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Owners 
 
Owners
 
Rachel Dziuba, DVM graduated from Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001 with her focus being large animal medicine (horses). After working for a mixed-animal practice in Ohio, her desire to go West got the better of her. She established Bridge Veterinary Services in 2005 recognizing a need for equine services in Southeast Alaska. Rachel is the Clinical Director for the Gastineau Humane Society and also performs contract work with the State of Alaska on various marine mammal projects. She is a Member of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network-Alaska Region, and was hired in 2009 by the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward as a relief veterinarian. Some of her favorite activites when not working are walking the dogs, playing the violin and generally enjoying the outdoors as often as possible. 
 
Mike Dziuba has called Juneau home for over twenty years. In addition to Bridge Veterinary Services, Mike continues to work for the City and Borough of Juneau and has done so for the majority of his years here. He oversees the crematory operations and facility management of Bridge Veterinary Services while keeping up to date in the ever evolving field of companion animal cremation services. When not working, Mike plays ice hockey and, like Rachel, enjoys spending time outdoors with their non-traditional four-legged children.
 
Staff
 
Miranda Dumont, CNA joined Bridge Veterinary Services to provide assistance with our on-call cremation related services. Her nursing education in the human medical field provides a great foundation for the sensitivity required in companion animal care.
 
 
 
Veterinary Externs (2010):
 
Ashlee Brown, 4th year veterinary student from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
 
 
 
"Honorary Staff"
   
"Quinn" is our Welsh springer spaniel and we think he prefers to be called "Sir" even though some of antics belie civilized dog behavior! As anyone who has ever been owned by a spaniel knows, those eyes pretty much get whatever they want. Quinn was diagnosed with anal sac adenocarcinoma but it was caught early by his favorite dog-mom and we've been given a lot of hope by his oncology team. Nearing two years post cancer surgery now, he remains in remission. He's seemingly no worse for wear during his twelfth year as he follows wherever his nose leads.
   
"Deik" (pronounced Deek) is our mixed breed who has been Rachel's non-traditional child since her veterinary school days. His DNA panel indicates a distant genetic ancestry of Alaskan Malamute and Weimaraner though his appearance is "All-American Handsome."  He has fought cancer twice in his life. The first diagnosed cancer (hemangiopericytoma) has been in remission for four years now. His second diagnosis of cancer was just this year and fortunately, while presenting a few new challenges, the liver mass was benign (hepatoma).  With that section of diseased liver removed successfully and his recovery in full swing, Deik's prognosis is good. Apparently at twelve years of age he has a lot more things to sniff, eat, and roll in before he's ready to retire.
 
"Cauliflower" is our one eared, few toothed kitty. We are very thankful to the Gastineau Humane society for providing "Cauli" a safe place to be a good kitty until we adopted him. What he lacks in looks he makes up for in love. He is a schmoozer with all!
 
"Lurch" came from Haines and the Gastineau Humane Society took him in. He had a rough start, needing a forelimb amputation and a home. He's more of a cat's cat than Cauliflower, and the two keep each other very busy.
 
"Bullard," our latest pooch, was born in July '08. He hails from the same area as Deik (Ohio), looks like Deik, but to the best of our knowledge, they are unrelated. He was named after Mt. Bullard, a mountain in Juneau we've always wanted to climb. His globe-trotting forebearers includes collie as testing revealed 12% of that breed in his genetic code. He's a smartypants and a bit of a scallywag but he fits right in.