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Mattapoisett Animal Hospital
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Compassionate care for your family pet |
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Dr Jay Gould is a graduate of Phillips Academy and Denison University. He received his DVM from Cornell University in 1976. He performed a rotating internship, 2 year medical residency and was a staff member for 2 years at the Animal Medical Center in NYC where he became a board certified specialist in small animal internal medicine. Following a few years in a private referral practice in Huntington, Long Island, Jay spent 8 years on the faculty at the vet school at Cornell where he taught small animal and exotic animal medicine and was a referral clinician in their Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. He has been happily married to Susan since 1983. They fell in love with Mattapoisett and opened the hospital in 1994. Their son Matt is a student and also works part time with them. They live in Marion with 3 dogs, 3 cats, a parakeet and a 35 year old female turtle named Ralph. Jay is an avid windsurfer, snowboarder and football fan. He enjoys painting with water colors and some of his paintings decorate the hospital.
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Dr Jill O'Brien is a 1991 graduate of the Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. She enjoys small animal medicine and surgery as well as treating birds, reptiles and small mammals. She also has considerable expertise as a veterinary acupuncturist Jill is married and has 3 children. Her family also includes 10 cats, 3 dogs, 3 horses, 2 ferrets, a guinea pig, 2 mice, 2 parakeets, 3 frogs, a gecko and 5 chickens. |
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Karen Hetu has been at the Mattapoisett Animal Hospital since 1996 as a veterinary technician, caring for animals and their owners. As a young girl she wanted to become a veterinarian but ended up with an associates degree in criminal justice. Getting back on track and becoming an animal nurse has been a dream come true. In her spare time, you can find Karen with her two teenage sons, and 3 dogs, working in the garden by her prized koi ponds. She also has 4 cats, a guinea pig and a box turtle. Karen loves fostering homeless animals and finding new homes for them. She has named her home in New Bedford "Karen's Sanctuary".
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Susan Perry is the Office Manager and one of our Veterinary Technicians. Susan attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and earned a bachelors degree in Animal Science. After graduating in May of 1999, she began work at the Mattapoisett Animal Hospital. She resides in North Dartmouth with her husband Paul, and their daughter Makenna. Susan has a 4 year old golden retriever named Phoebe, and 2 cats, Poop and Wallee. Susan loves arts and crafts, sewing, drawing and spending every spare moment with Makenna. |
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Jenn Edwards grew up in Fairhaven with a love for animals. She was a client for 2 years prior to being asked to join us as a staff member. She has a specific fondness for cats and rabbits. She enjoys hanging out with her friends, and practicing drawing and photography in her spare time.
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Ellen Welch is a Veterinary Technician. Ellen currently lives in Fairhaven. She joined our team in December 2006. In her spare time, Ellen enjoys going out with friends and loves to surf. She also loves spending lots of time with her chihuahua Stella. |
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Judy Swett has spent most of her career working in human pathology laboratories. Her pets were patients at the Mattapoisett Animal Hospital for years before she expressed an interest in joining our staff. She grew up in western Massachusetts and attended UMass/Amherst where she attained her Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology. Judy lives in Wareham with her husband, their Irish Setter, 3 cats and a cockatiel.
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Catherine DeMello became interested in veterinary medicine after years of providing nursing care for her beloved cats. Now, it's her passion. She graduated from UMASS Dartmouth with a degree in writing/communications, and then spent 10 years doing freelance illustration (featuring whimsical animals!), which she still pursues when time allows. She enjoys reading, road trips, making jewelry and novelties, spending time with loved ones - including her cats Paris Benjamin and Caboose the feral - and loves the challenge of training cats to perform tricks on command.
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Michael Raposo is currently attending The University of Massachusetts at Amherst majoring in Veterinary Science. After graduation Michael is planning to go on to Vet school. He has been a part of our hospital since May of 2000 and continues to work part time when he comes home to visit. In his spare time, Michael likes to go hiking, skiing, snowboarding and enjoys working out at the gym. |
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Julio was a stray who was hit by a car in February of 2002. After weeks of hospitalization, he made a tremendous recovery and now is the unofficial greeter in the hospital. In his spare time, Julio likes to chew plants, chase bugs and take naps on the counters. Julio enjoys playing with puppies until they become too rough whereupon he torments them from tabletops. You can find Julio lying around the hospital waiting for his next friend to come walking through the door. |
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