Written By Marissa Greenberg, DVM San Luis Obispo High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) Program is brimming with rising stars. These aren’t just Future Farmers, they are future leaders, public officials, veterinarians, and are getting prepared for any profession they may choose to enter. Thanks to the amazing FFA program that San Luis High [...]
Written by Nicole Gunkel, RVT As a volunteer veterinary technician for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race I primarily help with the ECG and Bloodwork program. In order to be eligible to race all sled dogs have blood drawn and checked for internal health of the dog and electrocardiograms (ECG for short) run to determine [...]
Written by Nicole Gunkel, RVT This was my second year volunteering as a vet tech for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race during late February/early March, and another great one it was! I was most excited to see many familiar faces, including volunteer friends, mushers & dog handlers, and of course the dogs! The most [...]
Kathryn started working at Animal Care Clinic with the Lodging Team in May 2011. Originally from Rancho Palos Verdes, Kathryn moved to San Luis Obispo for school. She is attending Cal Poly, planning to graduate in 2013 and then go on to veterinary school. Kathryn is spends lots of time with her horse, Le Gusta, [...]
We are privileged to have Dr. Greg Marsolais provide specialty surgical services at Animal Care Clinic. Dr. Marsolais started with us as a veterinary technician, in the mid 90 ™s, when we were still located on Granada Street. Greg graduated from California Polytechnic University in 1998, and then went on to graduate from Iowa State [...]
Dr. Bonnie Markoff is the owner and founder of Animal Care Clinic. She is almost a San Luis Obispo native; she moved here at the age of 9 and attended elementary and high school in SLO. Dr. Markoff graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in Animal Science and then went directly to UC Davis [...]
Marissa Greenberg joined our doctor team in June 2006. Marissa grew up in Whittier, CA. She then graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo with a degree in Animal Science and worked at Animal Care Clinic as a veterinary nurse during her undergraduate studies. She earned her DVM from Washington State University [...]
Written by Stephanie Ruggerone, Practice Administrator Like the saying goes, all good things must come to an end,or so that is how my family feels as we process the letter we received from Guide Dogs of America last week. Yes, the long dreaded recall letter came advising us it is time to give up our [...]
Dr. Richard Tao is yet another graduate of the UC Davis veterinary program. Dr. Tao also received his B.S. in physiology from Davis. He spent one year practicing at the Animal Specialty Group in Los Angeles before joining Animal Care Clinic in November 2001. Rich ™s special interests include surgery, orthopedics, oncology and ultrasonography/medical imaging. [...]
Written by Nicole Gunkel, RVT Many have heard by now that Animal Care Clinic was honored with an award as a Finalist for American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Practice of the Year! We are all very excited about our finalist status and proud to have shown ourselves well in honor of our [...]
