BluePearl Pet Hospital
Lee’s Summit, MO
Our Vets

Dr. Eugene Ervin has worked as a veterinarian in a mixed animal practice, at a private veterinary research facility and at a busy small animal practice. He is always prepared to perform needed surgeries, whether it is a simple laceration or a gastric dilation volvulus.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia
• Bachelor of Science, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield

Dr. Ervin enjoys hunting, fishing, camping and hiking. He and his wife have two boys and two girls, not to mention a Great Pyrenees named Bert, a cat named Tiki, three Nubian goats and a flock of chickens, ducks and geese.

Dr. Hayley Hunt finds cardiac and respiratory cases extremely interesting. She enjoys emergency surgery such as splenectomies, GDVs and critical lacerations.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames
• Bachelor of Science, Animal Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Dr. Hunt is a huge Arkansas Razorback football fan. Her favorite hobby is horseback riding, and she has four dogs: three Labradors and one English bulldog who runs her life!

Dr. Karissa Severud finds orthopedic diseases and internal medicine conditions the most gratifying to treat. She is interested in exotic animal medicine and enjoys discussing ideal husbandry and environmental conditions for exotic animals.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, BluePearl Pet Hospital, Overland Park, KS
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan
• Bachelor of Science, Animal Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan

Dr. Severud has three dogs that she refers to as “the girls,” one of which is a puppy with medically managed portosystemic shunts. She also has a cat and a snake. She enjoys being outside, training with “the girls,” working out and running half marathons with her mother.

Dr. Brianna Thorne is part of our emergency medicine training program for clinicians. She is interested in all aspects of emergency medicine, especially critical patients.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan
• Associate of Applied Sciences, Veterinary Technologies, Colby Community College, KS
• Bachelor of Science, Animal Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan

Dr. Thorne enjoys watching baseball, fostering dogs and kittens and spending time with her family and pets.