BluePearl Pet Hospital
Renton, WA

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

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
• Bachelor of Science, Animal Health Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Seattle Veterinary Specialists, WA
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames
• Bachelor of Science, Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames

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.

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology)
• Residency, Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus Master of Science, Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus
• Internship, Medical Oncology, BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Tampa FL
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Animal Hospital Specialty Center, Highlands Ranch CO
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman
• Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman

Dr. Kristen Davignon was always encouraged to follow her passion. After volunteering with her family veterinarian, she knew her two passions were medicine and animals. She finds the variety of cases she encounters in emergency medicine exciting and challenging and loves being there for the pets and their families.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman
• Bachelor of Science, Biology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

Away from the hospital, Dr. Davignon enjoys running, riding her horse Floid, fostering dogs and traveling to other countries.

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

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Residency, Small Animal Internal Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan Bachelor of Science, Agribusiness, Arizona State University, Mesa

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

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care
• Residency, Emergency & Critical Care, DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital, Portland OR
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, California Veterinary Specialists, Pomona
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Western University, Pomona CA

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

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State, Pullman
• Bachelor of Science, Zoology and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle

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. Diana Jooste worked with both large and small animals in Colombia and Brazil before practicing in the U.S. Her particular clinical interests include anesthesia and treating toxicity and wound cases.

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, La Salle University, Bogotá, Columbia

Dr. Jooste loves running and hiking with her Australian cattle dog Jaks. She also likes to learn new languages, and in addition to English, she is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Dr. Sacha Malkowski enjoys all aspects of emergency medicine.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospitals, New York City
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Western College, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Bachelor of Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Malkowski loves to travel and has seen over half the Seven Wonders of the World. She has two cats, Trigonometry (Trig), a brown tabby, and Dr. Lance Sweets (Sweets), a tuxedo.

Dr. Susan Mehain’s special interests include immune-mediated conditions, gastrointestinal (GI) disease and endocrinopathies, which refers to disease that affects the endocrine system. She enjoys performing endoscopic procedures to examine the upper and lower GI tract.

• Residency, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman
• Master of Science, Veterinary Science, Washington State University, Pullman
• Internship, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Washington State University, Pullman
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
• Bachelor of Science, Applied Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

In her spare time, Dr. Mehain likes outdoor activities such as hiking, boating and skiing. She has a mixed-breed dog named Sandy and a miniature poodle named Magic.

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

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, East Bay Veterinary Specialists and Emergency, Walnut Creek CA
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
• Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of California, Irvine

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.

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care
• Residency, Emergency & Critical Care, Animal Emergency Center, Milwaukee WI
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Denver CO
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman
• Bachelor of Arts, Zoology, Washington State University, Pullman

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. Hannah Poole particularly enjoys treating sepsis, trauma and coagulation disorders.

• Internship, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Seattle Veterinary Specialists-BluePearl, Kirkland WA
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville
• Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville

Dr. Poole travels at every opportunity. She also likes hiking and exploring Seattle with her retired racing greyhound Braleigh.

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.