Meet The Staff Doctors Dr. Cay Gilbertson DVM received her B.A. in English in 1971, from Stanford University.  She graduated Cum Laude from WSU Veterinary School in 1981.  After one year at a small animal practice in Seattle, she moved back home to Bellingham as a relief Veterinarian.   In 1983 she purchased The Gene Poole Memorial Cat Clinic from its founder, Dr Bob Cockcroft.  She has been a Feline Practitioner ever since.  She is a charter member of the Feline Academy and Medicine and Surgery and has attended a minimum of 36 hours of Continuing Education in Feline Medicine and Surgery yearly since 1989.  Dr. Gilbertson enjoys sailing, growing roses, riding her two rescued Thoroughbreds, showing American Pitbull Terriers, and spoiling her four kitties. Dr. Danielle Cook DVM received her B.S. in Biology in 1997, from Virginia Tech. She earned her DVM in 2001 from Ross University in St. Kitts, West Indies, though she spent her final year of veterinary school at Washington State University. After graduation, Dr. Cook began practicing as a small animal Veterinarian in the Oregon area. After several years she moved north to the Seattle area to continue practicing as a small animal veterinarian. In 2007 she moved to Bellingham and began work as an Emergency Veterinarian at Animal Emergency Care. She has since become a co-owner of the Cat Clinic. At home she is happily married, has two dogs, a cat, and a horse. In her spare time, Dr. Cook enjoys running, skiing, mountain biking, and is interested in the many activities Bellingham has to offer. Dr. Kim Feringer DVM has lived mostly in the Bellingham area since his family moved from Bellevue in 1962.  After graduating from Sehome High School, he worked as a commercial fisherman in Washington and Alaska while also attending WWU.  He was accepted into the school of Veterinary Medicine at WSU and received a degree in veterinary medicine in 1983.  Since then he has worked as a veterinarian in Whatcom County with a few breaks for extended travel in South America, and an occasional reprise of his fisherman post in Bristol Bay, Alaska.  Kim likes outdoor activities such as skiing and backpacking.  Although he has been a falconer for nearly 40 years, presently he only has dogs, cats and horses to care for.   Dr. Lisa Donaldson DVM

Office Manager Lisa Clarkson LPN graduated from the Bellingham Technical Institute Veterinary Assistant Program in 2000 and was hired on at the Cat Clinic upon completion of her internship.  She has worked here as a Vet Assistant continuously for 8 years as well as part-time at Animal Emergency Care over the last 3 years.  She graduated from the Bellingham Technical Institute LPN program in 2004 and has trained in Emergency Medicine.  Lisa has 3 dogs and 4 cats and loves shopping, walking her dogs and reading.

Veterinary Techs & Assistants Alissa Rinas, CVA Cassandra Jolliff, CVA Chelsie Omeg, LVT Emily Thompson, LVT Diane Harrington, B.S. Agric. Eng.,CVA,graduated from the Bellingham Technical Institute Veterinary Assistant program in 2003.  Diane has pre-med & pre-veterinary science background as well as a B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering & International Agriculture from Cornell University.  Diane lived in Asia for 11 years where she met her husband and son was born.  She loves anything & everything Asian, growing her own food and learning new languages.  At home, she has 2 cats, 1 dog, fish and a bearded dragon.  Linda Crittenden, CVA Liz Hansen, CVA, Liz began working in the veterinary industry in 2003 and acquired her Veterinary Assistant Certification in 2006 at Apollo College in Spokane. She started her career at The Cat Clinic in June of 2009. Growing up on a small farm in Montana contributed to her life long passion for animals. Liz has 2 bengal cats and a pom-chi dog. She loves spending her time outdoors camping, fishing, crabbing, hiking, kayaking, sailing, etc. (arts and crafts as an indoor hobby). Liz also continues to work on her degree in Zoology and has an extreme addiction to CHOCOLATE. Natalie Canniff, LPN, CVA, graduated the Bellingham Technical Institute Vet Assistant program in 2002.  She has worked in Skagit County getting a lot of experience in Emergency Medicine.  She is currently working on her LPN at Skagit Valley College.  Natalie and her husband have 3 dogs, 2 pit bulls (punish the deed, not the breed) and 1 boston terrier.  They also just welcomed a son to their furry kids!  In her spare time, Natalie enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, biking and photography. Rosie Workman, CNA is currently in training at the Cat Clinic as a Vet Assistant and waiting for enrolment into the Vet Tech program at Bellingham Technical Institute.  She received her certification in Nursing Assistant from Bellingham Technical Institute in 2005 and worked as a CNA in Bellingham area for the past three years.  Over the last 20 years, she has worked for several horse farms in Canada and Whatcom County involving management and breeding.  At home, she enjoys family time with her husband and their children and grandchildren going to church and spending time outdoors.  They have a loveable family dog and two horses.  Rosie enjoys trail riding, hiking, and camping with her family.