VCA Smoketown Animal Hospital

Bios

• Donald Shellenberger

  VMD

  Born and raised in Lancaster County, Dr. Shellenberger began his veterinary career at Smoketown in 1978. Dr. Shellenberger credits a great team of doctors and an excellent support staff for the current success of the practice. When not at the hospital, Dr. Shellenberger enjoys spending time with his wife, Ann, his three daughters, their husbands, four grandchildren, one grand-dog, and two grand-cats. He is an avid boater on the Chesapeake Bay and, of course, enjoys eating crabs.

• John Hall

  VMD

  Dr. Hall joined Smoketown Veterinary Hospital right out of veterinary school in 1980. He has been here ever since and especially enjoys the diversity of the practice. Noting the numerous doctors on staff, he sees this as an opportunity for each to develop a variety of special interests. Dr. Hall has several special interests himself, most of which were the result of owning several lovebirds, guinea pigs, and rats. He enjoys working with pet birds and pocket pets in addition to dogs and cats. Because behavior issues are a significant problem with birds, Dr. Hall has expanded his education to include behavior issues as well. Dr. Hall owns a Border Collie mix, named Gus and a purebred Blue Somali, named Phantom. In addition, he has rescued several stray cats which now enjoy the luxuries of indoor living. His aviary includes the following species: macaws, cockatoos, a Nanday conure, Pionus parrots, African greys, Eclectus parrots, a Toco toucan, a yellow-naped Amazon, a black-headed caique, an African ringneck, a violet-necked lory, budgies, lovebirds, cockatiels, finches, canaries, and pigeons. Dr. Hall is a veterinarian for the Operation Scarlet Shar-Pei Rescue. He also enjoys traveling, gardening, and gourmet cooking.

• Stephanie Herr

  VMD

  Dr. Herr is no stranger to VCA Smoketown Animal Hospital. She was a technician assistant and kennel assistant here from 1999-2000. The diversity of our caseload attracted Dr. Herr back in 2008. During her free time, Dr. Herr likes to spend time with her family and collect Gemstones. She has a 2yr old Beagle/Rottweiler mix named, Porter.

• Gayle Jaeger

  DVM

  Gayle H. Jaeger, DVM, MSpVM, DACVS, a native of Long Island New York, received her Bachelor's of Science from Syracuse University and earned her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from North Carolina State University. She completed an academic internship at Oklahoma State University and a specialized surgical internship in Orlando, Florida at Affiliated Veterinary Specialists. Dr. Jaeger then returned to North Carolina State University for her surgical residency training while earning a Masters degree in Specialized Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Jaeger was inducted into the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2004. Dr. Jaeger worked with California Veterinary Specialists in San Marcos, California specializing in Orthopedics and Surgical Oncology.

• Gayle Jaeger

  DVM

  Gayle H. Jaeger, DVM, MSpVM, DACVS, a native of Long Island New York, received her Bachelor's of Science from Syracuse University and earned her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from North Carolina State University. She completed an academic internship at Oklahoma State University and a specialized surgical internship in Orlando, Florida at Affiliated Veterinary Specialists. Dr. Jaeger then returned to North Carolina State University for her surgical residency training while earning a Masters degree in Specialized Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Jaeger was inducted into the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2004. Dr. Jaeger worked with California Veterinary Specialists in San Marcos, California specializing in Orthopedics and Surgical Oncology.

• Jonathan Goodwin

  DVM

  Jonathan received his veterinary degree from Tuskegee University. He completed his internship in 2000 at the Coral Springs Animal Hospital, and then went on to complete a cardiology residency at Purdue University from 2005 to 2008. Dr. Goodwin is a Diplomate of The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology).

• Sarah Urban

  DVM

  Originally from Green Lane, PA planted roots on the countryside of Conestoga, PA. Dr Urban started veterinary school at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine on the island of St. Kitts, West Indies, she transferred to Oklahoma State University School of Veterinary Medicine in August 2010. I enjoy spending time with my "coconut" retriever "Lassie" whom I adopted while living in the Caribbean and hiking with my other dog "Delilah". Her other interests include trail running, horseback riding, organic gardening, and flyball. Veterinary medicine interests include animal rehabilitation, sports medicine, acupuncture, chiropractics, nutrition, herbal medicine, and international veterinary aide programs.

• Jason Tomes

  DVM

  Berks Veterinary Ultrasound was started in 2003 by Dr. Jason Tomes. Dr. Tomes grew up outside of Chicago and did his undergrad work at the University of Illinois. He continued his education at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1983. He then completed a one-year post-doc medicine, surgery and teaching program at Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1984 he moved to Berks County and worked in general practice until 2003. At that time he started Berks Veterinary Ultrasound and has limited his practice to mobile ultrasound work since. He has been ultrasounding patients since 1993, after having purchased one of the first machines for general veterinary practice in Pennsylvania. Dr. Tomes has been actively involved with the International Veterinary Ultrasound Society since 2006, and currently sits on the Board of Directors. In addition to IVUSS, Dr. Tomes is a member of the Veterinary Ultrasound Society, American Veterinary Medical Association, Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association, and the Schuylkill Valley Veterinary Medical Association. Locally, Dr. Tomes has been on a number of TV programs and co-hosted a weekly radio show about pet health care. In his spare time Dr. Tomes enjoys travel, bicycling, skiing, scuba diving, reading, cooking, gardening, music, working on his pond, spending time with family, and trying to understand quantum/subatomic physics. He and his wife currently have one dog, a Giant Schnauzer. Much to the relief of his wife, he has extricated himself from soccer coaching and soccer boosters.

• Leann Murphy

  VMD

  Dr. Murphy grew up in Lancaster and attended Conestoga Valley High School. Her family had a wide variety of pets and livestock on their farmette and she enjoyed caring for all the different species. She is the daughter of Dr. John Kreider, who was on staff at Smoketown Veterinary Hospital for 21 years, so she is quite familiar with the hospital and staff. She worked here in 2006 as an animal care attendant and again in 2009 while preparing for veterinary school. After receiving her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Messiah College, she earned her doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, playing tennis, spending time with her husband Ryan, and visiting with her family and their two Boxers, Zeke and Jodie. Dr. Murphy is excited to be back in her hometown joining the team at such a high quality hospital. .

• Chris Sicuranza

  VMD

  Dr. Chris Sicuranza is a York County native, growing up in Seven Valleys and attending Dallastown Area High School. From there he attended the University of Delaware and graduated in 2006. He received his medical training at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and graduated as a large animal major in 2010. Afterwards, he practiced bovine medicine in the Santa Barbara area of California before returning to Pennsylvania to practice small animal medicine. His interests include fishing, camping, disc golf, and beekeeping.