Category: Featured Employee

Martin was born and raised in the beautiful city of Santa Barbara. He started out as a receptionist at a veterinary emergency clinic before coming to PBVC in late November of 2016 to work as a technician. Martin has completed the R.V.T. program at Allan Hancock College and is now working towards taking his R.V.T. exam. He especially loves working with emergency cases, his favorite being fractures. He loves to see the process of healing over time and the progress with the patients.

At PBVC, Martin can be found helping with procedures and helping the doctors with appointments. He also takes pride in being our safety coordinator, ensuring the hospital is always up to date with the latest safe trends. At home Martin has two cats, Koba (from planet of the apes) and Picasso. Outside of work, Martin is an avid runner and also enjoys hiking.

Heidi is a lover of all animals. She has helped treat Pacific Wild Life animals and had hands-on experience with owls, eagles, pelicans, etc She has also spent time in the Philippines volunteering at a wild animal rescue for fruit bats, brown long tail macaques, and bear cats. Heidi’s favorite experience in the Philippines was a whale rescue she participated in and she spent 8 hours with a Dwarf Sperm whale! As exciting as this experience was, Heidi missed small animal practice.

Heidi is one of our registered veterinary technicians at PBVC and helps in the treatment area with surgeries. One of her passions is helping with dental procedures and educating staff on how to better help the patients. Heidi treats every single patient like her own pet, giving every pet a thorough brushing before they go home from their procedure. When she’s not at work, Heidi is spending time with her two boys, Brandon and Tristan, and husband, Bob.

Jennifer was born and raised in Southern California. Growing up, she preferred stuffed animals over dolls and decided to pursue her love of animals.  Jennifer spent her summers working at an animal clinic in Indiana where they had an equine specialist.  She decided to pursue her passion for horses and changed her major to Equine Science at Colorado State University. For an internship she worked on a large cattle ranch high in the Rocky Mountains.

After graduation, her pursuit took her to Kentucky where she worked for Ashford Stud, one of the premier thoroughbred breeding farms in the world. This job allowed her to travel and work in Australia, New Zealand, England and Ireland. With some extra training at Hagyard’s Equine Medical Institute, she became their head vet nurse.

Missing the mountains and the ocean, she moved back to Colorado to work for her Alma Mater, managing the barns for the Equine Reproduction Lab.  She then got back to medicine at Little Equine Medical Center to tech. A year ago she planned to move to New Zealand to be close to her sister but after moving back to California to spend time with family, she met Mr. Right and has decided to stay in California and work with small animals. Through all this her trusty four legged sidekick Jax has stayed with her.

Born and raised in Lompoc, Gabbs grew up showing livestock and being an active member of 4H and FFA. This is where her love for animals started and continued to grow. Gabbie moved to San Luis Obispo in 2012 to study animal science at Cal Poly. Since her time at Cal Poly, Gabbie has worked with many animals on the central coast as a groomer, a kennel technician, and now as a veterinary assistant at PBVC. Her favorite part about working here at Pismo is the unpredictability of the days. She loves being able to help ease the worries of owners and help their sick pets.

Gabbs joined the team at PBVC in October of 2016. She enjoys spending her free time outside of work with her trusty pooch “Hooch” and her cat “Oliver” lounging at home watching Netflix. She loves traveling to new places to find the best local foods and wines. Gabbs also has a super obsession with Boxer dogs!

Elaine, like many, was initially interested in working in the veterinary field because of her love of animals. As she started to work and learn, she became more interested in the medicine and helping with difficult cases and emergencies. Her favorite cases to assist with are blocked cats because of the intricacy of the medicine involved. Elaine enjoys being a mentor to those who are just starting out in the field and loves to share her knowledge from getting her registered veterinary technician license. As a supervisor here at PBVC, she is always happy to answer any and all questions our clients or staff may have.

Elaine joined PBVC in May of 2016 after working 8 years in veterinary emergency medicine. She has worked in the five cities area in the veterinary field over 10 years. Elaine and her husband have a full house with 3 cats and a dog. Napoleon is an old black and white cat, Shaka is a spunky brown tabby and Indira is a beautiful calico. She also has a loving 12 year old Corgi named Rose. Elaine likes to spend time with her animals, crafts, gardening and hanging out with her husband. She loves to travel to many new places in the world and experience new cultures.