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Dr. Christopher E Yach , DVM |
Dr. Christopher
Yach, the owner and hospital director, attended the University
of Nevada at Reno
before graduating from Veterinary School at Colorado
State University
in 1987.
In 1988 he joined with
Dr. John Ensign founder of West
Flamingo Animal
Hospital and now a
current U.S. Senator.
Dr. Yach moved to Las Vegas, from Stevens
Point, Wisconsin (Go
Packers!!), at the age of three (just over twenty years ago.). He’s pretty sure
his parents had something to do with the move – unless he was kidnapped and brought
here by someone else. If so the kidnappers have been great parents! He has 4
siblings – of which he is of course the favorite.
Growing up he spent
lots of time mowing the yard, feeding the horses and doing landscaping for his
allowance. He has always had an intense interest in animals and their care.
He has a love of
surgery, complicated cases and of course any cute puppy or kitten. In addition
to his “day job” at West Flamingo, Dr. Yach also cares for the animals at the
Shark Reef and the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. So his patients include 10 foot
tiger sharks, crocodiles, sting rays, morey eels, rattlesnakes, gila monsters,
komodo dragons and even spiders (yuck!)
In his very
limited spare time Dr. Yach enjoys anything athletic like mountain biking, snow
boarding, tennis, etc…
He enjoys anything
challenging – currently sharks!
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Dr. Robin Miller , DVM Dr. Robin Miller
is originally from Downers Grove, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois
in 1985. After Veterinary School she spent a year at a mixed practice on the
eastern shore of Maryland. After that year she spent four years in Chicago before moving to Las Vegas
and joining the staff of West
Flamingo Animal
Hospital in 1990.
Dr. Miller’s
special interest is rabbits and she has quite a following of bunny patients.
Dr. Miller enjoys
gardening, working out at the gym and traveling. She happily shares her home
with her husband, dog, cat, rabbit and fish.
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Dr. Mary Margaret Gross , DVM Dr. Mary Margaret
Gross graduated from University
of Minnesota in 1995. She
joined the staff of West
Flamingo Animal
Hospital in November of
1996.
Dr. Gross is
originally from Twin Cities,
Minnesota. She moved to Las Vegas to accept a position here, even though she had
never been to Las Vegas
before her interview!
Her first love is
dogs – of all sorts. In her spare time Dr. Gross enjoys reading, music
(unfortunately, no talent – just as a spectator) and hiking. Her parents still
live in Minnesota
and she has three sisters and a brother.
Dr. Gross has a
male Pembroke Welsh Corgi who is a parvo survivor. He contracted the virus
before he belonged to her – she nursed (or doctored) him back to heath. He is
quite a character. She also has a female Doberman, with natural (floppy) ears
that make her extra cute, that she adopted from Doberman rescue.
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Dr. Sheila Billingsley , DVM Dr. Sheila
Billingsley graduated from the University
of New Hampshire and went on to University of Tennessee
for Veterinary School where received her doctorate in
1995. She joined the staff of West
Flamingo Animal
Hospital in 1998.
Dr. “B”, as we
like to call her, moved to Las Vegas right after
graduating from Veterinary School and worked at a clinic in Henderson before joining our staff. She is
originally from New Jersey.
In addition to
being a great, overall, small animal veterinarian Dr. B is also a certified
Veterinary Acupuncturist. She has many regular acupuncture patients who swear
by her ability to move their chi!
Dr. B enjoys any
kind of outdoor activity and spends her spare time with her husband of 12 years
and her 2 children who are 9 and 6
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Dr. LaShay Haggard , DVM Dr. LaShay Haggard
is one of those rare people who can say she was born and raised in Las Vegas. She went to
Veterinary school at Colorado
State University
and graduated in 2000. She joined the staff of West Flamingo
Animal Hospital
in August of 2000.
Dr. Haggard’s areas
of special interest include internal medicine and Chihuahuas.
In her spare time
she enjoys world travel, music, fly ball spectatorship and photography (of
which she claims to be an extreme amateur.) Her family includes Tasha – a 16
year old border collie mix, Spike – a 14 year old grey tabby cat, Mguu – a 4
year old orange tabby cat and Pici – 3 year old Chihuahua.
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Dr. Elizabeth Ley , DVM |
Dr. Elizabeth Ley
is originally from Ohio and graduated from Veterinary School
at Ohio State University
in 2001. She joined the staff of West Flamingo
Animal Hospital
in the fall of 2007. Before working here she worked at a small animal clinic in
Ohio and an
emergency clinic.
Dr. Ley has
special interests in small animal soft tissue surgery and internal
medicine. She also works with Dr. Yach
at the Shark Reef caring for the animals there. Dr. Ley is also active in
Greyhound rescue and Greyhound medicine.
Her hobbies
include playing tennis, sailing, playing the cello and studying geology. In her
spare time she spends time with her cute boyfriend (who lives in Las Vegas and is one of
the reasons she moved here!) and her sweet cat Liesl.
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Dr. Dennis Macy , DVM, MS Dip ACVIM Dr. Dennis Macy is
board certified in internal medicine and oncology. He received his Bachelor of
Science degree from Oregon State University
in 1967, then went on to Veterinary School at the University of California
where he received his Doctorate in 1971. After receiving his DVM, Dr. Macy went
to the University
of Illinois where he
earned his Master of Science in 1976.
Dr. Macy has
practiced veterinary oncology at West
Flamingo Animal
Hospital for 16 years.
When he isn’t in Las Vegas you can find Dr. Macy
at one of the two other hospitals he practices at either Cancer Care Specialist
in Anchorage Alaska
or Desert Veterinary Specialists in Palm
Desert California.
In addition to
being a veterinarian Dr. Macy has spent a good portion of his career as a professor
at University of Illinois
and Colorado State University.
Just to make sure
he doesn’t get bored he also lectures around the world on veterinary medicine
and veterinary oncology. When asked where he lives Dr. Macy will tell you he is
homeless unless you count seat 2A on United Airlines as he travels more than
100,000 miles a year giving lectures around the world. However; when he isn’t
traveling he splits his time between Nevada, Colorado, California and
Alaska. Dr. Macy really
enjoys the outdoors and his favorite recreational activities include fishing,
hunting, and hiking. He is also quite an accomplished chef especially with wild
game and fish.
Dr. Macy has two
daughters. The oldest is in medical school and the youngest is a senior at Emory University.
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Management
Ms. Penny McKay
Penny McKay joined
the staff of West
Flamingo Animal
Hospital, as the Practice
Manager in 2001.
Penny is
originally from Plattsburgh,
New York and at eighteen she
joined the Marine Corps and spent the next 11 years traveling all over the
world. She was stationed on both coasts of the United
States and spent a year stationed in Iwakuni, Japan.
During the first gulf war she spent 8 months in the middle east, mainly in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Her last duty
station was in Belle Chase, Louisiana, just
outside of New Orleans,
where she met her husband Greg. They spent five more years in New
Orleans before moving to Las
Vegas in 1999. After a brief stint working in gaming
Penny left that world for the kinder, gentler world of veterinary medicine and
has never looked back.
Penny enjoys
spending time with her husband and their two furry children, Sirius, a 7 year
old yellow lab and Bella, a 3 year old mixed breed who was part of an abandon
litter fostered at the hospital.
In her spare time
Penny enjoys hiking at Red Rock, cooking, reading, and watching Nascar. (Go
20!)
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Ms. Diann McClurkin No Biographical Data Is Currently Available. | 
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