Meet Our Veterinarian Team

Dr. Kremer has been a veterinarian and medical director at Northgate Animal Hospital for 18 years. He studied at The Ohio State University (2005 Graduate). He enjoys surgery and seeing the immediate improvement it can provide. He likes to be able to assist people with their pets to improve their lives. He likes to hang out with his wife, two daughters, 4 dogs, 3 cats, 1 horse, 1 pig, 16 goats, 35 chickens,5 ducks, and 5 fish aquariums.

Dr. Rock has been a veterinarian at Northgate Animal Hospital for 5 years. He studied at The Ohio State University. Originally from Northeast Ohio, Dr. Rock moved to Columbus in 2013 to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a veterinarian, after almost 20 years working in advertising as a graphic artist. He completed his undergraduate in both the arts and biology and attended The Ohio State University to complete his veterinary degree. Dr. Rock joined the Northgate Hospital in the summer of 2018. Dr. Rock’s passions include all animals with a particular interest in geriatric medicine/welfare, rescue animals, small companion pets, and birds as well. Dr. Rock enjoys gardening in his free time, as well as, meditation, and recently has rediscovered his love for yoga. He and his spouse share their love together with their 5 senior dogs, 4 cats, 2 parrots, and 5 chickens.

Brittany has been a veterinary technician at Northgate Animal Hospital for 3 years. She studied at Sinclair Community College. Brittany prides herself with having a strong work ethic and a sound understanding of the relationship between goals, application, and outcomes. Brittany wanted to understand the intricacies of veterinary medicine, to help both animals and their owners experience a better quality of life which lead to her educational studies to become a credentialed veterinary technician. Brittany enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and fur babies.

Courtney is our Practice Manager at Northgate Animal Hospital. She studied for 2 years at Morehead State University and 4 years at the University of Cincinnati. Courtney is the newest member of the Northgate Animal Hospital. She has spent the last 10 years working in the industry with previous experience working in both AAHA-credentialed emergency and specialty veterinary medicine. Courtney enjoys the bond she makes with not only pets but their people too. She holds a Fear Free certification and especially appreciates helping senior pets and those that are anxious and stressed during vet visits. Her superpower is meeting and collaborating with people. Outside the animal world, Courtney spends her past time reading new novels, visiting new wineries and breweries, spending time at home with her blended family of 6 and she enjoys traveling all over the world to experience different cultures.

Jeffree has been a CSR/inventory manager at Northgate Animal Hospital for more than 10 years. Jeffree enjoys the challenge of working in veterinary medicine and she appreciates that there is never a slow or boring day when you work at Northgate. She loves when she can reunite a lost pet with their family by hunting down microchip info. She also loves trying to find affordable medications for our clinic and clients as an inventory manager. In her free time, Jeffree enjoys gardening. She considers herself a “plant hoarder” and can usually be found across the street at Lowe’s buying plants from the discount rack. In the evenings she also enjoys playing fetch with her standard poodle Dandy.

Tina has been a veterinary technician at Northgate Animal Hospital for 23 and a half years. She studied at the University Of Cincinnati. Tina is the cat-wrangling queen of Northgate Animal Hospital. She prides herself as the #2 Catheter master and is known as the maintenance guru for our hospital. Tina likes being able to care for special needs cats and hospice cats as well. In her free time, Tina likes to avoid people at all costs by staying home with her husband and 8 furry felines.

Emma has been a veterinary assistant at Northgate Animal Hospital for 5 years. She studied at Fairborn High School and Greene County Career Center. Emma has always had a passion for caring for animals. Emma was in 4H for 9 years taking on various projects which included dogs, rabbits, veterinary science, and others. Emma participated in skill-a-thons, judging animal events for dogs and rabbits as well! Emma’s joy is seeing her patients feel better after administering treatments. Emma likes to spend time with her husband her family, and her fur baby Daisy. Emma also enjoys listening to music, attending concerts, watching movies, going for long drives to new places, decorating for the holidays, and being a volunteer for Fairborn Junior Farmers 4H Club.

Sonya has been a veterinary assistant at Northgate Animal Hospital for 1.5 years. She studied at Edison State – Veterinary Technology Program. She enjoys working with nervous, anxious, aggressive, and reactive animals. She prides herself on loving on every Doberman that walks through the door. She loves to learn about new treatment methods to help our patients. In her free time, she loves to travel, go hiking, drink wine, and watch trashy reality TV. She loves to go to concerts, cook at home, and stay at home with her husband and her pets.

Roy has been a custodian/ handyman assistant at Northgate Animal Hospital for 6 years. He studied at Ravenna, Ohio. Roy enjoys being able to take care of the custodial problems around the hospital. Roy is the ultimate handyman who is able to help keep our hospital running in tip-top shape. In his free time, Roy loves spending time with his family and his many grandchildren.

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Kayla has been a veterinary technician at Northgate Animal Hospital for 5 years. She studied at Miami – Jacobs Career College and graduated in 2017 Veterinary Technician with An Associate of Applied Science. Kayla has always been very passionate about working with animals, but what drew her to this field of work is the ability to also help people. She is the type of person who is always willing to learn new treatments to offer pets. Kayla loves to hang out with her pets, family, and children. In her free time, she loves going to the gym and crossfit.

Sarah has been a receptionist at Northgate Animal Hospital for more than 15 years. She studied at Dayton, Ohio. She prides herself on being empathetic to a patient’s needs and she takes a lot of pride in being patient and understanding in regards to what her patient needs. In her free time, She enjoys exploring Pinterest for new ideas as well as she enjoys looking at antiques and gardening in her free time.