Seattle Veterinary Specialists
Downtown Seattle, WA

Dr. Megan Breit’s top priorities are the quality of life of her patients and ensuring their comfort. She is also passionate about diagnosing as well as treating cancer with traditional therapies such as chemotherapy and exploring new and better cancer therapies. While earning her master’s degree, she did research on a new therapy for canine melanoma.

Dr. Melody Cerra particularly enjoys treating trauma, shock, heat stroke, Addisonian crisis and sepsis.

Dr. Cerra enjoys hiking, mountain biking and skiing. She also likes traveling and adventures with her pit bull mix Quinn.

Dr. Bethany DeVilbiss loves surgery and enjoys all types of neurosurgery. Other clinical interests include seizures and neuro-oncology.

Dr. DeVilbiss enjoys mountain biking, rock climbing and snowboarding. She and her husband have four dogs – terrier Ava, shetland sheepdog Juneau, border collie Gibbs, and Chihuahua Pozzi; two goats – Dolly and Holly; chickens and ducks; Billy Bob the ball python; and Vulcan the bearded dragon.

Dr. Kayode Garraway's particular interests include gastroenterology, hepatology, endocrinopathies, nephrology including cystoscopy, and immune-mediated diseases.

Dr. Garraway enjoys soccer, football, camping and hiking.

Dr. Stephanie Garrity particularly enjoys treating toxicity cases, finding it gratifying to send home a patient who came in with a life-threatening condition.

Some of Dr. Garrity's favorite pastimes include hiking, cooking and attending live music shows. She also plays adult kickball. Chewy is her black mouth cur mix, and Milo is her boxer mix.

Dr. Michelle Gates enjoys the fast pace and variety of cases that present through the emergency service.

Dr. Gates has two sibling cats, Jack and Bailey, and a cattle dog mix named Rio. Other favorite pastimes include exploring beaches, Mariners games and visiting the many Seattle and Pacific Northwest breweries.

Dr. Akiko Koshino is skilled in all aspects of oncology. Her particular clinical interests include management of lymphoma and mast cell tumors as well as palliative and hospice care.

Dr. Koshino enjoys time with her husband, daughter, dog, two cats and a tortoise.

Dr. Rachel L’Heureux enjoys treating conditions such as urethral obstructions, chocolate toxicity and rodenticide toxicity because they can have fast and rewarding recoveries. She also finds rewarding treating pyometras and performing complicated wound repairs and foreign body removals.

Dr. L’Heureux enjoys snowboarding, running, cooking and going on adventures with her dog, Pistol Pete, a beagle/shorthair pointer cross.

Dr. Maura Lazzarotto came to us from general practice in Canada and Australia, focusing the last few years on advanced dentistry and oral surgery. She is a resident in our dentistry service and particularly enjoys treating root canals, orthodontics and jaw fracture repairs.

A world traveler, Dr. Lazzarotto lived for two years in India and has traveled throughout Africa. Some of her favorite pastimes include scuba diving, open water competitive swimming, hiking, running and salsa dancing. Agnes is her French bulldog, and Ryder is her cat.

Dr. Amanda Radek enjoys all aspects of emergency medicine, especially anything having to do with the heart.

Dr. Radek loves exploring the mountains and outdoors with her dog Chi.

Dr. Jennifer Reagan enjoys all aspects of small animal surgery.

Dr. Diane Saulnier is the recipient of the American College of Veterinary Radiology Resident Research Award for her master’s degree work on multidetector computed tomography with and without electrocardiogram gating of the canine heart and coronary arteries. Within her field, she is especially interested in all interventional procedures.

Dr. Saulnier enjoys skiing, hiking and gardening, and has logged over 100 scuba dives. Of course, she also likes spending time with her husband and daughter. The family has two cats, Keeper and Watson, and chocolate lab Moose.

Before veterinary school, Dr. Kate Wirth was in a toxicology graduate program studying the effects of food pesticides on colonial water bird populations, but soon realized she was more interested in medicine than epidemiology and population studies. Her clinical interests include endocrine disorders, immune-mediated emergencies and traumatic wounds.

Dr. Wirth enjoys running, skiing, boating, hiking, reading and cooking. She and her husband have two children, and their home includes many pets: German shepherd Lucy, cats Gus and Benny, and a variety of fish and invertebrates.