VCA Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic offers a full spectrum of specialty services across numerous veterinary disciplines, including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Radiology, Cardiology, and Behavior. The breadth of our services ensures that every patient receives the highest quality and most comprehensive veterinary care available. Our specialty departments are staffed by caring specialists with years of advanced training and experience, and they are dedicated to helping your pet become well again.
We invite you to explore the biographies of our VCA Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic veterinarians and staff and learn more about them. Our hospitals team of doctors and staff are highly trained and experienced professionals, who are ready to assist you and your pet whenever a health problem arises. Additionally, our team of doctors work together on a daily basis to ensure that every patient under our care receives the most thorough and up-to-date care possible. As you will see in our biography section, our staff has a wide variety of backgrounds and interests, but, above all, a love of animals and a desire to provide the very best care for them.
VCA Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic has long-standing relationships with several highly respected board-certified specialists located nearby to whom we can refer you if necessary. While our on-site general practitioners and specialists provide excellent care for your pet, we sometimes find that diagnosing and treating a pet’s condition requires further consultation with an outside specialist.
Dr. Kristen Hutchinson grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where she completed her undergraduate studies in biological sciences at the University of Guelph. She then attended the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), graduating with honors in June 2012. Afterward, she moved to Maryland to undertake a 1-year rotating small animal internship at Veterinary Referral Associates. Driven by her passion for emergency and critical care, she completed a 3-year residency in Emergency and Critical Care at Veterinary Referral Associates. She relocated to California and became a board certified specialist in the field.
In addition to her...