Meet the Team at Animal Emergency of Gainesville

Our exceptional team at Animal Emergency of Gainesville in Gainesville, GA is dedicated to providing your pets with compassionate veterinary care. Whether we’re needed for routine or complex cases, our professionals prioritize your pet’s well-being at all times, ensuring their health and happiness at every step.

Get to Know Our Gainesville, GA Veterinary Team

Our Veterinarians

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Dr. Jesse E. Brown

Veterinarian/Medical Director
Dr. Brown has been practicing for 23 years. To him, being a veterinarian is more than just the interaction with and treatment of animals. Veterinarians deal with the animal’s entire lifespan, from bringing life into the world and down the road to the final transitional from this world. But, having said that, helping people is just as important to him. He believes his previous background in research, with a Master’s degree in microbiology and a Ph.D. in animal physiology and immunology, enhanced his skills as a clinician as he loves to solve problems. He moved to North Georgia 14 years ago to be around his grandkids, so he enjoys them by hanging out with and spoiling them in his spare time. He likes to build things out of wood, tinker with old cars, and likes to fish and hunt as well. Although not much of a guitar player, he like music as it gives the family something to do together.

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Dr. Kate McDuffee

Veterinarian
Dr. McDuffee practicing for 33 years. She really does try to treat patients as she treats her own pets and gives the client all the information they need to make informed decisions on the care their pets need. She works part-time for the Veterinary Information Network (VIN), which is an online community with over 85,000 veterinarians around the world. She like the North Georgia Mountains as often as she can chasing waterfalls, and she is active in the presbyterian church and in the P.E.O Sisterhood. She loves that she can live in a rural area but still be closed enough to the city if needed.

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Dr. Eddy

Veterinarian
Dr. Jarod Eddy has been practicing veterinary medicine for 14 years. He attended and graduated from Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. He enjoys practicing high-quality medicine and helping clients learn and understand what is going on with their pets. In his free time, Dr. Eddy enjoys woodworking, camping, mountain biking, and many other outdoor activities.

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Dr. Sommers

Veterinarian
Cody Sommers is a recent graduate of Lincoln Memorial University. He is passionate about helping people and their animals when it is most needed. He is a strong believer in the importance of the human-animal bond and helping people through their animals. Outside of work he enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, reading, video games, and playing guitar, drums, bass, and mandolin.

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Dr. Douglass

Veterinarian
Dr. Ashley Douglass graduated from Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in May 2014. Her interests in veterinary medicine include surgery, emergency medicine, and feline medicine.

In her free time, Dr. Douglass loves to hang out with her son (Leo) on her days off, read mystery novels, and run half marathons. She and her husband, Justin, share their home with their three dogs, one cat, and one chicken.

Our Support Staff

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Angela

Practice Manager
Angela has been working in veterinary medicine since 2004, beginning with an apprenticeship during high school that sparked her passion for the profession. She started her career as a kennel assistant, then advanced to receptionist, and eventually became a veterinary assistant. Angela enjoys the fast-paced environment of emergency medicine and finds fulfillment in helping to save animals during critical moments. Recently, she was promoted to Practice Manager at Animal Emergency of Gainesville. She enjoys collaborating with staff and doctors to make the hospital the best it can be. In her free time, Angela loves spending time with her husband and three children.

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Janet

Registered Veterinary Technician
Janet has been in Veterinary Medicine for 39 years. Both in General Practice as well as Emergency Medicine. Janet enjoys spending her free time with he grandson. She has 2 cats, 2 dogs and 17 chickens.

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Sara

Veterinary Assistant
Sarah is a veterinary assistant with 18 years in veterinary medicine. Her primary experience is focused in orthopedic, critical care, emergency medicine & wildlife rehabilitation. She attended Auburn University. During her time off from work she enjoys football, training and riding horses and focusing on her fitness.

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Lexie

Veterinary Assistant
Lexi started working for AEG as a receptionist just out of high school. Gradually over time she expanded her knowledge and skill base and transitioned to working as a Veterinary Assistant. She has excellent nursing skills and is very good with anxious pets while handling them. She seems natural as her mother is a Certified Veterinary technician that worked both in day practice and ER. Lexi is a Georgia native.

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Morgan

Veterinary Assistant
Morgan started in Veterinary Medicine in 2022. Morgan enjoys learning new things to advance her knowledge in Veterinary Medicine as well as providing her patients with the best care possible. Morgan enjoys horseback riding and spending time with her 3 dogs and 2 cats.

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Avery

Veterinary Assistant
Avery has been in Veterinary Medicine for 4 years in general practice building her knowledge base to now transfer over to Emergency Medincine. Avery enjoys helping pets & their families during difficult times. Avery loves to foster medical cases & bottle babies. I have a wonderful dog named Dallas & a horse named Vedette. Avery enjoys riding horses, spending time with my family, & working towards my body building goals.

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Bryan

Veterinary Assistant
Bryan is from South Florida, a little north of Miami. Bryan studied Animal Biology at the University of Florida. After finishing, he moved to Athens, Ga, in 2005, where he has lived since. He first started working in Veterinary medicine through a work-study program called H.O.S.A. While in High School. In the past 21 years, he has worked at various hospitals. Both general practice and emergency hospitals are involved. His experience is mostly with dogs and cats, but he has worked with small pocket pets, reptiles, birds, and some farm animals. Outside of work, Bryan enjoys hiking or just sitting in the woods listening to nature. Spending time with his 1 dog William and his trio f cats is also something he finds great pleasure in.

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Stephanie

Veterinary Assistant
Stephanie has been in Veterinary Medicine for 4 years. Both in General Practice and Emergency Medicine. Stephanie’s passion is caring for animals and helping provide the best medical care possible. Stephanie is married with 3 children, as well as 2 dogs. On her free time, she enjoys motorcycle rides with her husband and spending time with family.

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Jamie

Veterinary Assistant
Jamie is originally from Southwest Florida and moved to Georgia in 2024. She attended Veterinary Technician school in 2013, and for the past 11 years, has worked in emergency and critical care, specialty medicine, as well as managing a surgical program in general practice. Jamie has volunteered over 800 hours in spay/neuter shelters and worked with rescue organizations fostering medically needy shelter animals and bottle-feeding orphan puppies and kittens. Jamie takes a special interest in fear-free and feline-friendly handling, neonatal care, and surgical procedures. In her free time, Jamie enjoys baking, reading, cuddling her cats, and finding new hiking trails to explore with the dogs.

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Daniel

Veterinary Assistant
Daniel has been in Veterinary Medicine for 18 years and has been doing emergency medicine for 10 years. Daniel enjoys the fasted paced, life saving nature of doing ER. While not working, his time is happiest spent with my son and daughter on the farm. I enjoy old books and cooking delicious food.

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Abby

Veterinary Assistant
Abby has worked in a variety of different veterinary fields including general practice, emergency, as well as a zoo with exotic animals. Abby is passionate about animal care and is committed to continuing my professional development to provide the best possible service to both pets and their owners. Outside of the clinic I enjoy hiking, camping and reading.

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Taylor

Receptionist
Taylor is one of our receptionists and she greets all clients with a smile. She is new to the veterinary field. She takes her job seriously and enjoys the interaction with the clients as well as their pet family.

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Haley

Receptionist
Haley has worked in veterinary medicine for several years, bringing experience both as a technician and a client service representative. She enjoys building relationships with clients and their pets, and she is passionate about ensuring every patient receives the care they need. Outside of work, Haley loves spending time with her four-legged companions and relaxing at the lake.