About->People
L->R:Robin and Maury Martin, Dr. Sonder, Dr.
Northrup, Jari Singletary, Keith Hamilton
Jake Latham, Dr. Jim, Dr. Patty, Molly Northrup, Paula Singletary, Ryan
Singletary, , Debbie Hamilton
The Doctors
Dr. Jim Latham
is one of our large animal staff Veterinarians. He graduated from Colorado State University in 1975. His particular interests include Equine dentistry, and lameness diagnosis using physical exam, nerve blocks, mobile radiography, and diagnostic ultrasound.Dr. Patty Latham
is one of our small animal veterinarians, and she also graduated from Colorado State University in 1975. Dr. Patty enjoys the challenges of small animal medicine and surgery and has a particular interest in animal behavior.Dr. Claudia Sonder
has joined us to help with the large animal end of the practice. Claudia graduated from Tufts University before going on to get her DVM at UC Davis. She and her hustband Jeff have a daughter, Molly, and have moved to Napa with all of their pets. She handles all aspects of the large animal practice, but has a special interest in equine reproduction and neonatal medicineDr. Jennifer Baker joined us September 1, 1998 after practicing in Lake Port, CA. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and is interested in surgery, behavior, general small-animal medicine, and has experience in "pocket pets", small ruminants (including llamas and vicunas), and avian maintenance. Her husband Jim is a chemist in Petaluma, and she brings with her a dog, Maggie, and cats Phester and Binky, and a Blue Conure.
Paula Singletary, Office Manager, has been with the practice since 1987. Paula grew up in Napa, attended Vintage High School and Napa Valley College, and is in charge of reception, billing, inventory, and scheduling. She continues to work part time in the front office, trying to keep us all straight. She is here Monday-Wednesday, and some Friday afternoons. Paula's husband, Jari, works for Mondavi winery and they have a 1 1/2 year old son, Ryan, who is an absolute barrel of laughs. They have one dog, two cats, a horse, and two cockatiels.
Robin Martin, Veterinary Assistant a Vintage graduate. She has been with the Practice since 1988. Robin is Dr. Patty's assistant in all phases of Primary Care. Robin's husband Maury is a tilesetter. Robin and Maury have two dogs, three cats, two horses, and two cockatiels. They had their first child, Arilyn Rita Martin, in on Thanksgiving morning of 1997. Robin will be back to work in the spring.
Melissa Stancliff is a graduate of VHS and the Vintage High school horse management program, and she is fast on the computer. She is working hard at learning all your names and has been a great help.
Debbi Hamilton is a licensed Veterinary
Technician who joined us in September of 1997. She has both large and small animal
experience.
Katie Purtell has joined us as a Saturday receptionist and assistant in training. She
is a Vintage High grad and attends the Santa Rosa JC.
Megan Mauldin is a sophomore at VHS and helps us out with maintenance and animal
care.
The Lathams
Jim Latham III graduated from UC Davis with honors in 1997, and is attending Penn
State on a scholarship for his graduate work in Anthropology. Next year he will be
going to Israel to take part in an underwater archaeology research project.
Jake graduated from Vintage in 1998, and was the night "floors guy" for many
years (as well as creator of this site). He will go to UC Davis for 1998-99 after having
been awarded the Regent's Scholarship, and will probably transfer to Colorado State for
1999-2000.
Daughter Lara has Master's in Public Health and works in Chicago at Ernst &Young, and
was married to Jason Brown this summer.
The Drs Latham continue doing what they have always done, which is mostly riding and
training their horses when they're not working on the practice! They also take a
significant chunk of time hiking and skiing.
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