BluePearl Pet Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
Our Vets

Dr. Jordan Assenmacher is particularly interested in stabilizing and diagnosing trauma and critically ill patients.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center, PA
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Bachelor of Science, Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Dr. Assenmacher enjoys sports, and walking/running with his dogs: Australian shepherd/English setter mix Ozzie, Pembroke Welsh corgi Udo, and mixed breed Tess. His cat is named Remington.

Dr. Elisabeth Close is particularly interested in pain management and internal medicine cases, particularly immune-mediated diseases and endocrine disturbances.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Nashville Veterinary Specialists, TN
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg VA
• Bachelor of Science, Anthropology and Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Dr. Close enjoys bike touring, hiking and running. She also loves cooking, reading and traveling with her husband who is also a veterinarian. The couple has a dog named Aspen and two cats, Mona and Cayenne.

Dr. Megan Cullen’s clinical interests include corneal disease, feline surface ocular disease, corrective eyelid surgery and cataract surgery.

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
• Master of Science, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan
• Resident, Ophthalmology, Kansas State University, Manhattan
• Internship, Ophthalmology, Kansas State University, Manhattan
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas, Cary, NC
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
• Bachelor of Science, Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Dr. Cullen has two wonderful cats, Zyras and Tuna, and a 19-year-old mare named Grace who is a pasture potato. Her partner is an entomologist at the University of Michigan and they love hiking and enjoying the outdoors together. Additionally, Dr. Cullen is an avid runner and is very much looking forward to getting back into competitive horse riding (eventing).

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Dr. Sydney Dudley is part of our emergency medicine training program for clinicians. She finds soft tissue surgery, trauma, wound management and internal medicine cases particularly gratifying to treat.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Dr. Dudley enjoys hiking, kayaking, working out, crocheting and spending time with her three dogs.

Dr. Leah Girard is an emergency clinician. Her particular interests include soft tissue surgery, treating and stabilizing trauma patients, and urinary obstructions in cats.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Bachelor of Science, Biology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI

An outdoor enthusiast, Dr. Girard likes hiking, kayaking, camping, hockey and traveling. She also enjoys music and dancing. Her pets include German shorthaired pointer Captain, Schnauzer/poodle mix Duke, cat Mac and Russian tortoise Torti.

Dr. Tamilselvam Gunasekaran is interested in interventional cardiac procedures, as well as arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies.

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
• Residency, Cardiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Graduate Fellow, Small Animal Clinics, Madras Veterinary College, India
• Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Madras Veterinary College, India

Dr. Gunasekaran enjoys painting and metal detecting. He has four sons and three dogs.

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Dr. Kevin McKenna served as an infantryman and veterinarian with the U.S. Army before joining us. Stabilizing and treating trauma patients is his favorite aspect of emergency medicine, and performing soft tissue surgery is one of his favorite procedures.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Bachelor of Science, Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ

Dr. McKenna enjoys soccer, running, kayaking, hiking, reading and video games. He and his wife, a primary care veterinarian, have two boys. The family has a dog, Ghost, and three cats. Oscar, Clover and Kaelee.

Dr. Kelly Stewart is particularly interested in internal medicine cases, especially endocrinopathies and immune-mediated disease.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Detroit MI
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Shippensburg University, PA

Dr. Stewart’s favorite pastimes include hiking, reading, canoeing and running with her Australian shepherd, Lilly. Crash is her mixed breed dog, and Fuzz and Jezabella are her cats.

Dr. Genna Taulbee enjoys stabilizing sick patients and seeing them improve throughout hospitalization so they can go home with their families in better shape than when they arrived. She finds wound management particularly gratifying.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital, Southfield, MI
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Taulbee enjoys painting, camping, gardening and cooking. She has a cat named Ember and a dog named Boss.