BluePearl Pet Hospital
Renton, WA

Dr. Laura Ahlgrim loves emergency and critical care medicine and is especially interested in anesthesia.

Dr. Ahlgrim lives with her two cats, Pizza and Yeti, and a brindle pit bull named Ginger. She enjoys hiking, backpacking and yoga, and volunteers with the Seattle Youth Garden Works.

Dr. Andrew Allison’s particular interests include emergency surgery and initial treatment/stabilization of internal medicine cases, particularly immune-mediated disease and diabetic ketoacidosis.

Dr. Allison enjoys playing soccer, mountain biking, skiing, standup paddle boarding, kayaking, and travel. He also likes taking his two pit bull mixes, Leo and Lilah, and Doberman Trice, camping, hiking, and running.

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.

The unknown of emergency medicine keeps Dr. Davignon on her toes. She loves the variety of cases and being there for the pets and their families.

Dr. Davignon enjoys traveling, baking, running and riding her horse Rain, aka Rainman, a track thoroughbred who will lick you like a dog when you rub his forehead.

Dr. Lauren Devine finds it gratifying to treat and manage chronic urinary disease, gastrointestinal disease and endocrine diseases such as hyperadrenocortism, but she especially loves laser ablation therapy and diagnosing conditions with endoscopic procedures.

Dr. Devine's favorite pastime is reading. She also loves to travel and hike with her dogs, Scout and Halley. Dragon, Wolf and Yossarian are her three cats.

Dr. Jeff Douglas’ particular clinical interests include cardiac disease and endocrine disease. He also enjoys soft tissue surgery resulting from injuries such as bite wounds and trauma.

Dr. Douglas loves watching and playing sports, especially hockey, soccer and basketball. He also enjoys hiking, canoeing, camping and bike riding. Jack is his mixed breed dog.

Dr. Mitchell Fults' clinical interests include shock resuscitation, sepsis, pain management and trauma.

Dr. Fults likes cooking, building furniture and drinking beer. He and his wife have a terrier mix named Rogue, a cat named Sophie, and three turtles that live in an outside pond.

Dr. Beth Guerra has a background in exotic animal medicine and enjoys treating these pets along with cats and dogs. Her favorite cases are trauma patients, and she is also part of our team that treats hemodialysis cases.

Dr. Guerra and her husband are collecting an assortment of small, mostly three-legged dogs. She enjoys anything culinary and spends her days off kayaking and reading.

Dr. Pete Hetrick has special interests in emergency surgery and internal medicine cases.

Dr. Hetrick spends time with his wife, three sons, and Australian shepherd Mars. If you can catch up to him, he might be running, biking, telemark skiing, backpacking, alpine climbing or fly-fishing.

Dr. Hannah Lewis particularly enjoys treating toxicity cases, immune-mediated diseases, and metabolic emergencies.

Dr. Lewis enjoys hiking, yoga and reading. She has a border collie mix named Abu who loves playing Frisbee and chasing squirrels.

Dr. Nidhi Menon has worked on poultry, dairy and sheep farms in India and Scotland, and in general and emergency practices in the U.S. She particularly enjoys surgical procedures and treating trauma, diabetic ketoacidosis, and Addisonian crisis.

Dr. Menon's favorite pastimes include hiking, diving, reading fiction and finding new music to listen to. She also admits to spending time worrying about whether or not her adopted dog Asha, a rescued Plott hound mix, has a good life.

Dr. Gabriel Ng loves all aspects of emergency medicine especially surgeries.

Dr. Ng and her husband love climbing, hiking, yoga, eating and traveling. They have four furry family members: Korra, Kala, Macklemore and Tuna.

Skilled in all aspects of emergency and critical care medicine, Dr. Andrea Oncken’s favorite procedures are emergency surgeries, but she also enjoys complicated illnesses with multiple abnormalities, such as heatstroke, which affects all organs of the body. Other interests include toxicology cases, challenging endocrine cases and multi-traumas. Dr. Oncken loves sharing her expertise in the field and has taught a two-week course in the subject every year for over 15 years at Oregon State University’s veterinary teaching hospital.

Dr. Oncken volunteers teaching a K9 handler course to police officers and other first responders. An avid runner, she also volunteers with Girls on the Run, a program to help young girls start running. Other favorite pastimes include hiking, fitness, traveling, music and playing or running with her yellow lab, Diego.

Dr. Alan Schreiner particularly enjoys gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal/urinary and cardiology cases, especially those that offer the added challenge of diagnostic and interventional endoscopies.

Dr. Schreiner volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America, often mentoring Eagle Scout candidates.

Dr. Nicole Stair has special interests in emergency surgery, neurologic emergencies and toxicology.

Dr. Stair’s family includes her husband, son, sweet but neurotic rescue lab mix, and two very hairy tuxedo kitties. Look for her in the kitchen, where she enjoys cooking and baking.

Dr. Weh finds satisfaction in the managing the complexities of veterinary surgery and is especially interested in minimally invasive surgery, trauma, and fracture repair.

Dr. Michael Weh is particularly interested in orthopedic and neurosurgery, including surgical conditions of the joints and ligaments, fracture treatment, spinal cord problems and developmental orthopedic disease. He has a strong interest in minimally-invasive soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, and oncologic and trauma-related skin and reconstructive surgery. Prior to joining BluePearl, Dr. Michael Weh served as an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Georgia.

Shannan chose her field because of the bonds she forms with clients and patients, often with chronic conditions. Her particular interests include endocrine, immune-mediated, and chronic kidney diseases. Shannan has worked as a trail veterinary volunteer for the Iditarod Veterinary Medical Team and has three huskies of her own, in addition to a tabby cat with extra toes.