Our Veterinarians

Dr. Roy Velardi graduated from the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 1987. Previously he received his B.S. and M.S in Genetics also from UC Davis. He completed an internship in equine medicine in 1988, and practiced equine medicine and surgery till 1994, when he arrived in the northwest to join a mixed animal practice. As demographics and caseloads changed, he became more interested and involved in small animal medicine and surgery. His wife Mary and sons Anthony and Nicolas keep him busy at home with her horses and their 4-H projects raising hogs and steers. There is always something to fix, treat or mend.

Dr. Holley Crooks grew up in Phoenix, AZ but spent her summers visiting family in Hood River, OR. She knew from an early age that she loved the PNW and wanted to call it home. Dr. Crooks attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ where she met her husband. After graduating, she went on to Washington State University in Pullman, WA where she earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2007. Since then she has lived and worked in Vancouver, WA. She enjoys being a veterinarian because no two days are the same and everyday is an opportunity to strengthen the human animal bond.

Dr. Crooks and her husband are very involved in the local and national roller derby community. She skates and he referees, and they enjoy traveling throughout the US to participate in roller derby tournaments.

Dr. Crooks has a pack of three dogs and four cats, ruled by a spunky Chihuahua named Lentil and a well-educated brown tabby called Dr. Handsome.