Get to know the doctors and staff at Tequesta Veterinary Clinic. We have a dedicated team of professionals who take the time to care for your furry family member. Dr. Sutton and her staff blend technology with old fashioned caring.
Dr. Joi is constantly learning and going to veterinary conferences and challenging herself to be her best. In the first 6 months of Covid 19 she attended seven 3 day virtual veterinary conferences and also took a year-long advanced dental master course. She excels at veterinary dentistry and has achieved Veterinary Dental Practitioner status through the International Veterinary Dentistry Institute. These days she spends most of her time at TVC performing surgery and dentistry.
Dr. Joi’s goal has always been to treat every patient as if it were her own pet and to treat every client as well as she would treat her mother. Helping animals is in Dr. Joi’s DNA. It is what makes her happiest.
Fear Free Certified Professionals are a cut above the rest when it comes to caring for your best friend. Having completed hours of veterinary education with stringent testing and annual continued education requirements, our Fear Free Certified Professionals not only look out for your pets’ physical health but also their emotional wellbeing. Whether you are looking for a veterinary or pet services professional who knows how to handle a fearful, anxious, or stressed out pet, or you simply want the best care possible for your four-legged friend, a Fear Free Certified Professional is here to help.
Dr. Kate Raymond graduated from Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2007. After graduation, she spent a year in an emergency internship in Annapolis, MD. She then moved to Florida to join a general practice for four years. After that, she returned to emergency medicine at our local Veterinary Specialty Hospital of Palm Beach Gardens for eight years. As much as she loves her friends there, the strenuous hours of emergency have placed her focus onto general practice again, and is excited to be able to make lasting relationships with her patients again! Her special interests include ophthalmology, endocrinology, and soft tissue surgery.
Dr. Kate grew up in northern Vermont, and misses the mountains there, but accepts warm winters and beaches as a welcome replacement! Here, she enjoys the sun with her husband, son, and three dogs. When she’s not outdoors, she enjoys cooking, baking, traveling, and cheering for the Boston Red Sox!
Dr. Stetzer has been practicing veterinary medicine for many years. His first experience in his chosen field was as a volunteer at a practice near his home at the age of nine! Looking back, he now recognizes that while he was beginning what was to become a lifelong journey, he probably was more of a nuisance than a contributor. He continued to work as a kennel assistant and ultimately, a technician at that same practice throughout his high school years. Upon graduation, he enrolled as a pre-vet student at Penn State University, where he earned a degree in Animal Science. From there, he went on to receive a Master of Science in Animal Nutrition and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from The University of California at Davis. Upon graduation, he returned to his New York roots and a two-year internship at The Animal Medical Center in Manhattan. Then, it was on to Seattle, Washington, and a three-year residency in Comparative and Experimental Pathology at the University of Washington College of Medicine. During that tenure, he did consulting for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Division, and led the Northwest Marine Mammal Stranding Network, while serving on the board of directors of the Seattle Aquarium.
Upon completion of his residency, he accepted a professorial position at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, where he taught pathology to veterinary students and pathology residents. After six years, he chose to return to general practice. He established Stetzer Veterinary Hospital in Coral Springs, where he practiced until 2004. At that point, he moved to the Berkshires of Massachusetts and practiced there until 2010, when he returned to Florida, and purchased Central Animal Hospital, in Boca Raton. He sold that practice and is now happily ensconced here at Tequesta Vet Clinic.
Dr. Stetzer lives in Lake Worth with his wife, Bernadette, three dogs, four cats, a bearded dragon named “Cake”, two chickens, a koi pond, and assorted aquariums. He is an avid butterfly gardener and a traditional black-and-white film photographer in his not-so-frequent spare time. He continues to thrive in his love for his life-long profession and comes to us with a world of experience, a kind and gentle demeanor, and certification in fear-free practice that is appreciated by his clients and his patients.
We are proud to be one of the 15% of veterinary hospitals in America who belong to the American Animal Hospital Association. What does being an AAHA hospital mean? It means we allow an inspector to come into our hospital to evaluate our medicine, medical records, surgery suite, protocols, and so on. They look at everything to make sure our hospital is top-notch. When Dr. Joi had her first AAHA inspection at Tequesta Vet Clinic, the inspector planned to spend the day at our hospital. She was done by 9:30 am. She commented that it was the quickest inspection she had done in her 12 years of hospital inspections. When Dr. Joi says she is Type A, she means it!
We proudly support the AAHA for all the protocols and research they do for our profession. It is the AAHA that provides the standards of care for veterinary medicine and guidelines. Developed by experts in the profession, AAHA guidelines provide cutting-edge information and frequent updates that help veterinary professionals face the demands of a continually shifting industry to ensure pets receive the best possible care. Check out their website: https://www.aaha.org/aaha-guidelines/what-are-aaha-guidelines/