Our Wonderful Team

Doctor Sheree Everett

Even after 30 years in the Veterinary field, I still look forward to going to work, interacting with our patients and clients and working cooperatively with a great team.

I continue to learn new things every day and love the process. I know I am truly blessed to be in a profession where I am able to give but yet get so much back in return.

According to my mom, I was a typical southern California kid spending too much time at the beach. She however predicted that I would be a veterinarian some day and was never surprised at what critters I would bring home. My pets included of course dogs, cats and birds but my menagerie also included Queenie, my California King Snake, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, owls, several horny toads and the infamous turtle named after my grandmother-Myrtle the Turtle.

In 1972, I graduated as a Dental Hygienist and life took me from San Diego to Salt Lake City and then to Seattle. After working as a dental hygienist for 10 years, I decided to go back to school to pursue my first love, Veterinary Medicine. After completing a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Washington, a B.S. in Animal Science and a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University, I looked for the perfect place to live, work and play. With an eye on family and friends in both Washington and California, the beauty of Southern Oregon and the myriad of wildlife, Klamath Falls was a natural landing. In 1987, I moved to Klamath Falls and worked as an associate veterinarian. My dream of owning my own veterinary hospital finally came true in 1992.

I continue to pursue my training in small animal, avian, exotic and wildlife health care and have received accreditation in orthopedic surgery techniques. With my training, I have been authorized by both Oregon and California Fish and Wildlife Departments to provide veterinary services to wild animals and I am still very active in raptor (eagles, hawks and owls) and mammal rehabilitation.

Being a type A personality, I am always busy and active. My exercise routine involves walking my 4 legged friends, weight lifting and swimming and I enjoy golfing and numerous other outdoor activities. Perusing through antique stores, flea markets and yard sales always gives me a thrill. Traveling has become a new passion and I have been fortunate to visit Mexico, China, Tibet, Paris and Greece so far. My dream of visiting Italy will become a reality this year.

Doctor Tawnia Shaw

I was born and raised in the Klamath Basin. I always knew I wanted to be a veterinarian and my dream began when I started working with Everett Veterinary Hospital (EVH) in August of 1997.

Starting as a Kennel Attendant, I worked my way up through just about every position in the hospital while attending Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) and graduated with a BS in Health Sciences. Although I loved my job as a Veterinary Assistant, my goals and dreams remained to become a veterinarian and work here in the Klamath Basin. In 2001, I was accepted to Oregon State University's (OSU) four-year Veterinarian program. My class was the last class able to split our time between OSU and Washington State University while OSU developed a complete small animal program to accompany their already great large animal program. While in school, I happily returned to work with EVH during summers and holidays to further my experience and keep up my relationships with the wonderful staff, clients and patients here. On June 5th 2006, I graduated with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from both Oregon and Washington State Universities and re-joined my family here in the Klamath Basin. I also re-joined the team at EVH as Dr. Tawnia Shaw. I love medicine and surgery and always try to bring a fresh perspective to the hospital.

The Klamath Basin is my home and I love the people and animals that live here. By providing care to all of the animals in this area, I'm fulfilling my dream. In addition to working with dogs and cats, I work with exotic pets such as birds and reptiles. Holding a State Wildlife Rehabilitation permit from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, I also treat sick and injured wildlife from both Oregon and California. With a common goal of treating, rehabilitating and releasing these animals back into the wild, I work closely with Badger Run Wildlife Rehab.

In my spare time I love interacting with my husband John, daughter Marty (born August of 2010), my family and our dogs, cats, horses and ferrets. I manage an informational pet healthcare website, The Happy Pet Vet. In my attempt to help as many animals as possible, I am involved with several Q & A forums. I enjoy hiking, camping, horseback riding, gaming, reading science-fiction/fantasy novels and hold a black belt in American Kenpo Karate.

Hospital Manager

The hospital manager is a "Do It All" position. This individual must oversee every position from Receptionist, Technicians and Assistants, Boarding Specialists, Kennel Assistants and Doctors. If we find ourselves short handed, she immediately fills in wherever she is needed.

A partial list of the myriad of responsibilities includes the difficult task of food and inventory procurement and management, meeting with our drug representatives, organization and computer input of all of our hospital supplies, medications, equipment maintenance and is responsible for accounts payable, receivable and collections.

The position includes reading through the stacks of paperwork and emails that come into our office to make sure we are in compliance with the constant changes that occur within the medical profession.

More responsibilities include performing the challenging task of dealing with pet insurance companies, planning employee schedules, tracking vacations, retirement plans, training sessions, insurance meetings, making reservations for continuing education trips, and working with our team to balance everything.

Since the responsibility of the HM is always changing, she must be able to adapt both quickly and easily to whatever situation presents itself.

Denise

Welcome! My love and passion for animals inspire me to go above and beyond at every job duty that is handed to me. As a previous business owner of a restaurant, I love working with the public. I was originally hired as a Boarding Specialist and was soon promoted into the role of Boarding Manager.

In 2005, I was moved into Reception, then Lead Receptionist and Inventory Manager, followed by Collection Manager and now the position of Hospital Manager. I still oversee all of these roles making sure our clients, patients and guests needs are met. I enjoy every minute of it and still look for a new challenge every day. However, I do miss being at the reception desk and seeing all of our wonderful clients and their pets, so occasionally you will see me there.

I have a wonderful husband Jeff and a teenage daughter Desmin, who also wants to pursue her career in veterinary medicine. The three of us are definitely owned by our seven cats and three dogs. Whenever possible, we love to escape to the coast and Southern California. When I have free time, I enjoy reading and listening to Desmin play her electric guitar and saxophone.

Veterinary Technicians and Veterinary Assistants

A technician and assistant's main job is to help the doctors in caring for the patients in anyway necessary. They are our nursing staff. They can perform blood draws and then complete necessary laboratory work, they help to check in clients and get vitals (TPRW=temperature, pulse, respiration & weight) on each patient, they evaluate patient records, set up the surgery suite, assist in anesthesia, shave and prep patients, assist in surgery, aspirate when surgical laser is utilized, monitor anesthesia of patients utilizing O2 and CO2 monitors, ECG unit, BP monitors and a fluid pump, all while monitoring and maintaining the patient at a perfect body temperature. Post-operatively, they monitor the patients well being, taking all the vitals repeatedly, give necessary meds while accessing the recovering and healing progress of each patient. They then enter the procedures in the charts and computers, contact our patient parents with updates, prepare meds and paperwork including client education material for preparation of each patient to be discharged to go home.

They are also responsible for patient care involving IV catheter placement, calculate and administer fluid therapy, give injections and oral medications, clean, flush and bandage wounds, monitor and train volunteers, performing dentistry's, evaluate patient progress as well as exercising and feeding each patient, prepare prescriptions, perform therapeutic laser treatments and take radiographs (if certified).

Some of the necessary but less glamorous aspects of the profession involve inventory control, sterilization of surgery instruments and maintaining DEA and OSHA logs and equipment. They also walk each pet, give fresh food and water, clean the cages/run and the endless task of laundry and dishes.

This is only a partial list of their duties plus the most difficult task of keeping the doctors apprised of it all and keeping them on schedule.

Although I hold a B.S. in Forestry from Humboldt State University, I started my new career volunteering at Everett Veterinary Hospital in 2004.

My enthusiasm evidently showed in my work performance as they hired me full time within a couple of months. Throughout the years I’ve experienced changes in my job titles, job duties and licensing. I love coming to work and all the pet kisses and tail wags add to my excitement.

Although I enjoy all aspects of patient care, I love surgery and dentistry the most. This involves setting up the surgery suite, aiding in anesthetizing and prepping our patients, assisting with laser surgery or monitoring patient care pre-op through post-operatively. To help sick and injured animals and watch their positive results with treatment, is tremendously rewarding and keeps me motivated. I have also become more involved with the care of our birds and exotic animals. Fortunately, my responsibilities also allow me to talk and interact with our great clients.

The education never ends and I enthusiastically learn more every day. After passing my board exams in 2010, I am now a Licensed Veterinary Technician. I also hold a certification in Radiology and Nutritional Counseling.

Running and weight lifting keep me physically and mentally in shape and I have participated in a few runs with several scheduled for this year. My hobbies include reading, sewing and gardening.

My family, career and church are the most important aspects of my life. My husband, Tim, and I stay busy with our 2 sweet daughters, Tabby and Leah, and our son Tyler plus our 2 dogs.

I have been an EVH team member since 2004. I began as a volunteer while working on my senior project in Wildlife Rehabilitation.

As the hospital has grown, so have I. You will find me in every department of the hospital from Reception to Technician Assistant and even helping out in the Boarding House.

Knowing that I am a part of improving the quality of life for many animals, gives me deep joy and satisfaction. I love each of the challenges that it presents every day.

My joy and love for all animals has encouraged me to go to school to become licensed as a Veterinary Technician. I also continue to grow my passion for wildlife rehabilitation by volunteering with the local wildlife group whenever I can.

My free time is spent with my fiancé' and our new daughter, Ava Grace, born September 2009. We also like to spend time with all of our extended family. My house is filled with extra love by our dog, Bam Bam, 1 cat and 2 super sweet Quaker Parakeets.

Why do I do what I do? I love it when I get to help a patient and then they come back and are happy to see me.

I love the feeling of knowing I made them feel loved, even when they were very sick and having their worst day. I believe that every patient deserves to feel like they are loved, whether they are at home or hospitalized.

Although marine biology was my first career choice, I became a licensed Veterinary Technician in California in 1998. After my family and I moved to Klamath in 2008, I then challenged the Oregon Veterinary Technician Medical Boards and am now licensed in the state of Oregon as well. I chose Everett Veterinary Hospital & Boarding House Inc, as I love working with a variety of species and it seems to be the perfect fit. I especially enjoy working with birds and exotics and am dedicated to their nutritional and husbandry needs for their preventive care. My job description involves a little bit of everything so you may find me anywhere within the facility from exam rooms, to surgery, to lab to prep and back again.

Although my son and husband come first in my life, I eagerly get involved with numerous "pet projects". From injured and sick wildlife care, fund raising for needy animals to participating in community events, I am definitely a type A person that stays active.

My critter filled house includes four dogs, five cats and a bearded dragon.

Receptionist

A receptionist job duty is to facilitate our clients and patients needs and coordinate them with the doctors and technicians. This sounds so easy but is a very difficult task of orchestrating numerous people, patients, procedures and services while constant surprises and emergencies continue to occur.

Receptionists are a vital part of the hospital flow in our reception and exam rooms as well as our hospital and boarding areas. Part of the client services our receptionist offers includes: assisting our clients from check-in to check-out, making daily appointments and calling to confirm them, sending our client educational materials and rebate mailings and acting as a communication conduit between clients, doctors and the rest of the team. They are responsible for accounts receivable including over the counter inventory, prescription medication sales and requests, balancing the books at the end of the night and handling client relations any way they can. They do all of this and more with a smile.

Amanda

I was proud to join this group in 2009 after moving to Klamath Falls from Medford. The transition to this job was a logical one after working for the Humane Society for seven years.

From saving unwanted pets to now working with animals that have caring and loving owners, is at the opposite ends of the spectrums. Both are very satisfying for me. As a Receptionist, I get to work with both our wonderful clients and their precious companions. I love what I do. My goals include expanding my knowledge in animal care to help educate our clients better.

Being a mom and working has some challenges, but my philosophy is to be the best mom that I can be. My sons, Aiden and Devlin, and I enjoy spending time in the outdoors and love road trips. We have traveled through all of the western states and are looking forward to a trip to the Grand Canyon. My pets include Kona the Husky, his daughter Booh, Blackee my cat that believes he is a dog, a ball python named Allister and a Bearded Dragon named Nigel.

Kaylee

As a receptionist, I really enjoy getting to know our clients and their precious pets. Daily, I look forward to seeing the wonderful variety of animals that come through our doors; both 2 and 4 legged. It definitely keeps the job exciting.

I have spent most of my life here in Klamath and graduated from Henley High School in 2005. Fortunately, while serving in the Air Force, I was able to travel and then returned to my family here in the basin after leaving the military. I worked with another veterinary hospital before joining the EVH team in May of 2010. I love helping our technicians with your pets whenever and wherever I can and my goal is to become a veterinary technician.

My boyfriend, Cody, and I enjoy flying remote control planes, camping and racing remote controlled cars. As anyone knows that has a Jack Russell Terrier, our little rambunctious Zoey keeps us very active.

Boarding Specialists

As a boarding specialist, they assist from the arrival of our guests through their departure and everything in between. This involves making sure all the clients requests and specific information about each pet and their possessions, are understood and documented as each individual pet has specific needs, restrictions, a different routine, feeding schedule and possibly medication to be given. They must also learn and understand the personality of every pet in order to interact with them in a way that is best for each pet. Our repeat boarders look forward to their "camp" adventure and happily walk us to the boarding facility. Every guest is given quality individual attention that may involve a long walk, a good brushing, active play time or simply cuddling. The choice is made by the owner and the pet based on his medical capabilities and desires.

Charting is time consuming but guests appetite, medications, urine, stool habits and any change in personality are all observed and documented. The boarding team is very observant to any changes of a guest and will consult with a veterinarian if there are any concerns such as loss of appetite or developing diarrhea. The body weight is taken a minimum of two times during their stay to observe for any changes.

Cleaning is a big and very important aspect of this position. Cleaning up after all of the guests and the stack of dishes and laundry that they create, is labor intensive. An occasional bath may be requested or necessary, so the boarding staff is trained in proper bathing and drying techniques. And a clean facility is very important to maintain a healthy environment for our guests.

Many people request services to be performed such as a dentistry or toe nail trim while the pet is boarding so our boarding specialists meet and work cooperatively with our Doctors and technicians to coordinate and implement the requested procedure.

Jeff

After working in the wood industry for the last 27 years, I was laid off in 2010. I realized it was time for a change. My interest in animal behavior led me here. It could not have been better timing when an opening for a Boarding Specialist became available. My past work experience ranges from working on a ranch to millwork. I am able to bring my managerial experience with me as a previous business owner with my wife. I have lived in Klamath since moving back from Montana when I was only 19. Working here, I am able to meet and take care of many different breeds of dogs, cats, birds and exotics.

My wife, Denise, and I have been married for 20 years and have a wonderful teenage daughter named Desmin. We love to travel and the coast is our favorite quick getaway.

In my spare time I like to fix and restore classic cars and always have one in my driveway. My current project is a 1963 Rambler which Desmin wants to keep as her own.

Our current extended family is 7 cats and 3 dogs with our most recent addition being an English Labrador named Cleo. When you come in for a tour you will most likely meet Cleo in our boarding facility, as she thinks this is her other home.

Floater Position

A floater is a valuable team member that has no specific job description. She/he acts behind the scene to help any of the team members whenever/wherever the need arises. You may find this person working with the patients and assistants, guests and boarding specialist, performing facility maintenance, running errands for the hospital, cleaning, painting or even gardening. If there were a job description for this important position, it would say-help wherever help is needed.

Sheri

Although you may not see me, my tasks take me everywhere throughout the Hospital and Boarding House. I was born, raised and educated in Klamath Falls.

My education includes computer training classes through Klamath Community College. My work experience included working in the kitchen of a retirement home, worker/server in different restaurants and sales floor associate at different retail stores. My husband and I also managed an 85-space mobile home park here in Klamath for 12 years.

Since joining EVH & BH in 2006, my job description has changed numerous times. From facility cleaning, equipment maintenance, gardening or working with our boarding guests, I find it a privilege to work with such a professional and compassionate medical team. With my love of animals, I will pitch in and assist anyone, anywhere and anytime to help care and comfort a patient.

At home, my husband, two cats and I are owned by our Yorkie. Together our family includes 5 grown children, their mates and a dozen grandchildren (6 girls and 6 boys). We enjoy camping and fishing on the Chewaukan River near Paisley. My winter month's activity is continuing to complete my genealogy search.

Helen

When I graduated from high school, I had no real sense of what I wanted to do. I headed off to the University of Oregon where I spent a year studying my generals, only to find myself moving back to my hometown of Klamath Falls. I took a year off trying to figure out my life and in 2011 I found myself volunteering here. Within the first week I not only was welcomed with open arms from all my co-workers but I realized I enjoyed being here and I could see my future working in a veterinary hospital. I was hired and here I am; loving this job more and more each day that comes. I am truly blessed to be a part of the Everett team.

In the future I plan on going back to school and becoming a licensed Veterinary Technician. My favorite part of my job is getting to know each animal better and their owners. I also love watching surgery and am anxious to learn more.

In my free time I enjoy running, working out, playing some tennis, wakeboarding and anything that I can be active in. I have a very playful kitty named Bob who is always keeping me on my toes and my faithful running partner, a wonderful puppy named Conway.