Melissa
Treatment Manager
Melissa’s passion for animal care started when she was six years old and saved aluminum cans to help purchase her first horse, Thunder. Her dream only grew from there. For Melissa, working hands-on with the earth’s creatures to help them live happier, healthier lives is the only career path that makes sense! She’s proud to serve as the Treatment Manager here at Creature Comforts Animal Hospital.
Melissa is a Las Vegas native and earned her degree in animal science from Colorado State University before returning to her home state to work as a Veterinary Technician. After seven years helping pets firsthand as a Tech, she entered academia and began working in a Veterinary Nursing and Technology program. Melissa earned her Master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Las Vegas in 2008, and became the Veterinary Clinic Manager at the university the following year. After more than 15 years working in veterinary nursing and technology education, Melissa decided to transition back to small-animal care and joined the team here at Creature Comforts Animal Hospital in October of 2020. The rest is history!
Melissa’s passion within veterinary medicine is client education. She considers it a privilege to serve as an advocate and a voice for her patients, and she loves helping her patients and fellow team members to better understand the “whys” and “hows” behind treatments, procedures, and care techniques.
In her spare time, Melissa likes baking, making custom gift baskets, spending quality time with her family, and caring for her horses at the barn. Along with her husband, David, and their beautiful daughter, Gabriella, Melissa shares her life with four dogs—a Border Collie mix named Cavalry, two Great Danes who go by Andi and Panzer, and a French Bulldog named Aria—as well as a scarlet macaw, Sawzall, and a variety of Koi fish in their pond. She also owns two horses: Star, a purebred Arabian Gelding, and a half-Arabian Mare named April. Melissa frequently shows Arabian horses and has earned multiple national top-ten awards in Arabian and half-Arabian carriage pleasure driving!