Seattle Veterinary Specialists
Kirkland, WA

Dr. Jenna Arnaiz is particularly interested in managing seizures in crisis, and stabilizing shock and cardiology emergencies.

Dr. Arnaiz enjoys watching kids' sports, running and cross-training. She’s also a fan of the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners. Lola is the family’s basset hound mix.

Dr. Katherine Bibi enjoys all aspects of neurology and neurosurgery. From a clinical perspective, she is passionate about spinal surgery because of the difference it can make in the daily lives of her patients and their families. From an academic perspective, she values the process of neurolocalization and predicting how clinical observations correlate to imaging and surgical findings.

Dr. Bibi is a trained dancer, and she continues to take classes and develop choreography. She also enjoys barre, yoga, traveling and staying active outdoors.

Dr. Kelly Blackstock’s special interests are ventilation and coagulation medicine, specifically fibrinolysis associated with trauma.

Dr. Blackstock's favorite pastimes include triathlons, rock climbing, learning the cello, and being lazy on the beach. She has two dogs: Jack Russell-Chihuahua mix Gideon, and Shiba Inu Bruce.

Dr. John Buikema went back to college and veterinary school after serving four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. His particular interests include wound repair, endocrine emergencies and cardiac emergencies.

Dr. Buikema’s favorite pastimes include hiking, mountain biking and motorcycling. He and his wife have an tabby cat named Attila.

Dr. Alaina Carr’s particular clinical interests include working with and diagnosing patients with hepatobiliary and urinary tract disorders, such as portosystemic shunts and feline ureterolithiasis.

Dr. Carr is married and has two dogs. She enjoys landscape photography and riding competitive upper level dressage.

Dr. Choy's professional interests include lymphoma, transitional cell carcinoma, localized tumor treatment with electrochemotherapy and translational cancer research through cooperative clinical trials and research projects with both local and national institutions including the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to improve patient care in both animals and their owners. He has co-authored studies and book chapters in feline lymphoma and mammary tumors.

Married with two children, Dr. Choy's favorite pastimes include nature and wildlife photography, RV and international travel, vegetable gardening, cooking, tennis and cycling. The family has three cats, Kiwi, Smokey and Bobo, as well as a large assortment of fish, shrimp, snails and aquatic life in their aquariums.

Dr. Amarpreet Deol is a small animal medicine & surgery intern. Her particular clinical interests include exotic animal cases and ophthalmology.

Dr. Deol’s hobbies include reading, hiking and spending time with family and friends. She has a Chihuahua mix, Yorkshire terrier and a parakeet.

Dr. Mark Engen has been a practicing surgeon for many years and owned his own surgery practice for almost forty years. Skilled in all aspects of surgery, his particular interests include orthopedics, sports medicine, total hip replacement, regenerative medicine and minimally invasive surgery.

Dr. Engen enjoys outdoor activities, especially fishing and skiing. He is married with two adult children. The family pets include a German short-haired pointed, Shiba Inu and two ragdoll cats.

Dr. Shawna Fujita is an intern in our surgery service. She is very interested in orthopedic and minimally invasive surgery.

Away from work, Dr. Fujita enjoys hiking and spending time with family. She has three dogs.

Dr. Kyle L. Granger Jr. is a small animal medicine & surgery intern. He finds veterinary medicine especially gratifying and enjoys managing emergency and trauma cases.

Dr. Granger loves dancing, singing in the shower, working out and helping his community. After a long day, he enjoys winding down with TV and his dog Gracie Mae.

Dr. Alice Huang worked as a visiting assistant professor of small animal internal medicine at Purdue University conducting research on hematology, particularly platelet disorders, which she is still particularly interested in, as well as immune-mediated disorders and urinary disorders. While she offers mostly non-invasive procedures, she does enjoy performing endoscopy, including cystoscopy and bronchoscopy.

Dr. Huang loves throwing pottery (on a potter’s wheel, of course.) Other favorite pastimes include cooking, being outdoors and spending time with her husband. Clementine Pennyfeather is the family’s Siamese mix who experienced head trauma prior to adoption and now has a left leg that doesn’t quite do what she wants it to.

Dr. Frances Hurrell enjoys all types of procedures, especially arthrocentesis and endoscopy. Her favorite conditions to treat include immune disease, gastrointestinal disease (including esophageal disorders), and renal disease (especially acute renal failure management).

Originally from New Zealand, Dr. Hurrell loves traveling back to visit, and to other places around the world. She also enjoys reading, watching movies, playing tennis and snow skiing.

Dr. Dakotah Kidd is a small animal medicine & surgery intern. She is especially interested in emergency and critical care medicine.

Dr. Kidd’s hobbies include hiking and dancing. She has a border collie named Alfie that she enjoys running with.

Dr. Ryan Leal is a surgical intern. He enjoys minimally invasive approaches to surgery and treating emergency trauma cases and orthopedic cases. He is also a licensed attorney.

Dr. Leal enjoys traveling, outdoor activities and exploring new cities with his significant other. He has a tabby cat named RJ.

Dr. Ken Linde co-owned a mixed animal veterinary practice in British Columbia for 23 years, where he focused on small animal surgeries and dairy medicine. He decided to pursue advanced training in surgery because he feels the field provides him the opportunity to make an even more positive and often immediate difference in the well-being of an animal. His clinical interests include minimally invasive procedures, hepatobiliary surgery, adrenalectomy, intrathoracic surgeries and fracture repair.

Married with five grown children, Dr. Linde is now raising a German short-haired pointer. His other hobbies include windsurfing, kiteboarding and vintage motorcycles.

Dr. Olga Maderich is a small animal medicine & surgery intern. Her clinical interests include neurology and neurosurgery, as well as canine sports medicine, orthopedics and animal behavior.

Dr. Maderich is a professional pet photographer and competes in dog shows with her Great Danes.

Dr. Mikaela Mueller’s clinical interests include complex congenital heart disease and the management of acquired cardiac disease and congestive heart failure.

Dr. Mueller enjoys tango dancing, being outdoors and riding her Friesian horse Ollivander, aka Roel. She has a beagle-boxer mix named Brandy, and a cat named Nigel.

Dr. Sarah Pope is a small animal medicine & surgery intern. She has experience with procedures including thoracostomy tube placement, thoracocentesis, abdominocentesis, minor wound repair, unblocking feline urethral obstructions and venous cut-downs.

Dr. Mona Qahwash enjoys all aspects of neurology.

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. Alexandra Reist is a surgery resident with a special interest in surgical oncology and orthopedics.

Dr. Reist enjoys traveling, camping, skiing, and hiking with her dog, Pavlov.

Dr. Jennifer Rubinstein has worked exclusively in emergency medicine and has an affinity for geriatric herding dogs.

Dr. Rubinstein is fond of doing just about anything outdoors, especially horseback riding, skiing and hiking. She and her husband have three children, four dogs, five chickens and a horse.

Dr. Masami Seplow has been practicing acupuncture and Chinese herbs for many years and finds it gratifying to see joint and post-surgical pain alleviated using this treatment in her patients. With rehabilitation, she is able to see improved quality of life in her geriatric patients suffering from arthritis, weak hind limbs and muscle wasting, as well as patients with a variety of post-surgical issues.

Dr. Seplow admits to being a crazy Chihuahua lady and currently has four who she adopted from rescue organizations or the streets of Los Angeles.

A fan of the fast pace of emergency medicine, Dr. Jennifer Spooner’s favorite emergencies to treat include polytrauma, sepsis, and endocrine and cardiovascular emergencies.

Some of Dr. Spooner’s favorite pastimes include hiking, skiing, cooking, traveling and going to baseball games.

Dr. Lauren Sprague finds the fast-paced world of emergency medicine rewarding. Her clinical interests include treating trauma patients and those in shock.

Dr. Sprague enjoys exploring the nearby state and national parks, traveling, photography, reading and cooking. She has one cat named Cas.

Dr. Julie Stoka-Hanley enjoys seeing all types of cases but particularly likes treating trauma cases.

Some of Dr. Stoka-Hanley’s favorite pastimes include hiking, tennis and baking. She has a pit bull mix named Rowena and a lab mix named Mordecai.

Dr. Mélodie Tardif-Faessel is a small animal medicine & surgery intern. Her clinical interests include emergency & critical care, internal medicine and dermatology.

Dr. Tardif-Faessel’s interests and hobbies include baking, horseback riding and hiking. She loves golden retrievers and has two, Molly and Cody.

Dr. Nicole Tey is a dedicated emergency clinician. Her particular interests include wound management, cardiac disease and endocrine disorders.

Some of Dr. Tey’s favorite pastimes include bouldering, board games and knitting. She has a dog, two cats and two ferrets.

Dr. Kent Vince joined our team after spending 12 years of service as a Veterinary Corps Officer in the United States Army. His clinical interests include orthopedic surgery and treating traumatic injuries in dogs. He has presented at numerous national and international veterinary meetings and won research awards from both the Veterinary Orthopedic Society and American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

An avid world traveler, food lover, mountain biker and skier, Dr. Vince enjoys time with his wife, daughter and three dogs. The family enjoys the Pacific Northwest and all of the cultural and outdoor activities it has to offer.