide the best medicine and how to provide that to patients.
Nicole Rando
Veterinarian
About Nicole
Nicole decided to work in this field because she loves not knowing what her day is going to look like and that every day is different in emergency medicine. In her free time, she enjoys spending as much time outsides as possible, whether it is rain or shine.
Rachel Gray
Veterinarian
About Rachel
Rachel has a deeply rooted compassion for animals, along with immense respect for the role pets play as members of the family. She loves medicine and advocating for patients to ensure they are happy and healthy. Rachel loves being part of the compassionate and energetic Wilvet team. Also, collaborating on cases with the other, talented doctors has helped her continuously learn and provide the best possible medical care for pets. When she’s not at the hospital, she can be found crocheting, playing video games, baking bread, and hanging out with her senior cat, Carl. On a Sunny summer day, she can be found fishing in lakes or rivers from her stand-up paddle board. In addition to sharpening her clinical skills, every day, she learns new and creative solutions to provide care to pets in a way that works for them and their families.
Sarah Burns
Veterinarian
About Sarah
Sarah loves emergency medicine because it offers the perfect balance of surgery and medicine. For her, it is so rewarding to be able to offer pet parents a helping hand in their greatest time of need. Sarah believes the camaraderie and teamwork between support staff and doctors are unmatched, and it allows patient care to be top-tier. In her free time, she love camping, backpacking, and hiking with her dog as well as kayaking. She is a water lover so you can find her at the river or a lake all summer swimming. Sarah has learned to never trust a case that you suspect will be an easy “slam dunk” diagnosis because they tend to end up with the most unexpected findings.
Meet Our Administrative Staff
Mimi Rasouli
Inventory Manager
Amanda Stoudenmeyer
Hospital Administrator
About Amanda
Amanda decided to work in this field because she wanted to be a part of an industry she has always valued. Her favorite part about working here is watching staff grow into their roles and expand their skills. In her free time, she enjoys entertaining her own animals and working on her old house.
Jess Lawrence
Medical Operations Manager
About Jess
Jess enjoys ER medicine and likes saving critically injured animals. She loves the bond between humans and animals and likes to learn about veterinary medicine. She especially likes the culture and the mindset of the doctors and their willingness to work with clients. In her free time, Jess likes to listen to audiobooks and clean!
Meet Our Nurses
Mandi Gladysz
Veterinary Nurse
Janene Stovall
Certified Vet Tech
Jason Glick
Veterinary Nurse
About Jason
Jason decided to work in this field because he was working at an AKC Certified Labrador Retriever Breeding and Training facility where he fostered a 2-year-old Lab named Lexi. He was always plagued with hotspots and skin/allergy type issues. While he fostered her, he helped her recover from her health issues and then started doing basic obedience with her. He was then sold to a couple in Santa Cruz, California, and began her new career working with kids with special needs. He was blown away at how amazing and how much a Labrador Retriever can do. They are amazing. After moving to Oregon, Jason found a lot of employment opportunities in Veterinary Medicine and devoted himself to obtaining a job as a Kennel Technician and has been in this field ever since.
Kylee Barrett
Veterinary Nurse
Cassie Cosler
Veterinary Nurse
Jessie Stewart
Vet Assistant
Leilani Chock
Hospital Aid
Marisa Varga
Veterinary Nurse
About Marisa
Marisa finds fulfillment in veterinarian medicine. She loves the criticals and surgeries the most. She enjoys the team as everyone is close and they all feel like family. In her free time, Marisa likes to hike, camp, go to the gym, and dance.
Heather Roarke
Veterinary Nurse
Deborah Easterhoff
Certified Vet Tech
Athena Gorsuch
Veterinary Nurse
About Athena
Athena decided to work in this field because she always wanted to help and care for critters. Her favorite part about working here is the amazing people she works with, the crazy cases they get on the clock, and the opportunity to learn about a new disorder, breed, or case each night. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her pets, riding her horse, and being around friends and family. Something she has learned while working here is her genuine love for animals because the more she works here, the more she finds out about them.
Tabitha Lamb
Overnight ICU Assistant and ER Nurse
Kristene Fast
About Kristene
Kristene decided to work in this field because she loves animals and enjoys the challenge of helping creatures that can’t tell you what’s wrong. Her favorite part of working here is the emergency clinic which is fast-paced while still providing quality care to patients. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting and spinning yarn. Something she has learned since working here is placing nasogastric tubes and jugular catheters.
Joleigh Miller
Overnight ER Assistant
About Joleigh
Joleigh decided to work in this field because she admires the intensity of the field, the wonderful patients, and the opportunity to be a constant learner. Her favorite part about working here is the community, and family everyone has built in the hospital. In her free time, she enjoys exercising, reading, and spending time outside. Something she has learned since working here is practicing skills of empathy and have seen the importance it plays in working with families and critical cases.
Stetson
Veterinary Nurse
About Stetson
Stetson loves being a part of everything surgery and loves his team. Stetson enjoys spending time with family in the great outdoors.
Whitney
Veterinary Nurse
Bonnie Corbett
Certified Vet Tech
About Bonnie
Bonnie decided to work in this field because she was born on a ranch, and since she was a child, she knew her passion was in animal medicine. Throughout her life, she has had amazing experience in many fields of zoology and veterinary medicine. Every day she goes to “work,” she feels like she is living her dream. Her favorite part about working here is learning new medicines and techniques every day and seeing her patients get the quality care they deserve. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, kids, and grandson. She enjoys road trips and flying as she loves being spontaneous. Something she has learned since working here are new techniques such as jug catheters, anesthetic, and wound care. She has learned that everything she has done in this field has led her to Wilvet.
Miguel Pedro
Vet Assistant
Meet Our Supporting Staff
Bertha Mendez
Lead Client Service Representative
About Bertha
Bertha decided to work in this field because she has loved animals since she was young. Her favorite part about working here is getting to help or save lives every day. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking, and going on walks/ hikes. Something Bertha has learned since working here is that pets are like family, and owners will go to great lengths to help or save them.
Shannon Conners
Client Service Representative
Cheyanne Logan
Client Service Representative
Sarah Beskow
Client Service Representative