Meet Our Veterinary Team

Heather grew up in the Covington area, attending Kentlake High School. She graduated from Washington State College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015. Susan and Heather have been working together since 2008. Heather grew up in the company of German Shepherds. Watching them succumb to the incurable disease, Degenerative Myelopathy ignited her lifelong dedication to veterinary medicine. She is passionate about soft tissue surgery, dentistry, and hospice/end of life care. Heather believes our older pets can have a high quality, pain-free lives and wants to partner with pet parents to achieve this. In her free time Heather is mom to two daughters, one golden retriever (Blitz) and two kitties (Dixie and Prancer). She enjoys running, spending time outdoors and football (Go Cougs!)

Cindy grew up in the Seattle area and knew that she wanted to be a veterinarian from a young age. She worked as a veterinary assistant for several years in between college breaks to gain experience in the field. After graduating from WSU, she decided to spread her wings, and moved to the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean, where she attended veterinary school at Ross University. After enjoying the warm island life and studies for 2 ½ years, she moved to the more frigid climate of St. Paul Minnesota, where she spent her last clinical year of veterinary medicine, graduating in 2004. A Washington native at heart, she returned to the Pacific Northwest and has been practicing veterinary medicine in the area since. Cindy enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine, but particularly enjoys dentistry, dermatology, and preventative medicine. When not in the hospital, Cindy enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, and this coming year will have one in elementary, one in middle, and one in high school so there is never a dull moment! She is also pet parent to an 11-year-old rescued English Bulldog named Sully, and a former barn cat, called Prince Humphrey

Dr. Felicia Hellen grew up in Spokane, WA. She attended Washington State University for her undergraduate degrees, where she met her husband. She is a 2019 graduate of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine - she did her clinical rotations at Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine. She started her interest in Veterinary Medicine at the age of nine when she aided in her first surgery. She continued to volunteer and work in the field - including work in emergency clinics.

She has a passion for nutrition, preventive care, and dentistry - she wants to help provide the best care to help create long healthy lives for all the furbabies out there. This means providing the best medicine to kittens and puppies, to the senior and geriatric furbabies, and to every furbaby in between.

Outside of her work, she is kept very busy with her family including her husband, and children including three furbabies - Jinora and Ty Lee (Australian Cattle Dog mixes) and Perry (Miniature Pinscher). They enjoy camping and hiking - really anything outside. She also enjoys painting, baking, reading, and playing video games.

Susan grew up locally in the Maple Valley area. After graduating as valedictorian from Tahoma High School, she earned her bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry. She then headed to the United Kingdom to pursue her passion for veterinary science. Alongside her broad education, Susan has enjoyed exploring the world extensively, including Scandinavia, Western Europe, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Japan and, of course, continues to have close ties with the United Kingdom. Having graduated from veterinary school in 2002 and living and working in England for two years, she returned to her hometown, not only with an English husband, but also with a wealth of experience. Susan has now been practicing veterinary medicine for 19 years and been lucky enough to partner with her long-time colleagues to create their dream practice. Outside of her veterinary career Susan keeps busy with her husband, three human children, two canine fur-babies and is an avid skier.