Our Doctors

Meet Our Staff

Tiffany Johnson

Tiffany, is the Office Manager at Frederick Veterinary Center and is usually seen greeting customers, filing paperwork and working on the website. She also helps coordinate marketing efforts and assisting customers.

Tiffany moved back to the East coast after a brief time in Los Angeles. She grew up in the area and lives with her gray cat, Sesshomaru.

Tiffany's favorite time of the year is autumn because of the crisp air, changing leaves and abundance of pumpkins. Tiffany's future plans are to travel to Chicage and Dubrovnik.

Sarah Michaud

Sarah is a new addition to the Frederick Veterinary Center, but she is already indispensable, as the receptionist. Sarah is the smiling face you see as you enter the doors and she takes care of answering the phones, scheduling appointments, office preparation and invoicing.

Sarah recently moved to the Frederick area after growing up in Baltimore. She has one sister, a cat – nephew and her own dog, Roy. Roy is a Blue Tick Coon Hound that she rescued from animal control.

Sarah’s favorite time of the year is autumn because of the changing leaves and crisp air. Sarah wants her future travel plans to include another trip to Scotland as well as a road trip around the U.S. to all of the Major League Baseball Parks.

Christina Hurley

Christina has been a staple of Frederick Veterinary Center for over nine years. Her job duties have included everything from assisting the doctors to office work. Christina is our resident “advisor” because she knows how to do almost everything.

In addition, Christina is a firefighter and attends graduate classes at Mt. St. Mary’s in the Elementary Education program. Christina also holds a B.S. in Animal Science from Virginia Tech.

Christina lives on a family farm where she raises Hereford Cattle and helps her boyfriend with his greenhouse business. Christina has a German Shepherd, Smokey, an assortment of cats and two horses, Molly and Odie.

Christina loves spring on the farm because the family is always busy with planting and she also loves winter because of the beautiful snow.

Leo Hackmer

Leo has worked for eleven years as our part-time Veterinary Assistant. He assists doctors and technicians with medical procedures and he is also our all-around handyman who fixes everything, around the clinic, from gates to light bulbs to doors.

Leo is married with one son, Stephen, and his family also consists of four other animals – three dogs, Jada, Lacey and Tito and one cat, Tiger.

While Leo works he dreams of taking a trip to Ireland, the birthplace of his ancestors. He also looks forward to the combination of sun, cool air and colors associated with his favorite season, Fall, every year.

Becky Reeder
Becky, a part-time veterinary technician with Frederick Vet Center, assists with appointments by holding animals, running laboratory machines and client communication. Becky also assists with the kennels by walking and feeding the animals.

Becky has grown up and lived in Frederick for her entire life. She has three cats, Rupert, Juice and Bianca, three dogs, Rusti, Max and Remy and two miniature donkeys, Sugar and Spice. Becky recently earned her certification as a veterinary technician.

Cool night, changing leaves, pumpkin pie, apple cider and pumpkins characterize Becky’s favorite time of the year – fall.

Adrian Whicker, RVT

Adrian is a Regional Veterinary Technician assisting our veterinarians with surgery, exams and diagnostic procedures. Adrian holds a B.S. in Biology from Eckerd College, earned her RVT Certificate in 2008 and has been a Vet Tech for three years.

She has two cats, Annie and Ozzie, and a Black Lab named Loki.

After Adrian’s wedding in the Fall of 2009 and her twelve day cruise to the Mediterranean, she plans on suffering through the winter months until her favorite season, Spring, rolls back around.

Lauren Ward

Lauren is a senior at Linganore High School and participating in a work-study program at Frederick Veterinary Center where she helps care for boarding pets and assists the veterinarians with their patients.

Lauren already owns three pets – A Lab and Golden Retriever mix named Chloe, a Westie named Mimi and a Red Ear Slider turtle named Squiggles. She also recently added a Guinea Pig, Jelly Bean, to the mix and hopes to open her own boarding facility when she’s older.

While Lauren’s favorite time of the year is Fall, she’d give up the leaf-laden trees for a week in Hawaii!

Alissa Purtee

Alissa Purtee attends Linganore High School and works for Frederick Veterinary Center part-time as kennel staff. She walks the dogs, feeds animals and assists with other kennel duties.

Alissa is a middle child, with two other sisters in her family and she plans on going to college for deaf studies and special education teaching in Pennsylvania. She has a few animals at home, including four cats, two dogs, one fire-bellied toad, two fish and numerous chickens.

Alissa is excited about the return of Spring, one of her favorite seasons and given the chance she’d travel to the Bahamas or Hawaii.