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 Dr. Bruce Kerns graduated in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois with Departmental Distinction from the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. In 1983, he earned a Master of Science degree in Veterinary Physiology from the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology at Texas A&M University. In 1987, he graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with Honors from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois. In 1999, he became only the second veterinarian in the state of Connecticut to certify as a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (specialist in Canine and Feline Practice). He serves as a member on the Leadership Council of the American Animal Hospital Association. In addition to establishing the Countryside Veterinary Hospital, LLC, he also founded and operates Mobile Veterinary Imaging, LLC, a diagnostic ultrasound practice consulting with veterinary hospitals in southwestern Connecticut.
He and his wife, Holly, have been residents of Newtown since 1991 and are the proud parents of three children, Jessica, Aileen, and Peter. They enjoy the company of their dog, "Sadie", and three cats, "Sandy", "Dathlan", and "Maverick". He and his son, Peter, are ushers at St. Stephen's Church in Trumbull where his wife, Holly, is a CCD teacher. His hobbies include skiing, sailing, boating, fishing, genealogy, and photography, especially while traveling with his family.
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Dr. Jeffrey Santee
 Dr. Jeff Santee graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990. He received his Master's Degree in Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology in 1988 and his Bachelor's degree in Animal Science in 1984 also from Ohio State. During his junior and senior years he completed an externship program at Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Following graduation, he completed a one year internship at Pittsford Animal Hospital in Rochester, New York. Dr. Santee has practiced in Connecticut since 1992, joined Countryside Veterinary Hospital in 1999, and became a partner in 2005.
Dr. Santee's wife, Amy, a graduate of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and the Yale School of Public Health, is an Executive Director at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals. They have been Monroe residents since 2000; have two young children: Paige and Will; and an Australian Shepherd named "Georgia".
Dr. Santee's interests are college football (Go Buckeyes!), volleyball, weight training, and having an active role in his children's sports teams. |
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 Dr. Jim Micinilio graduated in 1987 as Valedictorian of his class from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Florida in 1991. During his senior year, he completed an externship at Angell Memorial Animal Center in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduation Dr. Micinilio performed veterinary work at Beardsley Zoological Gardens in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as well as working for 7 years at a small animal and exotics practice in Stratford. Dr. Micinilio joined Countryside Veterinary Hospital as a full time associate in 2003 and became partner in 2005.
Dr. Micinilio enjoys fishing every chance he gets, sometimes in exotic locations. He also enjoys movies, bicycling and spending time with his nephews. Dr. Micinilio is a Connecticut native residing in Stratford for the past 11 years along with an array of turtles, lizards, snakes and until July 2005, his pit bull, "Stimpy." "Stimpy" passed away from cancer at the age of 14. He is greatly missed by Jim, all the staff, and clients that were used to his greeting from behind the front desk. |
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 Dr. Sarina Cheng Hinsley is a graduate of Haverford College where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. In 1999, Dr. Hinsley graduated 3rd in her class from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine where she received, with distinction, her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Hinsley has practiced in both New Haven and Fairfield counties since 1999. She joined Countryside Veterinary Hospital in 2007.
Dr. Hinsley is a resident of Trumbull along with her son Garrett and her husband David, who serves as Managing Partner for a national consulting firm based in Manhattan. She is also a parent/guardian to several cats and dogs who keep the HEPA vacuums at home quite busy. |
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 Arlene Johnson, CVT, Hospital Manager has been involved in veterinary medicine since she was 13 when she started volunteering at her local veterinary hospital in Southbury, CT. Arlene attended the University of Connecticut at Storrs and then transferred to the State University of New York at Delhi. She graduated from Delhi with an Associate's Degree in Animal Health Technology and was awarded the "Highest Academic Achievement Award" for her graduating class. After an externship at Cornell University's large animal hospital she came back to Connecticut to join a large animal practice. Arlene has been working in veterinary hospitals ever since, except for a few years working in a medical laboratory. In 2001 Arlene joined the staff of Countryside Veterinary Hospital as their hospital manager.
Arlene lives in Ansonia with her daughter and their menagerie of pets. There's 'Buck'- the German short haired pointer, 'Leo'-the chow/shepherd mix, three cats named 'Katie', 'Thumper' and 'TLC', two house rabbits named 'Shady' and 'Playboy', and last but not least 'Jimmy' the rat. In her spare time Arlene loves to spend time with her family, ride her horse 'Traveler', visit her family's cabin in Maine, bowl, garden, and play tennis.
Arlene loves helping animals and being their advocate because they can't speak for themselves. One of her favorite memories is saving 7 kittens and their mom from being put to sleep and later adopting all of them to great homes. Two of whom are named 'Thumper' and 'TLC' and are part of Arlene's household. |
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Christina Byron, CVT, Technician Team Leader
 Joined team: September 1998
Graduated from Delhi College: May 2002, Associate's Degree Animal Health Technology
Pets: 'Tyler'-a dalmatian, 'Sammy'- a German Shepherd, 'Nera'- a black lab, 2 cats named 'Figaro' and 'Shadow,' and 'Ziggy' a guinea pig
Hobbies: shopping, being with friends, and scrapbooking
Favorite thing about my job: being able to help the helpless
Favorite Hospital Memory: We found a cat that was left in a carrier outside our hospital one night with FIV, severe leg trauma, and overall very ill. We were able to nurse him back to health after many months of treatment and care and find him a wonderful home with a new family.
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Kathy Geanuracos, Reception
Team Leader
 Title: Receptionist
Joined team: September 1999
Pets: 2 tiger cats named 'Simon' and 'Tyler'
Hobbies: watercolors, gardening, scrapbooking, and reading
Favorite thing about my job: helping clients that come in apprehensive leave confident
Favorite Hospital Memory: Stimpy sleeping at my feet under the front desk and taking him home on weekends for fun outings. |
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Chrissy, Julie, Jennifer
Chrissy Corra
Title: Receptionist Assistant, Technician Assistant
Joined Team: July 2003
Pets: two cats named 'Little man' and 'Bubba', and a dog named 'Marley' a Shiba Inu
Hobbies: Shopping, interior decorating
Favorite thing about my job: How well we all get along
Favorite Hospital Memory: All of the doctors helping an elderly man's cat that wasn't able to urinate because of a blockage then charging him barely anything.
Julie Henseler-Young
Title: Receptionist
Joined Team: May 2002
Pets: 3 cats named 'Nix,' 'Boo,' and 'Minnie'
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, and snuggling with my cats!
Favorite thing about my job: Meeting and getting to know the clients and giving all the patients a kiss on their heads!
Favorite Hospital Memory: A sanitation worker brought in a kitten he discovered in the back of his truck. He had no idea which stop the kitten was from! Fortunately, she only had a leg injury, so we decided to name her 'Lucky'. She was adopted by a wonderful & loving family that was a client of ours. Now she is named 'Niki' and has 3 other siblings to play with!
Jennifer Dahlstrand
Title: Receptionist Assistant, Technician Assistant
Joined Team: February 2005
Pets: 'Brandy' a pit bull mix, 'ChiChi' a Chihuahua mix, 'Beastley' a cocker spaniel mix, and 2 cats named 'Jasper' and 'Jasmine'
Hobbies: Spending time with my son, movies and reading
Favorite thing about my job: The people I work with and the animals we help
Favorite Hospital Memory: One day someone left a box at our front door while we were closed. The next morning we discovered the empty box that had an escape hole bitten through the cardboard. Within a few days we noticed two stray kittens hanging around the hospital. We caught them and I took them home with me! |
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Amanda, Connie, Roberta, Marilyn,
Chrissy, Sara
Amanda Lozinak
Title: Veterinary Technician
Joined team: August 1999
Pets: ‘Max' -border collie mix and 2 cats ‘Mooshoo' and ‘Squirt'
Hobbies: reading, scrap booking, fishing and hiking
Favorite thing about my job: meeting different people and animals
Favorite hospital memory: When I first started I had the opportunity to observe an emergency surgery. This was the first time I had seen surgery and it was extra special because we were able to save the dog's life.
Connie Busch-Obertz
Title: Veterinary Assistant and Receptionist Assistant
Joined team: September 2006
Pets: ‘Augie' - Wheaton terrier, ‘Toto' - Toy poodle, ‘Luna' - Catahoula leopard dog, ‘Bunny FooFoo' - rabbit and cats - ‘Zena', ‘Paula', and ‘Mischa'
Hobbies: motorcycle riding, hiking and playing with my children
Favorite thing about my job: learning something new everyday
Favorite hospital memory: All of the times I get to see an animal come in really sick, then leave with their tails wagging.
Roberta Headford
Title: Certified Veterinary Technician
Joined Team: January 2000
Pets: 28 cats, 1 dog, 1 newt and 6 birds
Hobbies: My pets
Favorite thing about my job: The people I work with and the ones I meet everyday
Favorite Hospital Memory: Helping to save the life of a cat named 'Squeaky.'
Marilyn Jackson
Title: Veterinary Technician
Joined Team: January 2004
Pets: 2 spoiled cats named 'Mojo' and 'Rascal'
Hobbies: Dancing and teaching dance
Favorite thing about my job: No day is the same, seeing all the different pets
Favorite Hospital Memory: The reaction of pets and their humans when they see each other for the first time after the pets have had surgery or been hospitalized.
Chrissy Corra
Title: Receptionist Assistant, Technician Assistant
Joined Team: July 2003
Pets: two cats named 'Little man' and 'Bubba', and a dog named 'Marley' a Shiba Inu
Hobbies: Shopping, interior decorating
Favorite thing about my job: How well we all get along
Favorite Hospital Memory: All of the doctors helping an elderly man's cat that wasn't able to urinate because of a blockage then charging him barely anything.
Sara Mas
Title: Kennel/Technician assistant
Joined team: October 2005
Pets: ‘Tasha' - pitbull, ‘Jasmine' - pygmy goat, ‘Cali' - alpine goat, ‘Cleopatra' - cat
Hobbies: Hiking, swimming, riding quads, riding horses and camping
Favorite thing about my job: Being a part of helping animals and having the chance to experience really interesting things such as surgery, etc.
Favorite Hospital Memory: The first time I was cleaning Nala and Sparty's litter box I needed to refill the pan. I asked Roberta and she told me to put 'yesterday's news' in the box. Well, I went looking for yesterday's newspaper not knowing that the cat litter was called 'yesterday's news'!!!! I told her that I couldn't find the newspaper and she just laughed. It was pretty funny!
Amy Zoeller (no picture available)
Title: Veterinary Technician
Education: Associate degree in Veterinary Technology from Northwestern CT Community College
Joined team: August 1998
Pets: ‘Violet' a domestic longhaired cat
Hobbies: chasing after my two small children and being a fulltime radiography technology student
Favorite thing about my job: the caring and supportive team I work with
Favorite hospital memory: whenever I see a dog ‘smile' and they truly do smile! |
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Holly Ann Kerns
 Title: Bookkeeper (and part time gardener, baker, and 'gopher')
Joined Team: Before there was a team. As the founder's wife I was present at the property closing in May of 1994. During that first summer of renovation Bruce and I did much of the finishing work ourselves including painting the exterior from top to bottom.
Pets: Presently there are 'Miss Sadie' our rather loud 1/2 Australian Shepard 1/2 Labrador Retriever mix, three cats including sisters 'Sandy-Mandy' and 'Dathlan' and our baby boy long-haired cat 'Maverick,' and a tank of fish.
Hobbies: Gardening, cooking, soccer, and always seeing the goodness in people
Favorite thing about my job: Planting the garden in the spring and bringing in cakes on coworkers' birthdays.
Favorite Hospital Memory: During our grand opening "Open House" my grandmother arrived in her wheel chair to see our hospital. A wheel chair and her failing health were not going to keep her away. She was so happy and proud to see what Bruce and I had built. She instantly became the hostess for the rest of the afternoon talking to our new clients and welcoming our guests. She is gone now, but her love and life energy is still very present within our walls. |
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