Staff

DR. CRISTINA VALAS

Born in Madrid, Spain and lived there until the age of 11, when the whole family of 6 children moved to the United Kingdom. She was educated in a Catholic boarding school in England until at the age of 17, when the family made another move to the United States. 

At 17, she started her career at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY where she majored in Biology/premed and minored in Business Administration. In summer of 1988, she followed her now husband Rory to his native land, Massachusetts, and became a radiology technician at South Shore Veterinary Hospital in Weymouth until she started Veterinary School at Tufts in the Fall of 1989. She graduated from Tufts in 1993, worked at Slade Veterinary Hospital and Westboro Animal Hospital before starting The Family Pet Hospital in 1998. 

Married to Rory Valas, a franchisee law attorney in Boston, and is presently living in Ashland with her husband, her two daughters, Cassandra (17) and Natasha (12), her son, Justin (9), her 2 dogs, Hunter and Peluche, and two persian cats, George and Sadie.

DR. MEAGHAN LAINER

Our very new associate, Dr. Lainer, joined the practice at the end of February 2009. She is a skilled surgeon and an excellent clinician. When your pet is under her care, there is no stone that will be left unturned to make sure that the condition is managed appropriately and that your pet's health is improved and maintained in exceptional condition.

KATHLEEN RAYBUCK

Kathy joined our staff in May 2009, as executive director. Kathy has been managing vet hospitals for over 12 years after teaching kindergarten for 15 years. She was born and raised in Akron, Ohio but moved to Greensboro, NC in 1985. She moved to New England in May 2007. She has one son, Joshua, who is a police officer in Greensboro. She now lives in Shrewsbury with her husband Drew, stepdaughters, Ashley and Allison and two dogs and a cat. You will always see Claire, her poodle mix, at the office with Kathy as our "official" greeter when you arrive. Kathy invites you to stop by and meet the staff and she looks forward to serving our clients in the fullest.

 

 

The Family Pet Hospital
300 Eliot Street
Ashland, MA  01721
(508) 231-1223

familypet@comcast.net