Meet Our Team

Alyssa joined us October 2024. Her love for animals is just as big as her passion for helping others. She is even a cat momma! While she is not here with us, she is continuing her journey as a CNA.

Kalee graduated from Cohoes High School in 2014 and has been a resident of the Capital District for her entire life. Kalee started out as the nanny for Dr. LaMora’s son.

Breeana joined our team in August of 2023. She found her passion for animals when taking a Zoology course at SUNY Plattsburgh for her biology degree. Her favorite part of her job is meeting other animal lovers and greeting all of the patients.

Chris is a veterinary assistant that has been with Brunswick Veterinary Hospital since 2016.

Stefani came to us by way of Oregon and Ireland, where she worked in a busy veterinary clinic and found her passion. She is currently working towards her veterinary technician license with Penn Foster University.

Kendra joined our team in May 2024. She graduated from Wells college with her B.S in Health Science in 2024 and is planning on becoming a Veterinarian. Kendra’s special interests in veterinary medicine are emergency medicine, surgery, and Chinese medicine.

Viktoria joined our team in June of 2024. She is pursuing a bachelor's degree in veterinary technology at SUNY Canton and hopes to apply that degree to a future in animal rights law. She loves seeing all the animals at the clinic, but her favorite are pocket pets.

Jen has been a dedicated member of the BVH team since May

Vicki joined our hospital in August 2019 all the way from California. She has been in the veterinary field since 2001 and is currently pursuing her Veterinary Technician degree through Penn Foster.

Cooper and Amber are our resident office cats.

Lena was born and raised in Northeast Pennsylvania and moved to New York in 2011. She had obtained a bachelor's in sociology/criminology but knew she wanted to work with animals after adopting, and falling in love with, her first dog, Ben. Moving to NY gave her the ability to create a

Erin was excited to join the Brunswick Veterinary Hospital in June of 2021. Erin is a 2012 graduate of Alfred State College and has been a licensed technician since that time. Her favorite parts of working in veterinary medicine are surgery and client education.

Kristen graduated from State University of New York at Delhi and has been a licensed veterinary technician since 2017. Her favorite things in the veterinary field are venipuncture, exotics, and client education.

Dr. Nicole L. LaMora was born in Oklahoma on a military base and has had the incredible opportunity of living in many different states as her military family moved around. As a young child she always had a love for animals and a desire to help any animals that were injured or sick.

Dr. Heather Burrowes is originally from Long Island, New York but has made the Capital District her home for many years. Choosing veterinary medicine as her profession was an easy choice as she has always had a lifelong love of animals, biology and puzzle solving!

Born and raised in Ballston Spa, NY, Dr. Ryan Sherwood fell in love with veterinary medicine when he was five years old and listened to his cat’s heartbeat through a stethoscope. Another Capital District veterinarian fostered this love throughout his childhood by engaging Dr.

Born and raised in Albany, NY, Dr. Hannah Grant knew she had a passion for animals, the environment, and how humans interact with them since she was a small child watching Discovery Channel and National Geographic.