Nursing Staff & Cat Care Givers

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April

April joined the Morrisville Cat Hospital in August 2010. She started working in the veterinary field in high school doing kennel work. She attended North Carolina State University and majored in Zoology. While attending college, April began working at an emergency clinic in Raleigh. She continued to work there even after college and spent a total of 7 years there. April also spent a year at a research laboratory and a spay/neuter clinic. She has four pets total: 2 cats and 2 dogs. She enjoys hiking with her dogs, camping, traveling and baking.

Sara

Sara graduated in August 2002 from UNC with a degree in Biology. She is very interested in animal behavior and wants to teach people how to understand their pet's behavior. Sara will be developing our kitten classes to get our new parents off to the right start. Sara has two cats at home and is a very dedicated and friendly young lady.

Sam

Sam graduated from NCSU in 2003 with a BSc in Zoology and then earned her MSc in Primate Conservation from Oxford Brookes University in Oxford England in 2006. Working with lemurs from 1999 to 2009 at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC), Sam is a primatologist by training but also has a history working with cats as she was with MCH as a part-time Vet Assistant from 2003-2007. Sam is also a photographer (www.samtrullphoto.com) and enjoys family and pet shoots as well as freelance jobs with local newspapers and magazines. Through working towards a Certificate in Documentary Studies from Duke University, Sam hopes to combine her passion for photography and animal welfare. Sam has also worked in other countries conducting research in the Bahamas and Madagascar as well as volunteering for a primate rehabilitation center in Nigeria. Sam has also spent significant time traveling through Benin, Togo, Ghana and again in Madagascar. Sam enjoys working with all animals and has three dogs and two cats of her own.

Karen

Karen has been working part-time at MCH since November 2007. She works full time for the NC Dept of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. Karen graduated from NC State in 2000 with a BS in Zoology and in 2003 with a BS in Microbiology and a minor in Genetics. She enjoys spending time with her three cats: Simmie, Tiki, and Sookie. Karen has had Simmie for 11 years, but is not sure how old he is. He was rescued in 1999 after Hurricane Floyd. Sookie was adopted from MCH in July. Tiki was adopted in 2007, she is from a litter of kittens from her parents' house. Karen also takes Bollywood dance classes, likes to crochet, and loves to read.

Chris

Chris is currently a student at North Carolina State University studying animal science. Chris will be graduating in the Spring with a BS in Animal Science and plans to apply to vet school to work towards his DVM. Chris joined the team at Morrisville Cat Hospital in August of 2009 and has been enjoying it ever since! He has been in the veterinary field for a number of years and primarily concentrates on working with cats and dogs. In his spare time you can find Chris hitting the books, on the racquetball court, or hanging out with his cat, Toto.

Jack

Kennel Assistant Jack Riordan has been with MCH since 2009. After retiring from a career in Human Resources management for a large US government contractor, Jack decided he would like to do something with his life-long wish to work with animals. When he and his wife Janice moved to North Carolina from Massachusetts, he opened a small dog-walking and pet-sitting business in Fuquay-Varina. His love of cats also led him to come to work at MCH. At home Jack has a cat named "Finnegan" and he enjoys working with all of the cats here. When he's not working with animals, Jack is also busy with his family and their four grandchildren.