BluePearl Pet Hospital
Blaine, MN

Anesthesia and pain management have always been of interest to Dr. Alexia Berg, as well as cases involving trauma, toxicities, sepsis, wounds and environmental conditions.

Dr. Berg enjoys rugby and soccer, traveling, camping, hiking, skiing, canoeing and biking. Ellie and Porkchop are her dogs, and Nibbler and Winnepeg are her cats.

Dr. Carly Campbell enjoys the hands-on nature of surgery as well as the opportunity to improve the quality of life for our beloved companions.

Dr. Campbell adores her cats, Leiah and Meeps, and together they watch ice hockey, each wearing a personalized Chicago Blackhawks jersey.

Dr. Alex Cermak enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine, particularly treating ear infections, wound management and draining abscesses.

Fond of woodworking, Dr. Cermak also likes spending time with his wife, two children and two dogs. The family especially likes outdoor activities like canoeing and fishing.

Dr. Lauren Cunningham's professional interests include diseases of the kidney, specifically protein-losing kidney disease, and fungal disease.

Dr. Cunningham likes spending time with her boys, border collie mix McLovin “Mac” and mini Australian shepherd Martin Scorcheezie “Cheese.” She also enjoys landscaping and decorating her home.

Dr. Megan Duffy has a number of clinical interests to include electrochemotherapy, rescue therapy for relapsed lymphoma in dogs, creative treatment of atypical lymphomas, and pain control. She is fascinated by injection-site sarcomas in cats and is actively looking at new ways to battle the disease, and she feels she’s getting closer to finding a better way to treat large cell gastrointestinal lymphoma in dogs. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation are also fields of interest.

Dr. Duffy trains for and competes at dog events – obedience, rally, agility and conformation – with her Belgian Tervuren. She also enjoys traveling, hiking, reading and skiing.

Dr. Emily Edstrom enjoys all aspects of oral surgery, to include root canals and extractions, but she is particularly interested in treating different forms of oral tumors.

Dr. Edstrom enjoys the Minnesota lakes with her husband. Other favorite activities include rock climbing, camping and traveling. Their Labrador mix enjoys the Minnesota weather.

Dr. Bishoy Eskander finds emergency surgeries, like gastric dilatation volvulus, laryngeal paralysis and hemoabdomens, especially gratifying because the patients are extremely sick when they come in but leave with their tails wagging within days. He also enjoys orthopedic and minimally invasive surgeries.

Dr. Eskander is an avid volunteer at his church working with youth groups and teaching Sunday school. After playing competitively for 10 years, he still enjoys soccer. He has two dogs, lab mix Hersheys and Viszla/pit bull mix Maverick.

Dr. Margaret Gordon enjoys all aspects of emergency medicine. For a number of years, she owned a yoga studio, with twelve employees, while practicing as a veterinarian.

Dr. Gordon spends her free time with her family, including a dog and two cats. She also trains for marathons and hopes to run one on all seven continents.

Dr. Erin Griebie particularly enjoys CT angiography, a test that combines a CT scan with an injection of dye to produce pictures of blood vessels and tissues. Her research during her residency was focused on using this type of imaging, as well as ultrasound, to image characteristics of hepatic, or liver masses.

Dr. Griebie and her husband enjoy running, biking, skiing, fishing, sailing, camping and traveling. They have one son and two pets, yellow lab Cedar and cat Amos.

Dr. Donnell Hansen frequently speaks on on dentistry and oral health topics for the veterinary community. She has a particular interest in cancer care and repair of traumatic injuries.

Dr. Hansen enjoys spending time with her husband, also a veterinarian, her son and daughter, and a brigade of beloved pets.

Dr. Andrew Jackson is active in the veterinary community, often speaking at veterinary conferences and meetings and having served on several committees for the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Dr. Jackson’s hobbies include skiing, music and reading. He enjoys spending time with his family and many pets.

Dr. Tony Jarchow's specific clinical interests include gastrointestinal, neurologic and endocrine diseases.

Dr. Jarchow enjoys running, playing and watching sports, live music and movies. His dogs are Mac, Cheese and Pickle, and his cat is Olive.

Because it allows for a significant improvement in visualization during the procedure and provides comfort for the animals, arthroscopy is one of Dr. Kathryn Kaufman's favorite procedures, specifically knee arthroscopy. She also enjoys TPLO or extracapsular repair for cruciate disease, and elbow and shoulder arthroscopy. Other clinical interests include treating luxating patellas and fractures, and thoracic and cardiac surgeries, such as PDAs and lung lobe removals.

Dr. Kaufman volunteers at animal shelters performing spay and neuters and other needed surgeries. She loves antiques, and Starbucks is a soft spot for her, but her favorite things in life include family, friends, music and walking her dogs, pit bull-boxer mix Isabella and German shorthaired pointer Keela.

Of course, Dr. Megan MacLellan loves radiographs and ultrasounds, but her favorite diagnostic imaging studies include computed tomography (CT scan) of the abdomen and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain.

Dr. MacLellan competes in strength and conditioning competitions. Winston is her black-and-white terrier-pointer mix, and Charlie is her pitbull-boxer mix.

Dr. Alyssa Mourning enjoys all aspects of internal medicine.

Dr. Mourning spends most of her time with family and friends including her husband, sons, five cats and a briard. Dr. Mourning’s other hobbies include reading, spending time outdoors, and watching professional Minnesota sports.

Before joining BluePearl, Dr. Jenifer Myers was a clinical instructor at the University of Minnesota, where she received the Clinical Teaching Award and prestigious Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award.

Dr. Myers’ family includes a black lab named Dixon, a cat named Dante, and a dressage horse named Twister.

Dr. Kara Nelsen considers client education one of the most important aspects of her job, and as a graduate of the veterinary college at University of Minnesota, with its renown Urolith Center, she particularly enjoys educating clients on disorders of the urinary system.

Dr. Nelsen volunteers her time with the nonprofit organization Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) in Minnesota. She has two cats, Yoshi and Princess Peach, and a hamster named Fluffy.

Dr. Preeya Patel's particular clinical interests include pain management, rehabilitation and geriatric medicine.

Dr. Patel has a pitbull mix, Billie, and two cats, Edith Peaches and Bugsy Anne.

Dr. Brett Rabe left the world of computer engineering for veterinary medicine. He is particularly drawn to toxicology cases and imaging, especially using ultrasound to achieve a quick and accurate diagnosis. Similarly, he loves endoscopy and the opportunity to provide non-invasive solutions for some problems that classically required a surgical approach.

Dr. Rabe volunteers with University of Minnesota veterinary students on Native American reservations in Minnesota. He enjoys backpacking, canoeing, camping and biking, and likes playing games with his wife and three kids. The family pets include Husky-Labrador mix Preston, two feline brothers, Herman and Sherman, garter snake Serena.

Dr. Mallory Salcedo is particularly interested in shock and resuscitation including microcirculatory monitoring, SIRS/sepsis, respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation.

Dr. Salcedo’s favorite pastimes include riding horses, spending time in the garden and yard, painting, and visiting family in California. Jezebel and Tonka are her two pugs, and Mushu is her Himalayan cat.

Skilled in all aspects of emergency medicine, Dr. Kalina Spiczka particularly enjoys critical cases and soft tissue surgery.

Dr. Spiczka and her husband have a daughter. The family has three dogs, three cats and many horses who they enjoy raising, training and showing. They also like hiking and spending time at the lake.

Dr. Sean Teichner has special interests in kidney, nasal and gastrointestinal disease in both dogs and cats, as well as abdominal ultrasonography and endoscopic procedures such as gastroduodenoscopy, cystoscopy and rhinoscopy.

Dr. Teichner wrestles with his furry family at home, consisting of black lab Abby, chocolate lab mix Rogue, and an always mischievous cat, Lt. Fuzz. He loves playing racquetball, rock climbing, biking, skiing and cooking.

Dr.Jeff Yu enjoys all aspects of small animal surgery. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Veterinary Orthopedic Society, and American Zoo and Aquarium Association.

Dr. Yu enjoys spending time with his wife, sons, horses, dog, two cats and fish in his saltwater aquariums. He can frequently be found fishing, camping, hiking and white water rafting.

Jessica’s has a passion for keeping patients healthy and happy one clean, pain-free mouth at a time. She particularly enjoys tooth extractions and endodontic procedures. Jessica provides continuing education and has been published in the NAVTA journal. She loves to spend time in the outdoors with her two dogs, Darla and Lady.