Meet our team
Meet the veterinarians and team at Midway Animal Hospital! We’re pleased to provide exceptional vet care for your pets!
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Our Veterinarians
Veterinary Staff
Katie
Practice Manager
Katie, our practice manager, joined Midway Animal Hospital in 2018. She has worked in many areas of veterinary medicine since 2002 and has been in a management role since 2006. Her primary goal is to make sure every client and patient receives the best possible care every time they walk through the hospital doors. Katie was born and raised in Georgia, specifically the North Georgia Mountains of Blue Ridge. She has been married since 2008 and has one beautiful daughter.
Her fur kids consist of 2 dogs, Darla, and Buster Brown. When Katie is not working she enjoys camping, traveling, volunteering, and spending time with family and friends.
Pippa
Clinic Supervisor (Self-Appointed)
Pippa may look like a cat, but don’t be fooled—she’s the one running the show around here. As our official clinic greeter, lunch inspector, and keyboard warmer, she keeps everyone in line with a single judgmental stare. She takes her naps seriously, her snacks even more seriously, and expects belly rubs strictly on her terms. Pippa is the heart (and sass) of Midway Animal Hospital. Staff may come and go, but Pippa’s reign is forever.
Laura
Customer Service Manager
Laura, a Doraville, Georgia native, joined our team in January 2025 with veterinary experience dating back to 2007. Her background includes emergency care, general practice, and specialty medicine. She’s passionate about client communication, pet advocacy, and wildlife having rescued everything from a fawn to a hummingbird. Laura holds certifications in canine pain management, disaster response, and radiology safety. At home, she enjoys time with her rescue cats Jethro, Jasper, and JoBelle—and loves fishing, reading, and gardening in her spare time.
Brandi
Brandi joined the staff at Midway Animal Hospital in 2020 as a client service representative. She started her veterinary career in 2014 and has experience as a kennel attendant, technician assistant, and receptionist. She has a passion for wildlife rehabilitation. She has 2 dogs, a cat, and a lizard. In her spare time, Brandi enjoys spending time in nature, crafting, and working with a non-profit organization teaching horsemanship skills to children with disabilities.
Mandy
Mandy is one of our client service representatives. She joined Midway Animal Hospital in 2006 and has been in the veterinary industry since 2002. Mandy enjoys helping with client relations and loving the patients who come into the hospital. She attended cosmetology school but realized that making people look pretty is stressful. She has 2 dogs, Fiji and Club Tail, and 3 cats, Rico, Ruby, and Bootsy. In her free time, she enjoys going to concerts or any place with live music, watching Netflix, and hanging out with family.
Jenny
Jenny joined the MAH team in 2022. She has always been passionate about improving the quality of life for pets and their people. She has been in the field since 2006 in multiple settings and has volunteered her extra time at shelters. Although she was born in Atlanta she grew up in New York City and raised her son in Charlotte, NC, and now has moved back to the area to be closer to family. Her dog Bodie, 2 guinea pigs, and horse Belle have her heart. When she is not at work she enjoys horseback riding, being in nature, and decorating.
Andrea
Client Service Representative
Andrea joined Midway Animal Hospital in 2013. She has worked in many areas of the veterinary field but helps us part-time as a veterinary assistant. Her favorite part of veterinary medicine is surgery, and she loves helping to monitor the patients to ensure their safety during the entire surgical procedure. She has 2 dogs named Paisley and Liam, who are her life. Her ultimate life goal is to start a non-profit rescue retirement ranch for senior pets where they can happily live out the last days of their lives.
Melinda
Lead Registered Veterinary Technician
Melinda began working in the veterinary field in 2012 as a kennel attendant while she was working on her Veterinary Technology degree. She then worked as a veterinary assistant until graduating in 2015 from Ogeechee Technical College in Statesboro, GA. She joined Midway Animal Hospital after moving back to the metro Atlanta area in 2016. Melinda enjoys client education, assisting in surgery, and providing comfort to the most anxious patients, especially cats. She has 5 cats: Shelby, Eli, Schmidt, Thomas, and Squirrel, and one chihuahua named Chago. In her free time, Melinda prefers to be outside, roller skating, or on a hike with her husband and Chago.
Jenn
Jenn joined Midway’s staff in 2022 after moving to the area from central Illinois. She graduated from Murray State University with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and became a Registered Veterinary Technologist in April 2022. Her passion for animals has been present since birth, and that passion only grows as the years go by. Currently, she has one dog, a beagle mix named Milo, but plans to rescue many more animals in the future. Her special interests include interpreting cytology slides and dentistry. Her favorite part of the job is belonging to a hospital that houses such a welcoming environment, but nothing can top the feeling that comes with helping a sick/injured pet get back to their health.
Kaitlynn
Veterinary Assistant
Kaitlynn joined Midway Animal Hospital in 2020 as one of our veterinary assistants. She has a true passion for veterinary medicine and has been in the industry since 2015. Her love of animals is evident at home as well as at work. She has 2 dogs and 1 cat. Kaitlynn’s favorite part of her job is building relationships with patients and their families. Her special interests include internal medicine and surgical procedures. In her spare time, she enjoys fishing and spending time with her friends and family.
Becca
Veterinary Assistant
Becca started working in veterinary medicine in 2017. She has a small menagerie of pets including a toy poodle (Teacup), Norfolk terrier (Sully), German shorthair pointer (Penny), beagle/dachshund (Rusty), 6 beagles (Maxwell, Skeeter, Macy, Boomer, Maggie and Lacy), a bearded dragon (Lizzy), chinchilla (Bella), Mallard ducks, a horse (Dudley) and 4 donkeys (Dakota, Jack Jack, Shrek and Donkey). Becca grew up in Manchester England before moving to Georgia. She has been with her fiancé, Preston, since high school and they are planning a future wedding. Her interests include emergency medicine and working with fearful animals. Becca is usually found on the weekends at her farm in Madison, GA, or fishing.
Khalilah
Veterinary Assistant
Khalilah joined Midway Animal Hospital in 2023 as a veterinary assistant.
She is currently in college studying to become a Veterinarian.
She has two adopted cats and volunteered as a Kennel Assistant at the local pet shelter they were adopted from.
Khalilah’s favorite thing about working at Midway Animal Hospital is caring for fur babies. She is very passionate about helping families with their pets’ care. In her free time, she enjoys art, reading, and astronomy.
Taylor
Veterinary Assistant
Taylor joined Midway Animal Hospital in 2023 and is currently pursuing a Biology degree with a pre-veterinary focus at the University of North Georgia. Having moved five times during her childhood, living in states like Ohio, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania, Taylor has learned to adapt quickly and embrace change with ease. She made her first move to the South in 2019 and fell in love with Georgia’s warm weather.
A lifelong animal lover, Taylor grew up with Labrador Retrievers, rode horses competitively in high school, and now shares her home with three Labs (Berkeley, Bentley, and Bailey) and a cat named Blossom. Her favorite part of working at Midway is being a voice for animals and learning something new every day.
Brittany
Brittany was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She moved to Georgia in 2022. Since she was a little girl she always wanted to be in the veterinary field and that dream came true when she started as a veterinary assistant in 2020. Her special interest is dentistry and she is passionate about the dental health of our patients. Brittany’s furry family members include Millie a calico cat and Mia a Shetland Sheepdog in which she has had them both since 8 weeks old. In her spare time, she likes to play pool, walk her dog, play video games with her boyfriend, and spend time with family.
Amanda
Veterinary Assistant
Amanda joined our team in 2023 and brings experience from her previous role as a veterinary assistant, which she began in 2020. Her special interests include cytology, phlebotomy and preventative care. Amanda shares her home with two cats, Goose and Christopher, and a boxer mix named Penny. Her husband serves in the military. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, taking naps, and practicing Pilates.
Brooke
Veterinary Assistant
Brooke began working in the Veterinary field in 2020. She began as a CSR, but quickly learned other roles at the hospital. She became a Veterinary Assistant and was able to do almost every role in the hospital. Brooke loves a challenge and handling multiple tasks at once. Her favorite thing about being in Veterinary Medicine are the patients and building lasting relationships with them and our clients. Brooke recently moved to Georgia from Florida and is loving all that Georgia has to offer so far, especially the beautiful mountains.In her spare time Brooke enjoys spending time with her husband, hiking, cooking, trying new restaurants, and traveling! She has one fur baby, Athena. She is a 6 year old German Shepherd mix and is the light of her life. Brooke can’t picture her life without a dog in it and hopes she never has to.
Jazmine
Groomer
Jazmine started working at Midway Animal Hospital in 2019 as one of our talented groomers. She has always loved working with animals and has experience in boarding and daycare facilities as well.
When asked what she loves most about her job she said, “Being able to transform the dogs that come in and seeing their different personalities by the end of the grooming session.” She has 3 dogs: Zeus, the mighty toy poodle, Bailey, the calmest Shih tzu ever, and Lady the big teddy bear Rottweiler. In her free time, Jazmine likes to read and swim. She has also recently taken up kickboxing.
Fawn
Groomer
Fawn started working at Midway Animal Hospital in 2006 as one of our artistic groomers. Her grooming career started in 2003 and while in grooming school she worked at a doggie day care facility.
Fawn enjoys teaching puppies to enjoy the grooming process and showing them it is a good experience. She especially loves grooming cats. She has 1 dog and 2 cats. Tilly is a mountain cur who is her hiking buddy. Ben and Jerry keep her laughing with the various games they play at home. In her spare time, Fawn likes to go hiking and drive her Mini Cooper.
KJ
Pet Bather
Katie and KJ joined the Midway family in 2023 as our wonderful pet bather. She was in theatre throughout high school where she graduated in 2021 and was set on going to cosmetology school to do hair and makeup for productions until she applied at the local groomers to be a bather. She had no experience prior to this but knew this was what she wanted to do after only a few months.
She takes pride in her work and in making each pet feel comfortable and clean. She has a Frenchie/Boston mix named Belichick (Go Pats!) who is her baby boy. You can find her most weekends relaxing with him all snuggled up or jamming to musicals or music in general and supporting his team on game days. She hopes to become a professional pet groomer herself in the future.
Dr. Jessica Robertson
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Jessica Robertson grew up in Peachtree Corners, Ga and she also has strong ties to the Midwest. She is a 3rd generation Purdue Boilermaker and got her bachelor’s degree in Biology. She attended the University of Georgia for her veterinary education and she has worked in general practice, emergency medicine, and critical care, her focus is advanced veterinary dentistry.
For more than 15 years, Dr. Robertson has worked in Chicago and in the Metro Atlanta area as a small animal veterinarian. In addition, she spent 2 years in Madison, Wisconsin where she obtained advanced training in veterinary dentistry under the mentorship of board-certified veterinary dentists and board-certified veterinary anesthesiologists. She is more than ready to help your pet maintain a healthy and pain-free mouth. She is passionate about keeping your pet’s oral health at its best and feels that treating periodontal disease and oral pain is one of the most satisfying parts of the job. She is dedicated to providing top-notch pain management and safe anesthesia.
Dr. Robertson provides the following services:
- Comprehensive oral health exams
- Full-mouth intra-oral dental x-rays
- Dental Extractions
- Periodontal surgery
- Oronasal fistula repair
- Guided tissue regeneration
- Gingivectomy/Gingivoplasty
- Restorations
- Bonded sealants
- Composite fillings
- Endodontic procedures
- Vital pulp therapy
- Root canal therapy
- Biopsy or excision of oral masses
- Jaw fracture repair
She has interests in less invasive treatments for fractured teeth, managing young puppies and kittens with malocclusions, treating patients in their older years when oral pain can be a quality-of-life concern, and helping cats with juvenile gingivitis or stomatitis. She also dedicates time to training other veterinarians in veterinary dental techniques.
Dr. Robertson is an amateur beekeeper and has started gardening in her spare time. She also likes working in her craft room, loving on her bulldogs (Frankie and Tommy) and cats (Lu and Pearl), and spending time with her family who lives nearby.
Dr. Franko
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Franko is originally from Xi’an, China. She earned her master’s degree in biology from Auburn University and went on to teach biology at community colleges before pursuing her DVM at The Ohio State University. She is Fear-Free certified in animal handling and has a strong passion for surgery, internal medicine, and client communication.
Dr. Franko is dedicated to treating every patient like family the same way she wants her own four-legged companions to be treated. At home, she shares life with her husband, their two dogs, and their baby boy, River. Outside of work, she enjoys trying new restaurants, hiking with her husband, and relaxing at home with her pups as professional couch potatoes.
Dr. Henschel
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Henschel is originally from Alpharetta, GA. She attended undergrad and vet school at The University of Georgia. After graduating, she spent a couple of years in private practice in Atlanta before moving to Asheville, NC to pursue a career with the ASPCA. She spent 8 years performing high-volume spay/neuter, teaching, traveling, and serving as medical director. She also obtained her graduate certificate in Shelter Medicine through the University of Florida. She decided to return to Atlanta to be closer to family where she spent the last few years practicing shelter medicine. Dr. Henschel is passionate about fear-free veterinary visits, low-stress animal handling, preventative health, and strengthening the human-animal bond which means helping owners and their pets live long happy lives together. She has 4 rescue dogs and 1 rescue cat. In her spare time, she prefers any activity that is outside in nature.
Dr. Kristie Bard
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Kristie Bard was born in Connecticut and has spent most of the last fifteen years in the Atlanta area. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of California at Davis. She, her husband, and her son have several pets which include their dogs, Bella and Thor, plus three cockatiels and several fish.
Dr. Meredith Stallings-Pavlovsky
Veterinarian and Medical Director
Dr. Meredith Stallings-Pavlovsky was born in Kansas and grew up in Blairsville, Georgia where she spent a lot of time outdoors with her siblings. From a young age, she had a love for animals of all shapes and sizes. In high school, her father introduced her to the local veterinarian in Ellijay to collect research information for her science fair project. After she stepped in the door of that veterinary clinic, she knew it was exactly where she belonged. She worked there through high school and the first two years of college. Dr. Pavlovsky received her Bachelor of Science along with her Masters in Art of Teaching from Georgia College and State University. She was accepted to the University of Georgia College Of Veterinary Medicine, where she earned her doctorate with an interest in mixed animal medicine. Dr. Pavlovsky started working at Midway Animal Hospital in 2011. Her goal was to one day own her own clinic. In 2017, she was so thrilled to purchase Midway Animal Hospital with her great friend and colleague, Dr. Charles Lobeck.
Dr. Pavlovsky has many interests within the wide gamut of veterinary medicine but especially enjoys getting to know the patients and clients who come under her care and following them along their journey. She is married and has two daughters. In her free time, she likes staying active, traveling, reading, as well as spending time with her family, friends, and pets.
Dr. Charles A. Lobeck
Veterinarian and Medical Director
Dr. Charles Lobeck was raised in Topeka, Kansas. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in 2001. After starting his career in advertising and marketing, he decided to pursue his true passion. In 2008, Dr. Lobeck received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia. Since graduating he has continued to focus specifically on dogs and cats. Dr. Lobeck especially enjoys wellness care and helping new pet parents with their new puppies and kittens.
Dr. Lobeck has practiced in Savannah and Woodstock but has been at Midway Animal Hospital since July of 2011. He enjoyed Alpharetta and the clients and staff at Midway Animal Hospital so much that in 2017, Dr. Lobeck purchased the hospital with Dr. Meredith Stallings-Pavlovsky. He strives daily to uphold the principles that Midway Animal Hospital was founded on over 30 years ago.
Dr. Lobeck and his wife have three children, a dog named Lego and a cat named Batman. When he is not at the hospital, Dr. Lobeck enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, and cheering on the Kansas Jayhawks and the Georgia Bulldogs.