Our Staff

Our team members work hard to serve your needs and those of your pets. We aim to provide the highest quality medical and surgical care, friendly and compassionate service, and a clean and inviting atmosphere. To contribute successfully to our efforts, team members must be willing and able to offer ideas and suggestions, accept tasks and responsibilities beyond their regular job descriptions and maintain a high degree of self-respect, emotional maturity and personal accountability. In return, we strive to offer our team members regular continuing education opportunities, team-building opportunities and a respectful and encouraging environment in which to work.

Wanted: Experienced Veterinary Receptionist and Public Relations Coordinator

**Veterinary Reception Experience Required**

Responsibilities include:
Prompt, professional multi-line phone answering
Scheduling appointments to maximize patient flow
Daily and monthly bookkeeping
Maintaining client correspondence
Organizing and maintaining the hospital work flow
Light animal restraint, some lab sample preparation
Client education
Business promotional activities
Hours include some evenings and occasional weekend shifts

Your strengths include:
Self confidence
Exceptional customer service skills including conflict resolution
Strong, detail-oriented clerical and recordkeeping skills
Ability to multi-task well and can work independently during slow times
Good computer skills

Our ideal candidate is poised, gracious, compassionate and maintains a sense of humor and a Zen-like sense of calm during moments of frenzy. Ability to handle a variety of personality types is paramount. Love of animals is a given, ability to communicate that same devotion and respect to our clients is your gift. Your creativity and commitment to community will be used in spearheading marketing ideas, and you will actively participate in promotional events both on and off site.

* Smokers Need Not Apply*

NATALIE M. WARREN, DVM

Dr. Warren received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Colorado State University in 1999. After vet school, she left her beloved Rocky Mountains for western Washington to be closer to family. She has since expanded her veterinary medical expertise by working in a variety of settings including rural large-animal practice, suburban small-animal hospitals and urban emergency centers. She has also enjoyed providing relief veterinary service to area animal shelters.

Continuing education and organized veterinary medicine are a passion for Dr. Warren, and she enjoys many opportunities to contribute to the veterinary community. She sits on the Executive Board for the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association, is a member of several WSVMA committees, and is the founder and President of the Pierce County Veterinary Society.

In her free time, Dr. Warren enjoys bicycling, skiing, gardening, and tearing up the streets on her Ducati motorcycle. She spends quieter times with her horse, her spotted dog and two striped cats in their North Tacoma home.

KEISHA REIS, Licensed Veterinary Technician

Keisha is a California native, but moved up to Washington in 2000. She enjoys the great northwest outdoors, and can be found out in it gardening, kayaking, hiking and backpacking. She graduated from Pierce College with an Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology, and has recently received her Bachelors of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology from St. Petersburg College through their distance learning program. She shares her house with her husband and a very spoiled brown tabby named Amir who likes to dress up in coats and scarves, and Circe, her very cute dilute calico.

CARLA PROVENZANO, Technician

Carla hails from Atlanta, GA, where she graduated magna cum laude with a BS in zoology from Georgia State University. As her fiance is in the military, Carla is well-traveled, having recently spent six months living in Germany. Fiji, Belize, Costa Rica, Jamaica, the Carribean Islands and Mexico are among her other favorite destinations. She moved to Tacoma this past July, and we feel very fortunate to have her here. One drawback to her 'jetsetting lifestyle' is that it limits her ability to own many pets although she does have a guinea pig named Penelope. In her off time, Carla keeps busy planning her wedding, which will take place in Italy this summer.

TIFFANY ADAMS, Receptionist

Tiffany comes to us from Puyallup, where she shares her home with a veritable menagerie: her cockatoo, Chewy; her horse, Nacho; her dog, Whisky; and her ferret, The Little Girl. Since she manages her own brood so well, she was a natural fit to supervise our Humane Society kitties here at Met Vet, a job she handles superbly. She makes sure all their needs are met, and facilitates all of the adoptions.

A true northwesterner, Tiffany is happiest when she's able to engage in outdoor activities. Camping, swimming, and horseback riding are among her favorites.

ELIZABETH DOBSON, Assistant

Liz was born and raised in Tacoma. She grew up with several cats and dogs as her fur siblings (in addition to her two human brothers). Liz and her husband share their home with a ball crazy Australian Cattle Dog mix named Flower, and a very brave gray long haired cat named Charlie. She has been working as a Pharmacy Technician for 11 years and has recently started to get involved with Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue, fostering Australian Cattle Dogs. Liz also frequently volunteers at the Tacoma Humane Society. In her free time, you can find Liz camping, biking, hiking, snowboarding, playing with and training dogs, and going to concerts. She is very excited to be working at the Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital as this is where she’s been taking all of her fur kids since relocating back to Tacoma.

LINDSEY PRATHER, Kennel Assistant

Our youngest employee is also our biggest dreamer and searching for the dream job. Lindsey met Dr. Warren at age 3 when they were neighbors in Fort Collins. She still lives in Colorado with her parents and a killer Chihuahua named Tyrone. Lindsey spends her free time with best friends Katelyn and Amber. She has bravely left them behind to spend the summer working with us and learning the ropes in a veterinary hospital. Lindsey’s animal magnetism guarantees her success in this field – All animals seem to flock to her. Do you see a veterinary medical career in her future?