VCA Advanced Care Animal Hospital

Bios

• Misty Mendes

  DVM

  Misty Mendes joined the VCA Advanced Care team in May of 2012. A Texas native, Dr. Mendes graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. She is passionate about animal wellness, with an emphasis in senior pet wellness as well as dentistry. Dr. Mendes is married, with one son. They have two dogs - Henry, a Springer Spaniel, and Deuce, a Field Spaniel. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, gardening and scuba diving.

• Cassandra Erickson

  DVM

  I am a Texas native, born and raised in Plains, Texas. I attended Texas A&M University where I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science. After graduating, I transferred to Western University of Health Sciences in California, where I received my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2008. I joined the VCA family immediately after that through an internship with VCA Vet Care Animal Hospital in New Mexico, where I worked from 2008-2009 and gained experience in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ultrasonography, Surgery and Oncology. I then moved back home to Texas, and worked at VCA Beltline East Animal Hospital in Dallas for three years while seeing mostly emergency cases. I was promoted to Assistant Medical Director at VCA Lakewood Animal Hospital for one year and then joined the VCA Advanced Care Animal Hospital family as their Medical Director in 2014. I have worked in the veterinary field since I was in high school, where I started out as a kennel tech. I knew at a very early age that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I enjoy coming to work to make a difference in the lives of pets and their owners, and continue to learn every day. I have a wonderful husband and two young daughters who keep me very busy. I look forward to meeting you and your pets!.

• Linda Buss

  DVM, Associate Veterinarian

  Dr. Linda Buss received her veterinary degree in 2005 from Colorado State University. After working as an associate in Colorado for several years, she moved to New Mexico to purchase a practice in Santa Fe in 2010. In 2012, she became a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist through her alma mater. Dr. Buss and her husband moved to Texas in 2015. Her special interests include surgery, exotics and feline medicine. She spends her free time trail riding on her dirt bike, fly fishing and snowboarding. Dr. Buss lives with her husband and their two pets - a gregarious female tabby cat named Gonzalo, and Baloo, a one-eyed Rottweiler.

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