Dr. Mathew Rock graduated from Washington State University with a Masters of Science in Animal Science / Nutrition in 1998 and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. His areas of interest are internal medicine and soft tissue surgery. He has experience working on both large and small animals. Most recently Dr. Rock has attended Purdue University’s Fall Conference for continuing education. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing and hunting. Dr. Rock lives on a small sheep farm in Lakeville, Indiana, with his wife and six children.

Kristin has been in the veterinary field for 13 years. She was born and raised in the Champaign, IL area. She moved to Florida in 2018. She lives with her husband, daughter, son, two dogs, Nina, their “old lady” pitty and Nikita, the baby great pyr (who was originally supposed to be their livestock protector but has now somehow become the indoor family protector dog), 15 chickens ( at the moment. They’re addicting), two horses, and one donkey. She began her career path as a kennel technician. She was lucky enough to have worked with a doctor who really enjoyed teaching and mentoring his team. She worked her way up to a technician. She then began shadowing at an emergency clinic and really enjoyed the fast paced environment and interesting cases. She then moved on to emergency medicine. After being a critical care nurse for a year at the emergency clinic, She was promoted to supervising nurse and was on that journey for seven years. She now works with Chronos managing remote teams for various clinics in the East Coast Region.

Trinity joined the FPHC team in February 2022. She has wanted to be a veterinary nurse since she was 5 years old. Her major passion in life is caring for the innocent and being their advocate. She has a huge heart for pitbulls, especially, and loves to advocate for all things bully! Her hobbies when she is not working are trail walking, fishing, art projects and puzzles.

Maddie began working at Family Pet Health Center in August 2018, shortly after moving to South Bend from Columbia, Missouri.  Born and raised in Southern California, she has always known that she wanted a career working with animals; she loves being able to provide them with care and protection.  Her interests include holistic medicine, nutrition, raw feeding, and wildlife conservation and she is hoping to go back to school to study animal sciences in the near future.  Maddie lives with her husband, Stu, long-haired dachshund, Rickey Henderson, and three cats, Kaman, Wilberforce, and Fred Savage (who was adopted from FPHC). On her days off, Maddie enjoys volunteering with the zookeepers at the Potawatomi Zoo, reading true crime novels, watching SVU reruns, drinking wine, and going road trips to see MLB, NBA, and NHL games.

Stephanie started her career at FPHC in April 2022, but has been in various areas of the animal field since 2011. She has worked hands-on with dogs in doggie day care, and worked a little closer with their parents as a pet sitter and at boarding facilities. She finds it fascinating how each individual cares for their pets in completely different ways! She adores all types of pets, but if forced to choose tends to lean more toward the felines. She has worked with both cats and kittens at local rescues or shelters, and finds watching baby kittens learn to trust humans very rewarding. She loves the sunshine, and during the summer you can sometimes find her hiking or swimming with her canine children!

Max has been a kennel attendant at Family Pet Health Center since June 2017.  He is a junior in the International Baccalaureate program at John Adams High School.  He enjoys all animals, but is a dog lover at heart.  He has two wonderfully ornery dogs of his own: Millie, a beagle/hound mix and Brutus, a rat terrier (both were rescues). In his spare time, Max plays the drums for his school and is a percussionist for The South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra.  He is on Adams’ mock trial team and in the summer he will be a Counselor-in-Training at YMCA Camp Eberhart.  Additionally, he plans to pursue a career in medicine.