| Lea McWilliams, D.V.M. Dr. McWilliams is fairly certain she was meant to be born in Alaska; unfortunately, she had to grow up in Texas instead. Immediately after earning her D.V.M. (Magna Cum Laude!) from Texas A&M in 1991, she moved to Alaska and has practiced at Alaska Veterinary Clinic ever since. Tutored all these years by Drs. Law and Froeschle, she enjoys providing lifelong care for family pets. In her spare time, she has fun boating in Prince William Sound, remodeling houses, and gardening. She is married to Doug and they share two dogs, Cricket the Cairn Terrier (whose motto is "cute is enough"), and Rufus, a Belgian Malinois who does calculus for fun. |
| David Law, D.V.M. Dr. Law grew up in a small town in rural Illinois and received his D.V.M. degree from The University of Illinois in 1965. He has been associated with Alaska Veterinary Clinic since 1970. His major interests include fishing, hunting, and flying his 1947 Piper PA-12 airplane, having accumulated several thousand hours of flight time throughout Alaska. Dr. Law and his wife Sheryl have two adult children, grandchildren, a flying Border Collie named Tony, and a three legged, half-tailed, no eared cat called "Freeze Dried". |
Jerry Froeschle, D.V.M. Congratulations on your retirement! Thank you for 34 years dedicated to caring for pets and their people! We miss you, and along with your former clients and patients, wish you the very best. |
| Gerald Wooldridge, D.V.M. Dr. Wooldridge calls himself a "farm boy from Colorado". He graduated from Colorado State University in 1966. He has been a pilot for over 40 years and enjoys the outdoors and fishing. He is married to Corrine and they have three grown children. |
Patty Payne, D.V.M. Dr. Payne received her bachelor and veterinary degrees from Texas A&M University, graduating in 1991. After working in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for 15 years as a small animal practitioner, she moved to Alaska in May 2006 to join our clinic. Her free time is spent doing quilting, landscape photography and hiking with her two Australian Shepherds, Cutter and Mesa. Dr. Payne is also owned by a Siamese mix named Nemo- who is actually the one in charge. |
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| Lindsay Wingerter, D.V.M. Dr. Lindsay Wingerter is very happy to have joined Alaska Veterinary Clinic in September 2007. She grew up in Fairbanks, AK. She received her bachelor's from Montana State and her doctor of veterinary medicine from Washington State. Those eight years out of Alaska filled her lifetime limit. When she's not helping people and pets she enjoys hiking, camping, cooking and reading. She shares her life with her husband Joe, a young and rowdy black lab named Jet, a mischievous standard poodle named Louie, a pleasure horse named Gwendolyn (used only for Gwen's pleasure) and a cat named Howard who just can not understand why she needs other animals in her life. |
Our Doctors
| Susan Pala, D.V.M. Dr. Pala grew up in Chattanooga, TN and has slowly worked her way north and west. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in Minnesota in 2005 and both her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Masters in Public Health degrees from the University of Tennessee in 2009. After a year of working at a mixed animal practice in Minnesota treating everything from cats and dogs to dairy cows and horses, Dr. Pala joined the Alaska Veterinary Clinic in January 2011. Her interests outside of veterinary medicine include reading, singing, hockey, paddling, and hiking. Her four-legged family consists of Jenny, a black lab, and three cats, Kasey, Leroy, and Todd. |
