Dr. Amanda Favis, Associate Veterinarian, grew up in Ormond Beach, Florida.  She attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and obtained a BA in biology and then went on to New Mexico State University and obtained a Master’s of Science in Ecology.

After working for a few years in New Mexico and Arizona studying the breeding biology of various bird species, she decided it was time to go back to school and obtain a DVM degree from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. 

Dr. Favis spends her free time with her two sons Jacob and Elliot, hiking and bird watching around New Mexico with her husband, Luther and playing with her 4 dogs.

Dr. Melissa Smith, Associate Veterinarian, grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Pittsburgh. She moved to northern NM in 1996 where she fell in love with the landscape and life in New Mexico and never returned back east. She worked with programs helping at-risk youth for several years in the Santa Fe area and then moved to ABQ where she worked at the UNM School of Medicine on many human health research projects for several more years.

Finally deciding to pursue veterinary medicine, she moved to Colorado and attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins. It was also through CSU and the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association where she completed additional training in veterinary medical acupuncture.She has also sought additional training in canine rehabilitation from the University of Tennessee.

She enjoys spending her down time in the outdoors hiking, camping and canoeing with her fiancé Ray and her furry companions Sage and Chloe (pictured); their furry cat companions stay at home for such adventures.