BluePearl Pet Hospital Avondale, AZ Our Vets

Dr. Marlayna Barnard’s special interests include anesthesia, surgery and the integration of acupuncture with Western veterinary medicine.

• Certification, Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Acupuncture, Small Animal
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Emergency, Veterinary Specialists of Rochester, NY
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Ross University, St Kitts & Nevis, West Indies
• Master of Science, Anatomy and Neurophysiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Dr. Barnard enjoys traveling, hiking, camping, gardening and family time. She has many pets, including dogs, cats and an African sulcata tortoise.

Dr. Megan Farris is passionate about continuing education and teaching others about veterinary medicine. She enjoys working on cases relating to internal medicine conditions such as kidney and autoimmune diseases. She is professionally interested in emergency surgical procedures such as foreign body removal and gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) treatment.

• Clinical Rotation, Texas A&M University, College Station
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Ross University, St. Kitts
• Bachelor of Science, Microbiology, Arizona State University, Tempe

Outside of work, Dr. Farris enjoys outdoor activities with her dog Luna, such as hiking and camping. She also likes to indulge in fictional and personal development books.

An experienced senior emergency clinician, Dr. Dino Herrera’s special interests include traumatology, reconstructive soft tissue surgery and many types of emergency soft tissue surgery.

• Internship, National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, Mexico City
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veracruz, Mexico

Dr. Herrera grew up in various parts of Mexico and has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, Central America and Europe. Along with travel, he enjoys photography and spending time with his family and pets, Dante, an English bulldog, and Fernando, a Sphinx cat.

Dr. Francesca Lanfranchi is part of our emergency medicine training program for clinicians. She is particularly interested in triaging and stabilizing emergency patients as well as performing surgeries.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ
• Bachelor of Science, Small Animal Science, Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA

Some of Dr. An Nguyen’s clinical interests include neurology and ophthalmology cases and soft tissue surgeries, such as gastrointestinal obstructions and C-sections.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
• Bachelor of Science, Veterinary Science, University of Arizona, Tucson

Dr. Nguyen likes outdoor rock climbing, playing basketball and playing the piano. She has a heeler mix named Rocky.