Meet Our Veterinary Team
Alisha
- Bio
We welcomed Alisha, as our Practice Manager, in the fall of 2025! She has 32 years of veterinary experience and has been a part of the Central Oregon Veterinary Community since 2000, minus a few years in Southern California. Her passion is creating an atmosphere that helps promote the human animal bond. She is very happy to be part of the amazing team at La Pine Animal Hospital.
Alisha lives with her husband, Doran. She has two grown sons, Jayse and Cade, a Husky/Pioneer German Shepherd named Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Tango Mango for short), a Great Pyrenees Arlo (gentle giant), Jinx a sneaky sweat Alaskan Husky mix and 2 cats - Chuck Taylor and Nacho Chop. That explains enough right there! They all are lovers of music (live if possible), football (Go Green Bay!), camping, boating, movies of every genre and all living creatures.
Rebekah
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Rebekah joined La Pine Animal Hospital in August 2020. While this is her first time in the veterinary field, she has spent 7 years working with animals in other settings. She has many pets of her own including dogs, rabbits, chickens, reptiles, and a parrot. Rebekah is working toward growing her food on a sustainable homestead, and is in school to be a Certified Veterinary Technician!
Ashley
- Bio
Ashley joined La Pine Animal Hospital in December 2021 and is one of our veterinary assistants! Ashley lived in Veneta, Oregon for 27 years where her love for horses started, and started competing in equestrian sports. She moved to Central Oregon in 2020 and then shortly after made
the move into the veterinary industry. LPAH is Ashley’s first veterinary clinic experience and says it has been very rewarding for her.Ashley is known to be the jokester in the clinic and tries to make the long workdays a little brighter for everyone. Ashley has three horses named Big, Cruiser, and Brody.
Emma
- Bio
Emma joined La Pine Animal Hospital in July 2023 and is one of our kennel technicians. Emma was born and raised here in Oregon and grew up being around animals by being part of the local rodeo club and showed rabbits in 4-H. Emma plans to go to college in the near future and hopes to become a veterinary technician down the line.
She has two Australian Shepherds named Waylon and Mila, two horses and four Persian cats. Welcome to the LPAH team Emma.
Annie
- Bio
Annie joined La Pine Animal Hospital in July 2023 and is one of our customer service representatives. Annie grew up in Oregon and moved to Central Oregon in 2019.
In her off time, she enjoys reading and fishing. She has three cats names named Regan, Dixie and Teddy, one dog named Lucky Luke, and 5 parakeets.
Cassandra
- Bio
Cassandra is our Lead CSR and joined our team in 2024 from the big city of San Jose California. She has worked in the vet field since 2023 but her love for animals has had her working with pets since 2016.
She lives here in La Pine with her husband, two dogs Chico and Nacho, two cats Beans and Cheese and 30 chickens aka the tiny dinosaurs. When she isn’t in the clinic she is spending time with her family and friends, reading or baking/cooking.
Sarah S
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Sarah joined La Pine Animal Hospital in June 2024 and is one of our customer service representatives. She is a born & raised local Oregonian, where she grew up on acreage in Bend with livestock and animals of all shapes and sizes. She has worked with other veterinary hospitals in the past.
In her spare time, she loves "chickening around", spending time outside with her kids and husband, and crafting at home. Her fur family includes a pug named Ninnie, a "timber tiger" named Mr. Meowgi, Mr. Bubbles & Peaches
Amber
- Bio
Amber joined our team in August 2025 and is one of our veterinary assistants. She was raised in Kingman, Arizona. She has always had a passion to care for animals, but that dream became a reality after moving to La Pine Oregon where she started in the veterinary field at one of the local emergency hospitals. She enjoys learning and looks forward to where her career takes her.
She took a short break when she got married and had two kids, a little boy and a baby girl. She plans to continue pursuing her education and start in a vet tech program in the near future. She has two dogs- Pit mix named Chloe and a Husky named Koda.
