Marilyn
B. Weber, VMD - Practice Owner
Dr. Weber is currently on the committee of the
Veterinary Foundation, Secretary of the
Jersey Shore Veterinary Medical Association, works on the Alumni
Association at the University of Pennsylvania and
was recently elected president of the VMAS, was
voted Veterinarian of the Year in 1988 and 2000, and
holds membership to the
American Veterinary Medical Association,
New
Jersey Veterinary Medical Association
and the
Jersey Shore Veterinary Medical Association,
and is a member of the South Belmar Environmental
Commission. She does a great deal of charity work
for stray animal organizations, and several local
rabies clinics. Dr. Weber has a mixed breed
dog named Widger, and 5 cats.
Marisa
Sabia, DVM
Dr. Sabia joined our veterinary staff in June 2002.
Dr. Sabia is a 1999
graduate of the University of Georgia. She is a
member of the
American Veterinary Medical Association
and the
Jersey Shore Veterinary Medical Association, and treats exotics
and pocket pets. Dr. Sabia has 2 mixed breed
dogs, Aspett and Linus, a doberman, Jade, and two
cats.
Wendy Lichtig, DVM
Dr. Lichtig was on our
veterinary staff for several years in the late 90s,
and joined us again part time in fall 2006. Dr. Lichtig is a 1997 graduate of Colorado State
University School of Veterinary Medicine, and a
member of the
American Veterinary Medical Association. A certified veterinary
acupuncturist, she enjoys yoga and gardening. As
well as a human child, 4 year old Leo, Dr. Lichtig
has two rescued dogs; Blue, a greyhound, and Pedro,
a mixed breed from Mexico, and 6 cats.
David B. Ackerman, DVM
Dr. Ackerman joined
our veterinary staff in April 2007. He is a 1973
graduate of Cornell University School of Veterinary
Medicine. His past experiences include a brief stint
as an equine veterinarian in Canandiagua, NY and a
practice owner for 10 years in Newburgh, NY. Dr.
Ackerman enjoys scuba diving and yoga and is a
member of the
American Veterinary Medical Association,
New
Jersey Veterinary Medical Association,
Jersey Shore Veterinary Medical Association, and the Society of
Aquatic Veterinary Medicine. He has a mixed breed
dog named Kiku.
Nicole A. Feddersen, DVM
Dr. Feddersen joined our veterinary staff in August
2007. She is a Midwesterner and graduated from Iowa
State University College of Veterinary Medicine in
1994. She has enjoyed living and working in
different areas of the country including
Charlottesville, Va, and Chicago, IL. She practiced
at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital for many years and
is very pleased to be joining our staff. Dr.
Feddersen is a member of the AVMA, NJVMA, Jersey
Shore VMA and Metropolitan VMA. She and her husband
enjoy the company of their two dogs Farley and
Gabby, along with their three cats Purrl, Frankie
and Mac.
Candi Coursen, our Practice Manager,
celebrated 26 years of employment with Sea Girt Animal
Hospital in February 2007. A member of
Veterinary
Hospital Managers Association, she has an 11 year
old mixed breed dog named Scupper. Candi
Coursen marked 25 years of employment In Feb 2006.
LeeAnn Ficarra, our senior technician joined
our staff in
April of 1995. She is also a pet sitter and enjoys
taking care of pets outside of the work place. LeeAnn a mixed-breed named Carter and
lives with an assortment of cats, birds, and fish.
Mary Cousins started as a tech with us in
November of 2000. Even though she is highly
allergic, she perseveres in her employment here due
to her love of animals. She has a white cat named
Shiro.
Lynn Herbert, a tech since January 2004,
really loves her job and tells “work stories” to her
four children, ages 8 to 18. She has two turtles,
two miniature Pinschers named Pogo and Cujo and a
cat.
Shannon Lockhart, began her
veterinary techincian emloyment with us in
February 2006, joining us after a year of school
in upstate New York. Shannon has a terrier mix
named Budweiser.
Sandy Wesolowski, has been employed with us since
1985. She started as a part time vet attendant,
became a technician, and has spent the greatest
portion of her employment as receptionist. Sandy has
a 4 year old daughter, Devyn, and two mixed breed
dogs, Cassidy and Marti.
Audra Zammit, our head receptionist, began
her employment here in late 2001. She has 3 Shetland
Sheepdogs, Shayne, Shelley, and Sasha. A self-proclaimed breed snob, she
can always be seen in the waiting room when Shelties
are near. Audra is expecting her first child,
a baby boy, in October of 2007.
Connie Ziegler, a receptionist since 1997, is
very active with animal rescue. Connie has two
Boxers, Stussie and Nalu. Connie has 2 human
children, three year old Zak, and Benjamin, born
March 2007.
Kate Black joined our receptionist staff in
August 2002. Having grown up with horses, she now
has 2 cats, Cujo and Patches. She loves dogs
also and is the proud new owner of a male chocolate
lab puppy named JJ.
Shannon Peterson began her employment as
receptionist in May 2003.
She has 3 rescued cats; BC, a blind cat that
came in as as a stray, also Colin and Kairi,
adopted from the shelter.
Christine Matzer, employed with us since
April 2007, has several years experience as a
veterinary technician. She has 2 miniature pins, Cricket
and Reeses, and a pit bull named Gator.
Brenda Madden, a veterinary technician with us
since April 2007 has a year prior experience with
the Jersey Shore Emergency Service. She has an
American Eskimo named Sasha Bell and two cats, Allyster and Mia.
Christina Pietsch has been working as a
technician with us for the past few years during her
breaks from college. Following graduation in June
2007 with a Bachelors in Animal Science and a minor
in wildlife conservation, "Peach" is back with us
full time. She has a mixed breed dog named Jetty.
Stacey Kanetzky-Kidney is our newest
employee, joining our receptionist staff in
November, 2007. Stacey has been in the veterinary
field for almost 9 years as a kennel attendant,
technician and receptionist. She has Petie the
pitbull, 2 cats, a bearded dragon and a finch. |
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