Dr. Lynn Sharples

Dr. Sharples grew up in the Lansing area and began working at Miller Animal Clinic in the kennels while she was in high school. While earning her Bachelors in Animal Science, she worked at several dairy and horse farms. She married Dr. Anthony Kooney in 1993 and received her DVM from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. She has two young daughters and many cast-away pets. She enjoys riding horses and almost any outdoor activity. Dr. Sharples grew up in the Lansing, MI area and began working in the kennel at Miller Animal Clinic when she was in high school.  While earning her Bachelors degree in Animal Science she worked at several dairy and horse farms.  Dr. Sharples married Dr. Kooney in 1993, and received her DVM from Michigan State in 1994.  She has two young daughters, and many cast-away pets.  She enjoys riding horses, and almost any outdoor activity.

Dr. Anthony Kooney

Dr. Kooney was born and raised in Wyandotte, MI.  He received his Bachelors degree in Microbiology from MSU in 1984, and went on to do research in Diabetes at Rockefeller University in New York, NY.  Dr. Kooney came back to Michigan and interned at Miller Animal Clinic for three years while he pursued his Degree in Veterinary Medicine.  After graduating in 1990 he worked as a large and small animal practitioner for 9 years.  He returned to Miller Animal Clinic in 1999 to focus primarily on small animal medicine and surgery.  He currently lives in DeWitt with his wife and two daughters, where he tends to a modest apple orchard, and enjoys cross-country skiing and gardening. 

Dr. Alice Martel

Dr. Martel grew up on a small beef cattle farm in Eaton Rapids, MI.  After graduating from Michigan State with a Masters Degree in Botany and a Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences she taught 8^th grade science for 11 years in East Lansing.  Dr. Martel then went back to school, and in 1980 graduated with her DVM from Michigan State.  She has worked at Miller Animal Clinic since 1981.  Dr. Martel is married to Dr. Glenn Miller and they have one cat.  In her spare time she enjoys playing the banjo and guitar, singing, tap-dancing and teaching aerobics.

Dr. Deanna Rendel

Dr. Rendel grew up in Ann Arbor and also Rochester, MI.  She graduated with her DVM from Michigan State in 1991, and started working at Miller Animal Clinic in 1992.  She is married and has two sons.  Her family also includes three dogs, four cats, a guinea pig, and a fish named Oscar. 

Dr. Monica Riegler

Dr. Riegler graduated from Michigan State with her DVM in 1997.  She practiced in Vicksburg, MI for one year, and then moved back to Lansing.  She worked at Eastside Animal Hospital with Mary Seager for 7 years before coming to Miller Animal Clinic in 2006.  She has a wonderful husband, Tony, and two lovely children, Aubrey, and Steven.  Her pets are a Boston Terrier, BoSock, and a cat, The “T”.

Dr. Catherine Westaway

Dr. Westaway has lived in Michigan since 1995.  She graduated from Portage Central High School, and went on to do her undergraduate studies at MSU.  A 2006 DVM graduate, Dr. Westaway is very excited to begin her career as a Veterinarian at Miller Animal Clinic.  In her spare time she enjoys many outdoor activities and sports, particularly camping, swimming, and skiing.  Dr. Westaway is also the proud parent of a crazy lab mix named Putter, and two cats, Evie and Merrick.

Dr. Teri Sexton

Dr. Sexton grew up in Arcadia, California.  In 1982 she received her Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and Religious Studies from the college of Notre Dame in Belmont, CA.  She graduated from MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1992.  After graduation she worked at the Michigan Humane Society Veterinary Hospital and Shelter in Auburn Hills, where her focus was on companion animal and shelter medicine.  Dr. Sexton is currently practicing part time at Miller Animal Clinic and serves as a relief veterinarian for other local veterinary hospitals as well.  She volunteers at the Westside YMCA, is an avid swimmer and cyclist, loves to romp with her dogs and write poetry. 

Cindy

Practice Manager

Cindy started her career in veterinary medicine twenty-one years ago as a receptionist, in San Jose, CA.  She graduated in 1987 with an Animal Science/Veterinary Technology certificate from Houston Community College. She worked as veterinary technician for eleven years. In 1998, she made a career move to veterinary management. She attended the Veterinary Management Developing School through AAHA in 1998. She completed the Practice Management Certificate Program through Michigan State University and The Eli Broad College of Business in 1999.

Cindy joined the Miller Animal Clinic team in 2004. She resides in Davison, Michigan with her family, which includes three dogs and two cats. She enjoys gardening, cooking, & golf.

Licensed Veterinary Technicians

Licensed Veterinary Technicians are integral members of our health care team.  They are entrusted with diverse medical responsibilities that include animal nursing care, laboratory specimen analysis, surgical assistance, anesthesia, radiographic imaging (x-ray), nutritional management, dental cleaning, physical therapy, and client education. These varied duties afford the veterinary technician a profound impact on every aspect of patient care. Approximately two years of academic training is required for veterinary technicians.

Receptionist Team

Veterinary Assistants

Kimberly

Intern

Kimberly has worked at Miller Animal Clinic since November 2000. Her many jobs here include, kennel assistant, veterinary assistant, receptionist, surgical assistant and intern. She completed four years of pre-vet studies. Kimberly now attends Dental Hygienist School and plans to graduate in June 2008. She has a yellow lab named Chester, Sheba, a black cat and a beta fish named Sherman.

Aimee

Intern