Staff

Dr. Wes Violet

Dr. Wes Violet grew up on a farm in northwestern Ohio where he owned horses and raised beef cattle. His veterinary training included an externship in Ocala, Florida, with emphasis on equine medicine and surgery. The practice served many Thoroughbred and Arabian farms in the area. After receiving a BS in Microbiology he graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1981. Dr Violet's areas of interest are equine reproduction, lameness diagnosis and treatment, and equine medicine and surgery. He has extensive experience in equine pre-purchase evaluation, and has received additional training in embryo transfer, acupuncture, and dentistry. He has been a career long member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his children and their four horses.

Dr. Kris Willaman

Dr. Kris Willaman received her DVM from the The Ohio State University in 1983 after obtaining a BS in Biology from the University of Cincinnati. As a student she was an in-house extern for the veterinary hospital. Dr Willaman practiced for 10 years in the Cottage Grove area, then took a brief sabbatical to start a family of three children. Kris has experience in large animal practice and is a member of the Small Ruminant Practitioners Association. Her interests include orthopedic surgery and small animal medicine. She recently completed training in Penn Hip certification. In her spare time Dr Willaman enjoys studying foreign language and is currently learning Japanese.

Dr. Pete Plescia

Dr. Pete Plescia joined our professional staff three years ago. Pete is a graduate of the University of Illinois. He has a diverse background in veterinary medicine including companion animals, horses, camelids, and food animals. In his youth he was extensively involved in the 4-H program and showed sheep, goats and cattle successfully. Throughout vet school Pete continued to gather a wide range of experiences. Pete spent time in agricultural impact research at Washington State University and also traveled to Ecuador where he worked to establish an exchange student program for food animal veterinary students. Pete's non- veterinary interests include hiking, kayaking, and live music. His wife Dr. Christen Plescia practices small animal medicine in Cottage Grove. Pete and Christen welcome the addition of baby Avery, their first son, to their home in Eugene.

Karen Wright

Karen Wright started in June of 1999. She earned a 2-year business degree at LCC. Karen works in the business office and helps maintain accounting and medical records. She is a cat enthusiast and is an accomplished bowler.

Marion Bayman

Marion Bayman started in 1999. Marion is very versatile assisting in the business office and reception. Marion has been involved with horses throughout her life. She especially enjoys trail riding with friends at Elijah Bristow State Park.

Brittany Boettiger

Brittany has been one of our large animal technicians since 2008. She is no stranger to our community, having grown up in Jasper and attended Pleasant Hill High School. Following high school Brittany completed her Bachelor of Science in Equine Science and Equine Business Management at The University of Findlay in Ohio. She has enjoyed horses her entire life and currently owns and manages her boarding and training facility where she starts and trains all around western horses.

Kendel Drago

Kendel is one of our small animal technicians. Her primary duties involve small animal medicine and surgery, but she sometimes assists in large animal. Kendel graduated high school in California then started a long list of experiences as a veterinarian assistant. She moved to Oregon and continued to work in animal care. She is a mother of two daughters; they all enjoy riding their 4 mares and raising their small herd of Miniature Hereford Cattle along with their two dogs Buckle and Waffer. Her daughters are both involved in 4-H and weekend gaming events and trail riding.

Michelle Hansen

Joined our team in 2008. Michelle manages our inventory and also works as one of our front desk receptionists. She has over 6 years of experience working in veterinary practices. She lives on a cattle ranch in the Mohawk Valley with her husband of almost 20 years. The Hansen's have two teenage daughters as well as a menagerie of animals including cats, dogs, chickens, rabbits, horses, cows, fish and a parrot. Michelle has owned horses all of her life and is an active horse show mom!

Kym Snyder

Joined our team in June 2009, she is one of our front desk receptionists.

Currently, Kym is going to school fulltime as well as working at the clinic.

She has been married to her husband Brock for almost 20 years.

They have two teenage daughters and two Miniature Dachshunds.

In her spare time she enjoys reading and the outdoors.

Chelsea Zlotek

Chelsea joined out team in 2008 as a volunteer and was hired on in 2009, she has worked at our clinic as a technician, as well as working on the sterilization of surgical instruments and prep for surgery, inventory of the clinic, kennel care, and janitorial aspects in both large and small animal.

In her spare time she loves hiking and spending time outdoors and has a passion for music.

Dara Moser

Dara started working at our clinic May of 2008 as a large and small animal technician. She graduated from Linn Benton Community College with her Veterinary Technician certificate in 2006. She began working as a technician right away and was then hired at South Willamette. Aside from work, Dara spent three winters in Florida working with jumpers under a trainer at the Winter Equestrian Festival. Along with teaching a 4-H group and training and showing her own 4 horses, she also stays busy with her two dogs Kyra and Axel training for agility.


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