VitalPet

Dr. Andy Otto was born in New Jersey and moved to Texas at a young age. He received a BA in English andWriting from the University of Oklahoma and graduated cum laude from Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2010.  Dr. Otto has a special interest in internal medicine, especially cardiology, oncology, and kidney disease.  In his last year at A&M, he won an ACVIM award for kidney disease. He and his wife, Emily, have an Australian Shepherd named Brooklyn, and two cats named Robin Hood and and Coco.  In his free time, Dr. Otto follows the Yankees and OU football. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, working out, and cooking on his BBQ pit.

Dr. Anna (Nelson) Larson grew up in Kingwood, Texas.  At 4 years old, her preschool class took a field trip to Kings Crossing Animal Hospital and she was inspired by their loving veterinarians.  She began working as a technician at KCAH while in high school.  After graduation, she headed off to Texas A&M University where she received her BS degrees in Biomedical Science and Animal Science.  Along with her love for animals, she has always enjoyed studying French.  While at A&M, she minored in French and studied abroad during one of her summer breaks.  She married her high school sweetheart, Sam Larson, and they now have 2 beautiful children, Jayce and Savanna.  Dr. Larson graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 2011 with training in small animal medicine and an interest in wildlife.  She became the newest addition to our VitalPet Houston family over the summer of 2011.  Throughout the week she can be found working at our Atascacita, Porter, and Humble clinics. 

Dr. Neal grew up in Southeast Texas. At an early age, she realized that working with, and caring for, animals would be her chosen career.  Her passion and determination never wavered.  She is a proud member of the Texas A&M Class of 2000.  She majored in Biomedical Science and was awarded a bachelor’s degree during her first year of veterinary school.  In June 2003, she graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine with her doctorate.  The loves of her life are her husband Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters, Hailey and Addy.  She enjoys spending quality time with her two dogs and two cats.
Dr. Neal’s special interest include internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, and endoscopy.  She is a member of AVMA, TVMA, VIN, American Animal Hospital Association, and Harris County VMA

Dr Kelley graduated cum laude from Texas A&M University for both her degree in Veterinary Medicine and her undergraduate degree of Biomedical Science.  Dr Kelley enjoys improving the health of her patients through medicine & surgery.  She especially enjoys the challenging cases and complex surgical cases.  Dr Kelley’s family consist of two rescue dogs Rayne & Blake, and two rescue cats Savannah & Jordan.  Dr Kelley is currently exploring volunteering for Guide Dogs for the Blind.  In her free time she enjoys training her dogs, gardening,  spending time with horses, and learning.

Dr. James Kelly has been a partner and clinic director with Eastex Veterinary Clinic, and a resident of the Humble/Kingwood area since July 1978. He and his wife Maudine have 2 wonderful children: Kevin in Houston and Stacy in Dallas. They also share the love of one very beautiful grandchild. Ginger, Dr Kelly’s miniature long haired Dachshund, keeps him company when he is reading or experimenting with photography in his spare time.

I grew up in a military family and traveled all over the United States and Europe while growing up.  I ended up in Las Cruces, New Mexico as a teenager where I graduated high school in 1964.  While attending high school, I played football, basketball, and track on championship teams.  I received a football scholarship to Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where I played quarterback for four years and graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science.  After Igraduated from Stephen F. Austin, I was accepted to Veterinary school at Texas A&M.  From A&M I graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine and in 1971 with a Doctor of Veterinary of Medicine.

After practicing in Pensacola, Florida for a year, I returned to San Antonio, Texas where I practiced in the area for another year.  I then moved to Corpus Christi and bought my first practice which was very successful from 1973 to 1983.  In 1983, after selling the practice, I made my move north to the big city of Dallas.  I have been practicing in the area since 1983 in three different locations as sole proprietor.

My practice interests are internal medicine, orthopedics, and soft tissue surgery.  My personal interests are hunting, fishing, golf, and movies.  I have been married to Joyce, my wife and love, for almost 45 years.  I also have one daughter who was in commercial interior design and is now pursuing a career as a Veterinary Technician and Practice Manager.  My wife and I also have a King Charles Cavalier named Miss Money Penny and a Havana Brown named D’Vita.

Dr. Zieben is a 1984 graduate of Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine. He has been providing quality veterinary services for the San Antonio area for over 24 years. He is married with two children, Jacob and Sarah. He has several pets of his own, a chocolate lab, two cats, a turtle, 2 gerbils, a ball python snake, and a tarantula.

Dr. Oberbroeckling grew up in Des Moines, Iowa.  She received her B.S. in Distributed Studies (Business, Psychology, and Zoology) from Iowa State University in 1990. She graduated from Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994.  She and her husband moved to Kingwood in 1995, and she has been an associate with us since 1995. Dr. Oberbroeckling has a special interest in oncology. She has two daughters whom she loves with all of her heart.  Additionally, she has two cats and a pug.

Dr. Michele Wright received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University in 2010 after receiving her Bachelors in Biomedical Science from A&M in 2006.  She is, and always will be, the proudest member of the Fighting Texas Aggie Class of 2006! Whoop!

Dr. Wright grew up in Helotes, Texas as the daughter of two veterinarians.  Keeping with the family tradition, she married a fellow classmate who is an equine veterinarian, and after graduation they came back to her hometown.

Her favorite past time activities include going to Aggie football games, scrap booking, and event planning which includes weddings.  Dr. Wright enjoys riding her Arabian horses and learning reining on her husband’s Quarter horse.  She has two beautiful kitties, Jasmine and Ariel, as well as a boisterous and smart Golden Retriever named Beamer.

Dr. Díaz -Meléndez is originally from Puerto Rico. She received her B.S. in Veterinary Technology from The University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus in 2000. She moved to the US and worked as a LVT at Tuskegee University Small Animal Teaching Hospital for two years before applying to their Veterinary School. After graduating from Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2006, she moved to Houston, Texas where she practiced her first three years. In 2009, Dr. Díaz-Meléndez began working as a Relief Veterinarian in the Dallas area, shortly after she joined VitalPet.  Dr. Díaz-Meléndez special interests are soft tissue surgery, dermatology and internal medicine.  Her family consists of her husband Héctor, their cat Mauro and dog Marien.  In her spare time she enjoys watching Texas Rangers games, running, reading and music.

Dr. Baskin grew up in Plano, Texas and Miami, Florida.  She received her B.S. in Animal and Dairy Science in 1998, her M.S. in zoological studies in 1999, and D.V.M. in 2003 from Auburn University.  She spent her first two years as a veterinarian in Victoria, Texas where she practiced small animal and emergency medicine.  She then got married and decided to take a job with more traditional hours at Neartown Animal Clinic in the Downtown/Montrose area of Houston.

Dr. Baskin recently had her first child which caused her and her husband decide to move to the more family friendly area of Humble, Texas.  Dr. Baskin has a special interest in dermatology and internal medicine.  She has two rescue dogs, Lucy, a beagle mix, and Shiner, a Doberman mix.

Dr. Rubio grew up in the Northwestern Mexico deserts going to school, helping out in the family tortilla factories and riding horses with his parents and 8 siblings and his dogs. Upon finishing vet school he moved to the USA and worked his way up to managing veterinary hospitals in California. After some time, he and his family moved to Oklahoma and he began the process of obtaining his veterinary license here in the States. In 2005 he completed his residency at Oklahoma State University (Go Pokes!) and became licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Texas. He is interested in general and emergency medicine and is a member of the AVMA and VIN. He enjoys fishing and the outdoors, woodcarving and being with his family. He and Kelley, his wife of over 20 years, have 3 handsome boys and 2 sweet, beautiful daughters, a silly mutt dog named Pancho and a noisy canary named Romeo.

Dr. Johnson graduated from Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000 and has been an associate with us since her graduation.  Dr. Johnson has a special interest in orthopedic and general surgery.

Dr. Steve Peterman graduated from Texas A&M’s highly ranked College of Veterinary Medicine in 1986.  After graduating with multiple honors, Dr. Peterman went onto practice until he finally ended up at the Story Road Animal Hospital.  When not working. Dr. Peterman loves spending time with his ever growing family.  He also loves golfing and heading down to Padre Island for some fishing in the Laguna Madre.

Owner of Pet Medical Center in Frisco & All Pet Care Center in Prosper. Born and raised in Frisco, Texas, he graduated from Frisco High School and is a 5th generation Friscoite . He and wife Janis currently reside in Celina where they have a set of twins (1 boy, 1 girl). Dr Mays has 2 older children who also graduated from Frisco High School.

Dr. Mays studied Biological Medical Science and attended the College of Veterinary Medicine while at Texas A & M University. He graduated from Texas A & M University in 1976. He Practiced in southern and northern California, Houston, and Irving before returning home to Frisco. He began his Frisco practice in 1982.

An avid outdoors man, Dr Mays is environmentally conscious and is involved with numerous animal rescue groups. He is dedicated to continually improving and strengthening the human-animal bond , and to the deliverance of progressive veterinary medicine.

He primarily works in the Frisco location but as time allows hopes to help in our Prosper location.

Dr. Resell graduated from Oklahoma State University with his DVM in 1978. He moved to Houston that same year and began practicing veterinary medicine with the Eastex Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Resell and his wife are both from small-town North Dakota and he comes from a long line of animal lovers. In a one-year-old baby picture of Dr. Resell, he can be seen hugging his beloved cocker spaniel Sandy. As a toddler, it was not uncommon for his parents to drive him to the edge of town to let him, literally, count sheep. “I have always, always loved animals and I still do,” he said. “It is so rewarding and satisfying. I still enjoy it as much as I did on my first day in practice.”

Dr. Willie Janik is a 1968 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University. He spent 2 years with the U.S. Army involved in laboratory animal medicine. From 1970 to 1980 he worked in general practice in both Dallas and Albuquerque. Dr Janik’s interests include internal medicine and surgery on dogs and cats. His special interests include eye diseases, corneal surgery, and primate care. He is married with four children and seven grandchildren plus eight grand-dogs &  grand-cat. In Dr Janik’s free time he follows the stock market, trades stocks & options, and collects coins.