Our Veterinarians
Amy Cook, DVM - Owner
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Dr. Amy Cook has been practicing veterinary medicine in the area since 1996, and became the owner of Newbury Vet clinic in 2011. She appreciates the area's sense of community and loves the countryside. Dr. Cook shares her home with a pack of kids and a pack of dogs, and spends her free time gardening and growing her own food. She feels lucky to spend every day surrounded by animals, and really enjoys working with people as well.
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Erin Nelson, DVM
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Dr. Erin Nelson grew up in southern Vermont where she spent her childhood surrounded by various pets, riding horses and skiing. She attended University of Vermont followed by Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, where she completed her degree in veterinary medicine. Dr. Nelson now resides in Ryegate on a family-run dairy farm, where she and her husband are currently raising 3 children. She enjoys gardening with the help of her kids, cooking, being active, and of course practicing veterinary medicine. In addition to the dogs and cats of Newbury Veterinary Clinic, she loves working with large animals and traveling the countryside with Wood Pond Veterinary Service. She feels very fortunate to live and work in this community.
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Melora Hunt, DVM
Dr. Melora Hunt joins our practice with over 20 years experience in large animal, small animal, and exotics veterinary care. When not working, Dr. Hunt spends her time working with her dogs and enjoying the outdoors. We are excited to have her as part of our veterinary team, and she looks forward to getting to know more of the Newbury community. |
Office Staff & Technicians
Jamie (Receptionist)
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Jamie was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Newbury, Vermont at age 5. She went to Newbury Elementary School and graduated from Oxbow High School in 1999. Jamie began working in customer service straight out of high school at a few local banks and then joined her family's business as the office manager in 2006. Jamie currently works for her family one day a week in the office in addition to her full-time position at Newbury Veterinary Clinic. She joined the veterinary business in 2011 when Dr. Amy Cook opened Newbury Veterinary Clinic, and has been there ever since. Jamie has a teenage son, Jacob, and they currently live in Newbury, VT.
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Ellen (Receptionist)
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Ellen (she/her) lives off grid in Newbury VT, with her fur-babies and fiancé. She started her reception career with the MSPCA of Springfield, MA before moving to Vermont. Ellen is a retired Police Sargent, and was the assistant Animal Control Officer for a number of years. She transferred back to the medical and dental field, but truly missed the Animal Side of the profession and decided to join us here at Newbury Vet Clinic.
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Sue (Veterinary Technician)
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Sue (she/her) was born in Poughkeepsie, NY and moved to Piermont, NH, in 2006. She lives in Piermont on her parents small hobby farm with her husband Will, and 2 children: Blake, born in 2003, and Kylee, born in 2007. They share their home with their mixed breed rescue dog, Riley, and three cats - Abby, Ziva and Gibbs. At the farm, there is also a very small herd of Dexter cattle as well as chickens and turkeys. Sue has been working at NVC since it opened in September of 2011 and in 2012 become a certified Veterinary Assistant. She continues to further her education in the veterinary field by taking and going to many continuing education classes.
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Shelly (Veterinary Technician)
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As a child, Shelly (she/her) often talked about wanting to be a veterinarian. In 2000 she got the opportunity to start in the veterinary field as a certified technician. Shelly has been able to live in many different parts of the country, which has allowed her to explore different modalities of the veterinary profession (rehab, equine, spay/neuter clinics, and emergency). She grew up in the Upper Valley and after being gone for 17 years decided to return home to VT. Shelly has been at Newbury Vet since 2016 and lives with a plethora of animals.
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Hannah (Veterinary Technician)
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Hannah (she/her) graduated with her Associate's in Veterinary Technology in 2015 in Colorado, and has always had a passion for animals and medicine. She has worked with large and small animals in private practice and university medicine, which has earned her experience in emergency critical care, anesthesia, and preventative medicine. She has a special affinity for ruminants and chubby corgis. Hannah currently lives in Newbury with her partner and their two unemployed dogs. She spends her days off hiking, reading, writing, and bingeing bad reality shows.
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Tabitha (Veterinary Technician)
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Tabitha (she/her) is a certified veterinary technician. She grew up in Connecticut and earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Connecticut. She worked on large horse farms in Pennsylvania and Germany and was employed by several veterinarians in Connecticut before moving to Vermont in 2001. Her favorite part of her job is assisting in all aspects of surgical and dental procedures. Tabitha is married and has an animal family of 2 dogs named Ziva and Havok as well as 5 cats – Tanner, Simon, Marilyn, Phoebe, and Fritz.
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Tania (Kennel Attendant)
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Tania has lived in Newbury for 30+ years, and has been working for Dr. Cook as a Kennel Attendant caring for boarders since 2013. Prior to that she was Kennel Attendant for River Valley Vet Hospital for 6 years. She's married, has two grown children, two dogs, two cats and chickens. Tania and her husband carry on the family tradition of making maple syrup in the Spring.
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