Dr. Aurora Bibb grew up in Texas and attended veterinary school at Texas A & M University. Dr. Bibb started as an employee here at El Gato Veterinary Hospital, and then in 2012, she decided to buy the practice! She loves veterinary medicine and building strong client/patient relationships that last for multiple generations.

She also loves the outdoors, hiking with her dogs, traveling, and running. She is also involved in search and rescue with her two Labrador Retrievers, Kodi, and Roo. Kodi is a search and rescue dog and Roo is a search dog in training for human remains detection. She also has two chihuahuas, Willow and Charlie, and four cats.

Dr. Christina Waller grew up in Huntington Beach, California. She moved to Davis, California, where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Genetics from the University of California at Davis in 2000.  She remained in Davis and graduated in 2006 with her DVM from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Waller loves forming relationships and lasting bonds with her patients and their parents. She enjoys challenging internal medicine cases, surgery, and behavior.

Dr. Waller’s family includes her husband Mark, two daughters Anna and Emily, her black lab Brock Lee and two cats Hazel and Cantaloupe. Her spare time is mostly occupied by activities with her children including being a Girl Scout Troop Leader, volunteering at school and teaching Art Vistas. She enjoys traveling, trips to the beach, working out, hiking, running and spending time with friends.

Dr. Griffel (or Dr. Sarah) was born and raised is Squirrel, Idaho on her families farm. This is where her strong work ethic and love for animals began. She followed her dream and graduated from Washington State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. After Veterinary school she became a large and small animal doctor, eventually starting a mobile large animal practice. Living in rural Idaho she has even practiced medicine on elk, buffalo, wolverines and grizzly bears!

In her “spare time” Dr. Sarah is deeply involved in “scent specific trailing” with her search dogs, Remi and Millie two wonderful Bloodhounds! They are trained to locate missing persons. Dr. Sarah is also our resident chicken doctor. She loves chickens and will be happy to help you care for your backyard flock! We are so happy to have her here with us.

Lisa has spent much of her life caring for animals and will continue to do so, as her love for animals is unparalleled. She comes to us with 18 years of experience in the veterinary field. When you call you will see Lisa’s passion through her hard work, knowledge, and dedication to you and your pets. Lisa’s friends and family describe her as a kind, generous and compassionate person and we are very happy to have her with us here at El Gato. Lisa shares her heart and her home with her own kitties: Remy, Harlo, Higgans, Peyton, Johnny, Kendall and a dog named Bob Barker. She also has a big, lovable Pit Bull named Luca!

Steven is transitioning from the hospitality industry to veterinary medicine and has always had a love for animals. While new to the veterinary field, he chose El Gato to start his four-legged journey and is excited to be able to help out animals.

Kathryn has been at El Gato Veterinary Hospital for over 30 years, and she loves it so much that it feels more like a hobby than a job. She is a Registered Veterinary Technician and has been clinically trained by the best veterinarians in the valley. Kathryn loves to travel and spend time with her large Italian family.

Kathryn also shares her home with Louie (pictured), Millie, and Darla, a senior dog rescue, and her two cats, Clouseau and Mrs. Potts!

Heather recently passed her RVT exam and is a graduate of Carrington College. She has two rescue dogs, Odie and Mikey, and her two horses. When she isn’t working, she is riding her horses. She is dedicated to her job and always strives to learn something new.

I have always dreamed of working with animals and have been in the field for 5years.  Currently, I am taking classes to gain my RVT license. I have a one-year-old son and love spending all of my free time doing fun things with him and my family. I have a special place in my heart for pit bulls and hope to travel to New Orleans and volunteer at Villalobos Rescue Center.

Hi my name is Aimee, I have been a vet assistant/ client service coordinator for 3 years. I graduated from De Anza Community College and received by AA degree in Communication Studies and in  Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Science. I enjoy working with pets and interacting with their pet parents! I currently share a house hold with three lizards and two beta fishes. On my off time I enjoy going on hikes or staying just staying home and watching movies. 

A veterinary technician currently training to become a Registered Veterinary Technician, Megan is a Bay Area native who has worked at El Gato for several years. She loves helping our clients’ animals, and her personal pets at home are a dog named Abby and a cat named Skittles. In her spare time, Megan enjoys traveling and dancing to country music. Under her sparkling, smiling persona is a very creative person. Megan once created a gift that she called “around the world with food,” and she decorates water bottles. Both the right and left sides of her brain are working!

I was born in Bordeaux, France but lived most of my life in California. It has always been my passion to work with animals and so I am studying to become a DVM. I attended college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and am currently studying at Western University of Health Sciences. I love meeting and working with new animals. I have enjoyed all the gained experience from working at various veterinary clinics, zoos, wildlife centers, farms, and school. I continue to learn every day with the help of El Gato which strengthens my love for vet med.

I took the photo last year (May 2019) at the end of my first summer working at El Gato—I was already really looking forward to coming back. I absolutely LOVE working at El Gato because it is are such a friendly and nurturing environment. The doctors are incredibly kind and thoughtful to the staff as well as always willing to offer me help and mentorship towards further my education. The rest of the staff is incredibly brilliant and such good teammates. The care given to the animals is the standard I believe most vet clinics ought to have. We all work well to support and help one another at El Gato which makes us even more efficient and extraordinary.

I am a graduate from UC Davis with a degree in animal science. I specialized in animal behavior with a focus on animal welfare. My passion is with animals and being able to improve the quality of their lives in any way I can. I have two dogs Milo and Ari that I love to take on hikes. I also have two guinea pigs, Perry and Oats who are the perfect lounging buddies.