Meet The Friendly Staff of
Caring For Cats
Dr. Mara Guth and her staff of professionals
are dedicated to serving the health care needs
of all your feline friends to make sure that
they lead a happy and healthy life.
Mara E. Guth, VMD
Dr. Guth earned her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania and has been
practicing feline veterinary medicine for 17 years. At the ripe old age of
8 years old, she knew that she would become a veterinarian. Dr. Guth took
her love of horses and books to Washington University in St. Louis, where she
graduated with a degree in English Literature and a minor in Biology.
After beginning veterinary school, it was too impractical for her to have a dog,
so Dr. Guth adopted an 18 pound, 4 year old orange tabby from a local shelter
and began her journey. "Mr. B" was the best pet any veterinary student
could have. During her senior year of veterinary school, she met "Bubba",
a 22 pound black domestic long hair cat, and she knew then that one day she
would have a cat hospital. Today, her greatest pleasure is her 7 year old
son, whose greatest pleasure (second only to baseball) is having fun with their 3
cats named "Armani", "Travis" and "Spud".
Laurie Braxton, Veterinary Technician
Laurie has loved cats since she was a little girl,
growing up with her "brother" cat "Sandy", who lived to be 19 1/2 years old. Although she has a degree in creative writing, and has worked everywhere from
the IRS to a makeup factory, Laurie knew she had found her calling in 2003
when she worked as a kennel attendant at an animal shelter. From there she
began working as a feline veterinary technician which she has been doing ever
since. Laurie and her husband live with five cats named "Phil", "Chuckie",
"Timmy", "Phee", and "Lily".
Kelly Ann Hansell, Veterinary Technician
Kelly Ann attended the
veterinary technician program at Manor College and has more than ten years
experience working with animals. Along with her technician duties, she does
most of our grooming. She recently welcomed a baby boy, Alex, into her
family and we are happy to say the cats have all adapted nicely.
