The team at Hastings Lake Animal Hospital serves those in the Edmonton area, including Sherwood Park, Tofield, Ardrossan, Strathcona County and Beaver County. As a client, you become part of the Hastings Lake family. We love to work with you to provide the best veterinary care for your four-legged family members.
Please visit us at #1 20332 Twp Rd 512, Sherwood Park.
Please visit us at #1 20332 Twp Rd 512, Sherwood Park.
Dr. Karen Allen
Dr. Allen graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon in 1995, after completing a Zoology degree at University of Alberta and Bamfield Marine Station. She has been working in the veterinary industry in Canada for over twenty five years in private practice and as the National Medical Director for VetStrategy, and each day she is still awed by the resilience and tenacity of her patients and the compassion and dedication of her clients.
Dr. Allen is grateful for every opportunity to build relationships with her clients and their families and is dedicated to educating pet owners and offering veterinary care that is tailored to each individual pet and their family. Her goal is to enrich the lives of both the animals and the people in her community by offering volunteer programs, kids veterinary camps, educational seminars and of course by offering veterinary care to companion animals, farm pets, stray animals, surrendered animals and wildlife. Veterinary medicine has been an amazing journey for Dr. Allen, which has brought her a tremendous amount of joy, and she is enjoying continuing her career close to home with her family, friends and neighbours close by.
Dr. Allen is grateful for every opportunity to build relationships with her clients and their families and is dedicated to educating pet owners and offering veterinary care that is tailored to each individual pet and their family. Her goal is to enrich the lives of both the animals and the people in her community by offering volunteer programs, kids veterinary camps, educational seminars and of course by offering veterinary care to companion animals, farm pets, stray animals, surrendered animals and wildlife. Veterinary medicine has been an amazing journey for Dr. Allen, which has brought her a tremendous amount of joy, and she is enjoying continuing her career close to home with her family, friends and neighbours close by.
Dr. Dani Montoya
Dr. Dani joined our practise in the spring of 2017. She recently graduated from the University of Calgary with her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Dani finished high school in Wales where she discovered her love of sheep and other small ruminants. She grew up on an acreage outside of Edmonton riding horses and playing with animal of all types and is happy to return home to practise. Dani decided at the age of four she wanted to be a veterinarian, although at that time she specifically wanted to be a space veterinarian looking after dogs and monkeys on their interstellar journey! Dani is very happy to be at a practise that allows her to work with companion animals and hobby farm pets and loves the variety of her day to day work. You will rarely catch Dani without a big smile on her face - she loves what she does and we appreciate her enthusiasm and skill on our team!
Stephanie Essex, RVT
Steph graduated from the Animal Health Technology program at Lakeland College in 2015. Growing up in small town Alberta, Stephanie has been enthusiastic to start her career as an RVT in a rural setting and share her passion for animal care. Steph provides compassionate, quiet nursing care to all our patients of every species. She shares her home with an old barn cat who needed a new home and lifestyle after he contracted Feline Immunodeficiency Virus. Steph covers all aspects of our practise from reception to overnight care to hospital management in addition to providing nursing care to all our patients.
Ashley Oullette, RVT
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We love hiring local people to staff our practise and Ashley was the perfect fit for us! She grew up on an acreage in the Ardrossan area and has always wanted to work with animals. This led her to look into the veterinary world. She took the Animal Health Program at NAIT and graduated in 2008. She began working at Park Veterinary Clinic while still in school in 2007 and continued there after graduation. There she gained experience working with dogs, cats and small exotic pets. In 2016 she took a break from work to start her own family. She now lives on a small acreage with her family, their dog and a few cats. Ashley missed working with animals and has recently started working part time at Hastings Lake Animal Hospital to help us out on surgery days and Saturdays. She looks forward to getting back into the veterinary world and helping everyone with all their pet’s needs!
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Trista Kadatz, RVT
Trista is joining us with 17 years of experience as an RVT. She will be our Monday RVT with Steph. A photo and bio coming up soon!
Ryan Koop, Vet Assistant/Pre-Vet Student
Ryan grew up on a farm outside of Tofield, Alberta, raising cows, horses, chickens, sheep, pigs, bison and even ostriches with his family. His passion for veterinary medicine started in high school, and he is currently working towards his biology degree at the University of Alberta Augustana Campus. He hopes to become a mixed animal veterinarian someday. He has experience with both large and small animals, with a particular soft spot for farm dogs. Ryan is very excited to be part of the team at Hastings Lake Animal Hospital as a vet assistant! You can catch him and his dog Ella at the clinic on Saturdays!
Sheri Tori, Veterinary Assistant/Receptionist
Sheri and her family have been clients of ours since we opened and when she decided to return to the work force she thought the clinic would be a great place! A pic and bio will be up shortly !
Dandelion, Clinic Cat
Dandelion has been with Hastings Lake Animal Hospital since the very beginning. Dandelion has a very important job! She is a wonderful foster mum to all of the rescue kittens and she teaches puppies that "cats are friends, not food". You'll often find her in the reception area greeting everyone that comes into the clinic or fast asleep napping in the comfy blankets in the exam room.
Beaker, Clinic Cat in Training
Beaker was born in the clinic - his mama was a stray who was brought in by a client and that very evening she had her kittens in the clinic. Beaker tried a pet home but the dog wanted to eat him so he tried to live with Dr. Karen...but...Beaker's dirty secret is that he's not 100% on the litterbox. Soooo....he's training to be a clinic cat where the odd accident isn't that big of a deal. You'll see him lounging around in reception looking for cuddles meeting new friends. Dandelion needed a friend anyways so Beaker is the perfect companion for her!