Pet Health
About Us
Our Veterinarians
Dr. Scott Bernick
Dr. Scott Bernick was born and raised in the Quad
Cities. He grew up on a dairy farm in Walcott, IA. It was here that he began working with animals. Scott had several animal care duties on the dairy farm.
He developed an interest in companion animals during high school when he began to raise German Shorthair Pointers.
Scott graduated from Davenport West High School in 1987. He attended Iowa State University and received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. Scott joined North Brady Animal Hospital in July, 2002. He has a wife (Jeanne), daughter (Emma), daughter (Sarah), daughter (Lucy), and Golden Retriever (Ben).
Scott is a member of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, and American Veterinary Medical Association. He has a special interest in preventative medicine, senior care, dentistry.
Dr. Rob Garro
Dr. Rob Garro is an Illinois native, born in Chicago and raised in the western
suburbs. Growing up he had a variety of small pets ranging from canaries and
turtles to a guinea pig and a ferret. Dogs and cats did not appear in his
life until many years later.
Dr. Rob graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Accounting in 1994 and then as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1999. After graduation he worked at a practice in Dundee, Illinois for 3 years. There he had the opportunity to work alongside specialists in internal medicine, dentistry, radiology, and surgery. He then worked at a small animal hospital in Janesville, Wisconsin for 5 1/2 years.
Dr. Rob joined the team at North Brady Animal Hospital in January 2008, bringing his family back to the Quad City area where his wife, Dori, grew up. Their sons, Donovan and Griffin, are enjoying being close to Grandma and Grandpa. Doc the Lab; Capone the Boxer; Harry the Cat; and Louie the Cockatiel round out the Garro family.
Dr. Rob has special interests in dentistry, senior cat care and dermatology. In 2007 he participated in the 1st Annual Advanced Gerontology Training for DVMs at Purdue University. Dr. Rob will be seeing some of the exotic pets that are patients at North Brady Animal Hospital.
Dr. Kathy VanBuer
Dr. Kathy VanBuer graduated from Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984.
She began veterinary practice specializing in small animal medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In
addition to more typical pets, she also began to see a large number of non-traditional animals.
Word spread quickly that she had both the interest and willingness to work with unusual animals,
and has been kept quite busy ever since!
Both she and her husband, Lyle, grew up in Clinton, Iowa. She will see most anything that isn't poisonous! She also provides veterinary care for the big cats, birds, including raptors, and reptiles for the local zoos (Niabi Zoo and Fejervary Children's Zoo) and volunteers her veterinary services to the local wildlife rehabilitators.
She and her husband, Lyle, have two sons. Ryan is 23, a St. Ambrose graduate with a B.S. in Mass Communications and Music minor. Chris is 21 and a junior at Iowa State University majoring in aerospace engineering and hoping to work for NASA in the future. He is currently interning at Rockwell-Collins in Cedar Rapids.
Kathy and Lyle enjoy geo-caching, cooking, and reading when they have the time. They also enjoy movies, hiking, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. Kathy really enjoys school visits, where she is joined by our current resident zoo critters: Bun Bun (female mini-lop rabbit), Miracle (female box turtle), Checkers (female corn snake), Queenie (female king snake), and Wilbur, Snowflake, and Spot (her cats). Abigail, a darling papillon, has recently joined the VanBuer family and can be seen at North Brady Animal Hospital in a variety of dresses and coats.
She belongs to a variety of organizations including the American Veterinary Medical Association, Association of Avian Veterinarians, Association of Small Mammal Veterinarians, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, and International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council.
Dr. Meredith Evans
We'd like to introduce the newest member of
our Veterinary Team, Dr. Meredith Evans. Dr. Meredith attended high school in Muscatine, Iowa and graduated from University of Illinois College of
Veterinary Medicine in 2006. Her interests are surgery, dentistry and preventive health care.
Dr. Meredith is "owned" by two cats – Jasmine and Willy.
When the cats let her – she loves to travel, enjoys the outdoors and loves horses.
Our Staff
Our Receptionist Team
Front Row: Geri, Anne, Brianne
Back Row: Tammy, Christiane
Anne
Anne has been a member of the NBAH team since 2001. She will be one of the friendly faces that greet you as you arrive and will occasionally assist the veterinary technicians. She can't imagine working anywhere else! She is greeted at home each night by Amber, Meg, Tug, and Dillon.
Brianne
Brianne works in many facets of the NBAH team. She is a receptionist as well as an animal handler. She joined the staff in May of 2007. She clearly has a love of animals. She is greeted at home each day by a large family including 4 dogs, Cora, Timber, Rainy, and Annabell.
Christiane
Christiane is the newest member of the NBAH family. She recently relocated here from New Hampshire with her husband, Joe, Labrador named Caleb, and a mischievous rabbit named Sophie. Christiane has worked in the veterinary field for three years and thoroughly enjoys the environment.
Tammy
Tammy has worked in the veterinary field for many years, but joined our staff in 2006. She enjoys working with most pets and their owners, but describes herself as a "cat person." In addition to keeping busy with attending school, Tammy enjoys spending time with her feline alarm clock, a brown/black tabby named "80," as well as watching and participating in sports.
Geri
If your pet has walked in our door, he or she has probably been greeted by Geri's friendly smile. She has been one of our receptionists since September of 2001, but has been in the veterinary care business since September of 1980. Geri really enjoys all the pets that come to us and feels that your pets are truly your family members.
Sue
Sue has been part of the veterinary business since
December of 1987. She became a part of the North Brady Animal Hospital team in December of 2002. Sue was raised on a dairy farm surrounded by animals.
She always had many pets, sometimes more than her parents wanted! Sue truly enjoys the interaction with clients and their pets. She is a graduate of AAHA's
VMDS Level 1 and AAHA's VMS Level II Program. When her pets run to meet her at the door each night, it's one of the best parts of the day.
Our Technician Team
Front Row: Jessica, Stacey, Maribeth
Back Row: Ann, Jesse, Shawn, Kelly, Melanie
Ann
Ann has been a part of the veterinary profession since 1991. She appreciates the wide variety of pets North Brady Animal Hospital sees. Go and see some of Ann's pets in the photo gallery. You can generally find Ann surrounded by her extended family, Scout, Tracker, Liz, Emily, and the crew. Ann also is one of our team members that assist with our puppy obedience classes every Tuesday evening.
Maribeth
Maribeth received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing at Chapman University in Orange, California and also graduated from Bel Rea Institute as Veterinary Technician in Denver, Colorado.
After working in Market Research and Public Relations in commercial real estate, she started her career at Alameda East Animal Hospital in Denver, Colorado, followed by veterinarians in this area, including the Animal Emergency Center in Bettendorf. Happily for all us, Maribeth has found a home at NBAH.
Maribeth is welcomed home by 8 dogs (all of which are rescues), 7 cats (mostly rescues), 14 horses (breeding, show, and rescues) and a sheep named "Bob." Maribeth previously had llamas and a flock of 42 sheep at one time, but could not stand sending them to market, so she sold them to the neighbor.
Melanie
Melanie is a licensed veterinary technician. She graduated from North Dakota State University in 2001. She happily resides with her husband, Brent, and their 2 children, Wyatt and Anissa. Their family also includes lots of 4 legged children, Charlie the Labradoodle, Goober & Jade, the cats, Cruiser and Barbie, the turtles, and Licorice & Butterscotch, the guinea pigs. Melanie really enjoys her work, especially the exotics.
Kelly
Kelly grew up in Moline and continues to live there. She graduated from Kirkwood Community College in 2006 with a special interest in emergency and critical care. Her family includes 3 cats, Yoda, Obi, and Moose and a German shepherd named Abby. When she was growing up she always loved taking home the homeless, sick and injured animals that she found. That continues yet today.
Jesse
Jesse happily resides in Davenport with her husband Bryce and son, Blaine. A Red Bone Coonhound, Ellie Mae, rounds out their family.
She graduated from Kirkwood Community College in 2003 and joined the North Brady Animal Hospital team in 2006. She enjoys her daily experiences with the staff, clients, and pets. She has found NBAH to be a positive career choice!
Jessica
Jessica relocated to the Quad Cities with her husband, Seth; their Jack Russell Terrier, Ernie; and a Quarter Horse, Cactus, in 2006.
She graduated from North Dakota State University in 2006 with a B.S. in Veterinary Technology and has worked in the veterinary medicine field since 2000. She feels that NBAH has provided many awesome and unique experiences for her! In her spare time she loves to scrapbook, hang out with her family and friends, and ride her horse, Cactus.
Shawn
Shawn graduated from Kirkwood Community College with an Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology in 1995. After interning at NBAH in 1994, she joined the staff the following year.
In 2006, she graduated from Charter Oaks State College through online with a Bachelors of Science with Honors with concentration of leadership and management.
Our Animal Care Team
Amber, Brianne, Donna, Carrie
Carrie
Carrie joined he NBAH staff in June of 2006 and has developed lasting relationships with all of the pets she cares for in the boarding kennel. Carrie honestly loves what she does!! Her extended family at home includes 5 animals. She enjoys each of them because they all have different personalities that always make her smile.
Donna
Donna is a long standing member of our animal care team. Her extended family includes two dogs and 5 cats. Prior to joining the NBAH team, she spent 7 years caring and training Greyhounds on a farm in Kansas. She loves taking care of the animals that stay at NBAH and they love her back. Her greatest joy is when a pet returns and recognizes her and wants to spend time here.
Our Groomer
Kimberly
Kimberly has been a pet groomer since 2000,
but recently joined the NBAH team as our groomer in 2007. She has been an animal lover since the beginning
and would be bringing something home every time she turned around. She enjoys
working with the different pets, especially those needing a little T.L.C. She
is well versed with the many breeds and patterns as well as cats. She
strives to continue her education every summer to keep improving her skills.