A Team You Can Count On

Addy

Veterinary Technician

Addy joined the Animal Hospital of Pataskala family in 2018. She is a 2016 graduate of Columbus State Community College with an associate degree in Veterinary Technology. She lives in the Newark area with her son Briley and their two rambunctious German Shepards Piper and Remmi. In the Summer she enjoys spending time at the baseball field watching her son, playing with her dogs and obsessing over pigs and all things fuzzy.

Jodi

Registered Veterinary Technician

Jodi started her career at the Animal Hospital of Pataskala in September 2000. She graduated in 2001 from Columbus State Community College with an associate degree in Veterinary Technology. Jodi lives in Granville with her husband Ernie and their two children Marshall and Mallory. They share their home with their cats Gus and Tequila Steve. In her spare time, she enjoys watching her son play hockey, her daughter figure skate and dance, cooking and going to the gym.

Beth

Registered Veterinary Technician

Beth started working at the Animal Hospital of Pataskala in 2002. She graduated from Columbus Community College in 2003 with an associate degree in Veterinary Technology. She lives in Newark with her husband Jason, their three children, Julia, Evan, and Ryan. They share their home with their dogs Charles and Lena, cats Nala, Fawn, and Socks plus a small zoo of other animals. In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors, gardening, and making memories with her family. She loves boxers, cat feet and the color purple. She also has an addiction to houseplants.

Megan

Registered Veterinary Technician

Megan started working at Animal Hospital of Pataskala in 2016 as a Veterinary Technician. She is a double major with a BA in Equine Pre-Veterinary and an Associates degree in Veterinary Technician. Megan lives locally in Pataskala and has 3 pets of her own; rescue pup Oakley aka “okerdokers”, corgi Evie aka “stinkydinky”, and black cat Bandit aka “bandito” who are her world. Megan is our resident Corgi and German Shepherd lover in the office! Megan’s interests outside of work are reading, coffee, horses, true crime, and Shinedown!

Chelsea

Registered Veterinary Technician

Chelsea joined Animal Hospital of Pataskala in June 2021. She is a 2007 graduate of The Vet Tech Institute at Bradford. With over 14 years experience as a registered technician, her love for vet med continues to grow deeper. She has a special interest in exotic animal medicine and loves to educate clients.

She lives with her husband Jeremy and their son Korbin on their family farm in Pataskala. She shares her home with her canine children, Wesson William Wheaten, Tanner Bananer, and a small flock of chickens. Chelsea is an avid reader who loves to spend time laughing with family/friends, drinking coffee and singing with her church worship team.

Sarah

Registered Veterinary Technician

Sarah is a 2017 graduate of the Vet Tech Institute at Bradford Schools and joined the Animal Hospital of Pataskala in February 2020. With nearly 10 years of experience in the veterinary field, special interests include surgery, laboratory procedures, and client education. She loves expanding her knowledge with continuing education classes and is fascinated with Eastern medicinal practices such as acupuncture and herbal remedies.

Outside of work, she loves spending time with her 3 year old “mini me” daughter, traveling, attending concerts and sporting events, and relaxing at home. Sarah has 2 beagles named Moose and Scout, a basset mix named Winnie, and a cat named Dave Meowthews. It is her life goal to own one of each hound breed.

Heather

Registered Veterinary Technician

Heather is a Registered Veterinary Technician and joined Animal Hospital of Pataskala in October 2023. She received her Associates Degree in Veterinary Technology as a Cum Laude graduate of Blue Ridge Community College (Weyers, Cave, VA). After successfully completing a one-year post-grad veterinary technician internship at The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in NYC, Heather relocated to the Central Ohio area. With almost 25 years in the field of animal health and wellbeing, her professional experience includes shelter/mixed/specialty/emergency and critical care, as well as general private practice. Heather’s professional special interests include client education, geriatric pet healthcare, internal medicine, and emergency/critical care.

Heather and her husband, Ted, reside in the Canal Winchester area. They adopt senior/senior medical needs small dogs and currently share their home with Mojo and Moxxie. As a late-diagnosed AuDHD adult, she prefers to lead a quiet life by traveling with her husband and their dogs, enjoys music and theatre, and is a prolific reader.

Denni

Registered Veterinary Technician

Denni is a 2017 graduate of the Veterinary Technician Institute at Bradford School and has been working in the veterinary field since 2016. Growing up surrounded by animals, including dogs and cows, she developed a passion for animal care at a young age and knew she wanted to dedicate her career to helping them.

Outside of work, Denni enjoys spending time with her two dogs, Houston and Moose. She also loves listening to country music and hanging out with friends.

Rick

Office Manager

Rick started his career in the veterinary industry in August, 1976 with Dr. Goldstein. Dr. Crock came into partnership in October, 1978. Rick’s training is hands on and has seen numerous changes in the field since 1976. Rick had worked for two other family businesses and with his experience he was hired on as Office Manager in March, 2006. His plans are to continue to work at the Animal Hospital of Pataskala indefinitely.

Rick has a passion for drumming and drums for one of the worship teams at the Vineyard Christian Church in Pataskala. He loves boating with his wife married to since 1983 and their family. He lives in Millersport at Buckeye Lake, has two sons, one daughter, four granddaughters and one grandson. Rick has no plans of slowing down, “Life is Good.”

Pat

Veterinary Assistant

Pat has been in Veterinary Medicine for 35 years. She is married to Larry. They have 4 daughters, 10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren with another on the way. She likes reading, crafting, sewing, camping and kisses from puppies/dogs and petting kittens/cats. I love what I do and wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Liberty

Receptionist

Liberty has worked at the Animal Hospital of Pataskala since August 2020. She graduated from The Ohio State University in 2005 with a degree in Landscape Horticulture and a minor in Animal Science. Her passions include wildlife rehabilitation, bird watching, photography and anything outdoors. She is currently living the tiny home dream with her copious amount of houseplants.

Mindy

Mindy joined Animal Hospital of Pataskala in August 2013. A lifelong resident of Pataskala, she now lives in Logan with her four dogs: Remington, a Beagle; Dixie, a Boxer; Boone, a German Shorthaired Pointer; and Madalena, a Presa Canario.

When she’s not at work, Mindy enjoys crafting, spending time with her dogs, and spoiling her granddaughter. She loves country living and can often be found tending to her flower gardens, enjoying the outdoors, or watching the hummingbirds that frequent her yard. Her dream is to one day open her own animal rescue and continue making a difference in the lives of animals in need.

Becky

Becky joined the Animal Hospital of Pataskala in 2022. Her favorite patients are the crazy yet sweet animals. She has 2 dogs: Milo (pitbull mix) and Dallas (chihuahua/rat terrier). She enjoys spending time with family and friends and making craft coffees for everyone. She can’t wait to meet and spoil your fur babies!

Ciara

Ciara started her career at the Animal Hospital of Pataskala in September 2024. Ciara has been in the vet receptionist field for about 7 years. She lives in the Pataskala area with her dogs and cats. Ciara enjoys crafting, spending time with family and friends, and being home with her animals.

Brianna

Brianna loves all animals and is always so eager to help them and their owners. She has grown up with animals all her life and grew up rodeoing on her horse Bailey since she was 7 years old! She has a weakness for all animals but seems to love the timid ones and tries to make them all love her. She loves to meet new pets and would love to meet yours! Brianna is married and has 2 kiddos, a boy and a girl (Tatum and Isla), she has 2 dogs – Willow (Australian Shepard) and Chance (Heinz 57), 1 horse named Bandit, and 1 cat named Luca. Brianna loves veterinary medicine and was once an equine Technician! She plans to be in veterinary medicine for an extended period of time.