Meet Our Family

Our Veterinarians 

Dr. Shannon Gill, DVM

Dr. Shannon Gill has been in the veterinary field since 2015. She has been part of the Fairfield family since 2018. She is the owner of Fairfield Animal Hospital. When she's not at the clinic she likes to spend time with her family and pets, go hiking, camping and ride horses. She currently has 4 dogs, an 11 year old lab mix named Mocha, a 3 year old Irish wolfhound named Spud, a 2 year Irish wolfhound named Lou, and Jack a 1 year old Yorkie. She also has 3 horses and 1 pony.  Her father is also a veterinarian and being a veterinarian has always been her lifelong dream.  She is a OSU graduate of 2015.  Dr. Gill's favorite part of her job is helping pets, improving the human-animal bond, and performing surgery.  Her spirit animal is a squirrel . 

Dr. Linda Gibson, DVM

Dr. Linda Gibson  has officially been a FAH family member since 2012, but  has done relief work with us since 2008.  She started to volunteer around the age of 16 in the veterinary field. She has known since she was in the 3rd grade that she was going to be a veterinarian. She has 3 dogs Jezebel, Luther and Brutus; 4 cats Diego, Bella, Rosco, and Rizzo. She also has 4 chickens named Penny, Sophia, "Wing" Chester and Willow and a bearded dragon named Merlin. Her favorite part of the job is that veterinary medicine combines her love of science and love of animals. She went to the University of Findlay for undergraduate degree and is a OSU graduate of  1997. She enjoys  dermatology and endocrine disorders, especially diabetes. Her spirit animal is a bear.

Support Staff 

Laura Kelleher

 Practice Manager
Laura has been in the veterinary field for 30 years. She has worked at Fairfield since 2018. Laura likes to spend time with her grandchildren on the family farm.  She also like to horseback ride.  Currently, she has 4 dogs, an 11 year old lab mix named Mocha, a 3 year old Irish wolfhound named Spud, a 2 year Irish wolfhound named Lou, and Jack a 1 year old Yorkie. Her spirit animal is a swan. 

Mellie McGraw

Receptionist
Mellie has been in the veterinary field for 17 years, of those 17 years she has spent all of them as part of the FAH family. In her free time she likes to read.  She currently has three cats, Sophie who is  9 years old, Marine who is 8 and Tobias who is 4 years old.  Mellie has always been an animal lover.  Her favorite part of the job is seeing the special bond between humans and pets.  Her spirit animal is a lion. 

Dana Wilson

Receptionist
Dana has been in the veterinary field for 14 years. She has been a part of the FAH family for just under a year now. She likes cooking, baking, crafting and sewing in her free time. She has a shepherd mix named Jules and an umbrella cockatoo named Lilly.  Dana is fear free certified.  Her favorite part of the job is knowing our doctors are giving the best medical care to our patients and being able to help clients at the front desk. She also helps with inventory which allows her to use her accounting degree. 

Meaghan Mullen

Registered Veterinary Technician - RVT
Meaghan has  been in the veterinary field for a little over 21 years. She has been a RVT since 2005. She graduated from a distance education program through cedar valley college and AAHA. She has always loved animals and shared a bond with them all her life. Currently her husband David and her have a rescued dilute calico/white cat named Pegee, an almost 7 year old German Shepherd named Matilda, a 2 year old rescued mixed breed named Montee, and 2 ancient water turtles. In her free time she enjoys hiking in the woods with her dogs. Meaghan's favorite part of her job is, of course, seeing all the puppies and kittens! She may be a bit partial to the shepherds and beagles, but does love them all. Ultimately, She is passionate about what she does, but she really enjoys dental cleanings and blood draws. Her spirit animal is a horse. 

Carrie Ryan

Receptionist and Veterinary Assistant 
Carrie has been in the veterinary field for around 6 and a half years. She has only been a part of the FAH family a short time for 2 and a half months.  She likes to hangout with her family  in the free time. Carrie has a blue heeler/German shep mix named Scout that is 7 years old,  Izzy a 4 year old boarder collie and Ranger is a 1 year old. She has 2 barn cats named Minion and Lucy, a 20 year old mini donkey named Oscar, 2 cows named Bosco and Betsy. Carrie also owns 2 sliver foxes named Grim and Juliette. She has always loved animals. Her favorite part of the job is getting to play with puppies. Her spirit name is a tiger. 
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​Dani Scott

 Veterinary Assistant
Dani has been in veterinary medicine for 7 years. She has also been a part of our team for those 7 years.  In her free time she likes to  go out to dinner and hang with her pups. She has 2 dogs and 1 cat ,  Cole who is 4, Piper who is 2 - both are black lab mixes, and Zoe, a 12 year old lynx point Siamese. She has always wanted to work with animals,  so when the opportunity presented itself she jumped on it. Dani went to Animal behavior college for veterinary assistant and dog training. Her favorite part of the job is just working with animals . Her spirit animal is a bear because she, like bears, likes to eat and hibernate. 

Emma Horne 

Veterinary Assistant 
Emma has been working at Fairfield Animal Hospital for 6 months now. Her favorite part of the job is helping with surgery. In Emma's free time,  she plays soccer with friends and works on her  college courses. She is in college studying to be a registered Veterinary Technician. She has six pets. Her three dogs are Gunner, who is a Rottweiler mix and is 1 year old, Rebel, who is also a Rottweiler mix and is 9 years old, and Hope, who is a Standard Poodle and is 7 years old. She also has three cats, Hazel is 1 year old, Flash is 6 years old, and Batman is 8 years old. She has always loved working with animals and has known since she was young that she wanted to work in the veterinary medicine field.

Rebecca Fithian

Registered Veterinary Technician - RVT
Rebecca has been in the veterinary field for 3 years now, she joined the FAH family in 2021. She has 2 cats, Cedar, a 3 year old professional sink water drinker, and Binx, a 1 year old professional ninja.  She graduated from the Vet Tech Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. She is fear free certified.  Her favorite part of the job is educating clients on the importance of their pets' health and being able to form a great client/patient relationship. Her spirit animal is a hummingbird. 

Katie Sturgeon

Veterinary Assistant
Katie has been part of the FAH family since Sept of 2020, she has been in the veterinary  field for about 7 years. In her free time Katie likes to spend time with her children, husband and the dogs, and read. She has 7 dogs, Kimber, a 7 year old golden retriever, Parker, a 6 year old golden retriever, Bella Rue, a 5 year old mutt and Tracker, a 1.5 year old black lab, Harper Mae, a 6 month of pitbull, and 2 yorkie-pug mix puppies Hemi and Grizzly that are around 8 months. She also has 4 cats, MooMoo, King, Kovu, and Maddie.  She also  owns 2 red foxes,  Storm and Nado that are about a year and a half old.  Katie is currently in school at Penn Foster for Veterinary Technology. She has always wanted to work with animals and is now following her passion.  Her favorite part of the job is cleaning ears and helping a patient that can't tell you what's wrong.  Her spirit animal is a ferret, all they do is eat and sleep all day.

Kerry Oliver

Veterinary Assistant
Kerry has been in the field and at FAH for 27 years. She loves spending her free time with her family and friends.  She has two dogs. Fern Louise, who is a special blend of a Yorkshire Terrier, Miniature Pinscher and Jack Russell.  Fern is 3 years old and very sassy with fabulous hair.  Marty Chubbs is a black and white Boston Terrier and has just recently become part of the family. He is extremely lovable and is learning he is not the boss of his older sister. Her favorite part of her job is surgery.  Kerry thinks it is amazing what can be done to help our  beloved animals.  After all these years she is still in awe of how we can better their lives. Her spirit animal  is a Labrador Retriever, because they are hyper and always hungry. 

Katelyn Ryan 

​Veterinary Assistant
Katie has been in the animal field for about 4 years. She recently joined the FAH family and before joining us, she worked with large animals. In her free time she likes to go fishing, hunting, and hiking. She is currently attending Kent State's Vet Tech program to get her degree. She has a 5 month old lab puppy named Red and a kitty named Remington. She got into veterinary medicine because she loves medicine and helping animals, as well as building relationships with other people. Her favorite part of the job is meeting new people. Her spirit animal is a Chameleon. 

Tristin Solomon

Registered Veterinary Technician - RVT
Tristin has been in the veterinary field for 12 years, she joined the FAH family a couple of months ago. She likes to go horseback riding, camping, reading, and spending time with her family. She has 2 dogs, Cupid and Kel and 2  cats named Simon and Theodore. She grew up on a farm and always enjoyed caring for animals. She was the little girl that played with stuffed animals instead of dolls.  She is a  graduate from Kent State University with an associates degree in veterinary technology. Her favorite part of the job is helping animals become well and to ease their pain. Tristin's spirit animal is  a cat, as like to sleep and will scream for snacks. 

McKenzie Peterson

Registered Veterinary Technician - RVT 
McKenzie has been part of the veterinary field for about 6 years. She has been apart of our family here at FAH for 3 months. She likes enjoys camping, traveling and exploring new places in her free time. She has 1 dog a rescue named Kane who is 3 years old and 2 rescue cats named Lucy who is 6 years old and Paisley who is 13 years old. McKenzie has always enjoyed working with animals since a young age and loves science and learning. She is an RVT and graduated from Kent State. Her favorite part of this field is learning and seeing something new everyday. Her spirit animal is a Koala.