Staff • Westlock Veterinary Center

Our Staff

From the front desk, to the exam room, to on-farm calls - our friendly, professional staff is here to serve you

Veterinarians

Dr. Collin Lawrence

Dr. Jake Murphy

Dr. Robert Lawrence

Dr. Patty Tulloch

Dr. Tannis Jackson

Dr. Reagan Cheshire

Associate Veterinarians

Dr. Brenden Hilgartner

Dr. Sarah Nowicki

Dr. Sarah Nowicki is a UCVM 2021 grad who has dreamed of being a DVM since the age of 4. She did her undergrad in Animal Health at the U of A and has a keen interest in small animal dentistry. We welcomed Sarah here in 2020 for her practicum in the height of the pandemic, Dr. Tannis wrote in her goodbye card that Sarah was "very useful and not allowed to leave". We are very glad she decided to stay! While she was here on her practicum she adopted a blind puppy named Finn to befriend her cat Cinder. When she is not here at WVC she is often reading, or hiking or enjoying time with friends.

Dr. Cali Lewis

Cali has been practicing since 2015, but may be a familiar face to many, having grown up in the area. Often found in the footsteps of her veterinary parents, Dr. Roy Lewis and Dr. Carol Shwetz, Cali is no stranger to veterinary medicine and the Westlock Veterinary Center family. Cali has two horses of her own, a blue heeler dog named Steady, and a cat named Mesa. She practices both in small and large animal veterinary medicine, but has special interest in equine care. In her free time, Cali can be found riding her horses, hiking or paddle boarding with her dog, and partaking in all things outdoors.

Dr. Megan Johnsen

Dr. Jolene Lawrence

Jolene graduated from WCVM in 2008 and joined the WVC team part-time in 2012. Jolene’s 3 children keep her busy on the days she is not here at the clinic! Since having children, Jolene has focused her interest in small animal medicine, even though she is very much looking forward to having a small herd of cattle at home. In addition to her cows, she also has a Labrador retriever, Skye, and 3 cats.

Dr. Roy Lewis

Dr. Roy Lewis gradated from WCVM in 1981 & was a partner here at WVC until 2013. His passion as a large animal practitioner for many years, mainly in bovines, brought out his interests in preventative medicine, fertility in bulls and cows as well as animal welfare. He has written numerus producer articles you will see in many magazines including, The Cattlemen and The Western Producer. Roy also teaches and examines the Veterinary students at the University of Calgary. He spends time doing some locum work for us here at WVC as well as semen freezing.

Dr. Megan Dick

Megan graduated from the University of Calgary in 2020. She grew up on an acreage outside of Athabasca. Megan is enjoying the diversity of mixed practice and has interests in dairy herd health, equine medicine, emergency medicine, and surgery of any kind. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her cats: “Bug”, a Sphynx, and “Fig”, a Cornish Rex. Some of her other interests include riding her horses, playing slo-pitch, and travelling.

Dr. Sven Pohl

Animal Health Technologists

Akke

Hannah

Karissa

Karissa started at WVC in OCtober of 2020. She lives in Dapp, where she raises and barrel races Quarter Horses. When she isn’t with her horses you will find her in the great outdoors cross country skiing. he grew up in Edson and started her RVT career at the local clinic there after graduating from Lakeland in 2006. After travelling for a few months, in 2009 she made her way to the Westlock area and worked in Barrhead. In 2013 she took a bit of a hiatus from the veterinary field she couldn’t be happier to be back!

Alana

Harley

Krysta

Cassandra

Jenessa

Lindsay

Lindsay is from the Onoway area where she lives with her husband and three kids on their little farm and became a member of the WVC team in June of 2021. She has horses, cats and breeds Rat Terriers. She graduated from Lakeland College in 2004 and has done many things throughout her RVT career, including specialty, mixed animal and exotics. Lindsay loves to spend her time with her kids outside, riding their horses, riding bikes or just playing in their yard.

Flo

Jessica

Jess grew up in Northern BC on her parents cattle ranch. She graduated as a tech in 2016 from GPPC Fairview. After moving back home and working in a busy mixed animal practice for 5 1/2 years she moved to Sturgeon County at joined us at WVC in November 2021. Her favorite things as an RVT are large animal surgery and anesthesia. Jess has two horses, Sage & Q, a cat, Auz, and an Axolotl, Axol. She enjoys spending as much time outside as possible, riding her horses, quadding or snowmobiling.

Rebecca

Clinic Assistants

Brooke

Diana

Jessica

Kailee

Customer Service

Ericka

Angela

Marcie

Nicole

Carolyn

Vanessa

Cheryl

Office Staff

Amy

Jenny

Janet

Ruth

Classy K9 Clipping

Bridget

Lorna

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