Our Doctors
Dr. Heather H. Moreau, BVM&S, MRCVS
Owner, Veterinarian
Dr. Moreau grew up ‘back east’ spending her childhood years in Pennsylvania before relocating to Massachusetts with her family. Developing a love for skiing and racing at an early age, she studied at the University of Maine, Fort Kent where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology while competing on their Nordic and Alpine Ski Teams. While at UMFK, Dr. Moreau was elected as the University’s Student Representative to the Board of Trustees for 2 years, gaining valuable skills in team leadership and communication. Dr. Moreau graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2008 on a full presidential scholarship.
In 2008 Dr. Moreau and her future husband Julian relocated to Salt Lake City due to their love of skiing and family connections. Shortly thereafter she got her start in veterinary medicine through mutual ski team friends. Dr. Moreau worked full time as a veterinary technician at a small animal practice in the SLC valley before attending veterinary school in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Moreau was accepted into the University of Edinburgh’s Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies accelerated 4-year program in 2012. The school was founded in 1823 by Professor William Dick and is one of the oldest Veterinary Schools in the world, offering a well-rounded multi-species education. After a challenging four years studying and honing her clinical skills in and out of the classroom, Dr. Moreau was awarded the ‘Best Student in Dermatology’ award by the University at graduation in 2016.
Since graduation, Dr. Moreau has been working full time in small animal practice here in the Salt Lake Valley. Her areas of interest are dermatology, diagnostic imaging, and internal medicine. She enjoys speaking and educating both Veterinary professionals through local continuing education conferences as well as clients on a daily basis. She’s thoroughly looking forward to running her own veterinary practice where she can create a close-knit team of professionals that are here to provide the best care for your beloved pet family members.
Dr. Jennifer Carmody, DVM
Associate Veterinarian
We are proud to introduce our first associate veterinarian, Dr. Jennifer Carmody. Dr. Carmody grew up outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although she started her college career with a focus on sports-medicine she quickly realized her real passion was for helping animals. She went on to earn her undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences at Marquette University before continuing on to veterinary school at the University of Wisconsin. Before joining the Canyons team she practiced at a busy Animal Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dr. Carmody is very interested in integrative medicine and loves to mix alternative therapies with her usual treatment methods. She’s completed over 300 hours of coursework in both veterinary acupuncture and veterinary chiropractic studies and is also a Certified Veterinary Medical Manipulation Practitioner.
Dr. Carmody’s interests away from work include hiking, fishing, reading, and playing volleyball. She played competitively for more than 12 years, and her college team won the national championship two years in a row! Dr. Carmody also loves to spend time with her husband, who works as a dentist. They have a one year old Australian Shepherd named Floyd.
Please join us in welcoming her to CVC, we know you will love her down-to-earth attitude and love for animals.
Dr. Mary Margaret Patrias
Associate Veterinarian
We are proud to introduce our third associate veterinarian, Dr. Mary Margaret Patrias. Dr. Patrias grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Patrias originally planned to pursue human medicine, but found veterinary medicine was her passion through animal science courses and working as an assistant at a veterinary hospital. She was accepted at the University of Minnesota for veterinary school, and completed her DVM.
Dr. Patrias has strong interests in soft tissue surgery and preventive medicine. In her free time, Dr. Patrias enjoys hiking, reading, camping, and trying new restaurants. She also enjoys spending time with her husband TJ and Boxer-mix Huck.
Dr. Lucy Wagstaff
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Wagstaff grew up in southern Virginia on her family’s dairy farm. There, she developed a love of animals from spending time with the cows, the farm dogs, all the barn cats, rabbits and even a conure. Dr. Wagstaff went on to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Animal and Poultry Sciences from Virginia Tech with hopes to work as a mixed animal practice veterinarian. She continued on to veterinary school at the University College of Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. After graduation, Dr. Wagstaff worked at busy small animal practices in Dublin and realized that her passions lie more with companion animals. Recently Dr. Wagstaff decided to move back to the States with her husband because she missed home and wanted to explore more of her own country.
Dr. Lucy Wagstaff’s strong interests include soft tissue surgery, dentistry, and feline medicine. Outside of the clinic, she enjoys reading, baking, knitting, practicing yoga, thrifting, hiking, swimming, and spending time with her two rescue cats, Mr. Poopy Peets and Pickles.
Our Staff
Louise Myers
Veterinary Nurse
We are thrilled to introduce our newest full-time nurse Louise (July 2020). Louise brings 18 years of experience to our team, and a wealth of knowledge developed at some of Salt Lake’s finest specialty practices, including Eyecare for Animals. She currently has three dogs, a Doberman named Vera, a boxer named Stella, and a lab mix named Brad. She also has two cats, an orange tabby named Walden and a tuxedo named Doobie. When she’s not at work she can be found with family, camping, enjoying the dunes on side x sides, and hanging out with her dogs. Please join us in welcoming Louise to our team. We know you’ll enjoy her sensible, caring, and fun-loving approach to animal and client care.
Haley Roberts
Veterinary Nurse
We are excited to introduce Haley Roberts, our newest Veterinary Nurse (March 2020). Haley is a 2015 graduate of Animal Behavior College and has been working as a vet nurse for the last 4 & 1/2 years. She brings a broad range of clinical skills as well as client care experience to our close-knit team. We are looking forward to her joining our nursing staff and we know you’ll appreciate her calm and patient demeanor. Haley has several pets of her own. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, going camping, hiking, and BBQing.
Madeline Gilea
Veterinary Nurse
We are happy to introduce Madeline Gilea, one of our full time Veterinary Nurses. When she isn’t at the clinic Madeline enjoys spending time with her family collecting commemorative cups and making homemade dog treats for her two pitbulls, Nala and Anastasia.
Shaelyn Riley
Veterinary Nurse
We are excited to introduce Shaelyn Riley as one of our Veterinary nurses. We are sure you will like her calm and caring demeanor. She has grown up around animals. Currently she has two Yorkies named Sage and Rosie as well as a horse named Charlie and a rescue lamb named Busters. Her hobbies include golf, baking and riding Charlie.
Brianna Fonnesback
Veterinary Nurse
We are proud to introduce Brianna Fonnesback, one of our awesome veterinary nurses. Brianna has been helping to maintain the health of companion animals for the last 12 years. She has worked with reproductive specialists, spent time in an emergency room setting, and also general practice. She has two pets of her own, a Lab mix named Snoop and a European Doberman named Cobra Kai. Brianna loves to be outdoors, enjoying all that nature has to offer, no matter the season. She enjoys wakeboarding as well as snowboarding.
Montess Vilchez
Veterinary Nurse
We are happy to introduce Montess Vilchez our newest CVC Nurse, who goes by Tess. Tess has been in the veterinary industry for 16 years. She got her start at the Bel-Rea Institute of Veterinary Technology in Colorado. Through the Colorado Association of Certified Veterinary Technicians program Tess became a Certified Veterinary Technician. For the entirety of her 16-year career Tess has chosen to work in general practice. Tess’s favorite parts of veterinary medicine are pain management, senior care, parasitology anesthesia and Continuing education.
To maintain a healthy work life balance when she is not at the clinic Tess enjoys spending time in the kitchen, crafting and spending her time with friends and family. Tess also enjoys going to the movies, doing yoga and centering herself through the meditative experience of Sound baths. At home Tess has 2 dogs; London and Josie. London is a Chihuahua and Josie is a Chihuahua/Shih Tzu/Pug mix. She also has two cats Maisy and Mellie; Maisy is a Domestic short hair, while Millie is a Domestic Long hair.
A few fun facts about Tess are that she is a huge fan of Halloween and loves Horror movies. She has also climbed the Great Wall of China. Be sure to say Hi to Tess the next time you are visiting.
Jillian Cameron
Veterinary Nurse
Jillian began her journey in animal welfare at the young age of 14 when she began volunteering. She has grown her experience and expertise through volunteer, kennel technician, ER nurse, General practice nurse and Specialty nurse. She has a loving home full of 2 legged and 4 legged children. Jillian’s hobbies include; hiking, camping, and photography. She loves to explore the world with her sons and have long conversations with her fur babies. In her down time Jillian enjoys both comedy and horror films. She also says that if she finds a body of water, her feet will most likely be in it.
Jillian’s favorite part of Veterinary medicine is “feeling that I put my time and energy and passion into a career with purpose and knowing at the end of the day that I did my best for the wonderful animals and families and people that I work with.”
A fun fact about Jillian is that she is the ultimate master of “Which 80’s band is this?” Come on in to Canyons and test her knowledge.
Sinéad Andersen
Veterinary Nurse
Sinéad has been involved in companion animal veterinary care for a little over a year now. Her journey to companion animal vet care is pretty impressive and definitely awesome! For several years Sinéad worked primarily in the field of Wildlife Rehab. She has helped care for and improve the quality of life for animals as large and bears and as small and hummingbirds. In 2016 Sinéad completed a Safari Guide course and is actually a licensed guide in South Africa!
Once she made the move to Companion Animal care she found that pathology, pharmacology and physiology (so far) have been her area’s of greatest interest. Sinéad absolutely loves the variety that Veterinary medicine offers and the innumerable opportunities that it provides to improve her technical skills.
At home in England still residing with Grandma and Grandpa, Sinéad has a pony named Dolly, they have been the best of friends since Sinéad’s childhood. And since Dolly is currently in England some of Sinéad’s favorite extracurricular activities are wildlife photography, traveling and being outside whether she is hiking, biking, roller-blading, or just plain soaking up the Vitamin D.
Morgan Middlemiss
Veterinary Nurse
Morgan joined the nursing staff at Canyons Veterinary Clinic with around two years of previous experience She got her start in the industry as a Kennel Technician caring for the basic needs of pets and quickly progressed to nursing. She says that when she began down the path of Veterinary Nursing, she knew it was what she wanted to do as her career. Morgan’s favorite part of Veterinary Medicine is the people. She loves meeting pet owners that have the same goal as her – to provide the best and healthiest life for their pets.
Outside of work Morgan is quiet the barista, she loves making coffee for herself and others and spending her time checking out new coffee shops. When not doing that, she can be found doting on her own fur babies at home; Benji, Klaus and Agnes.
Kristi Leech
Customer Service Representative
The truest example of “Follow your heart!” For it was Kristi’s heart that led her to Vet Med. She was introduced to the world of Veterinary medicine when she rescued an injured and abandoned animal right off the street. That was 7 years ago and she hasn’t looked back since. Her own menagerie of pets includes; dogs, fish, reptiles, rodents and a single cat.
Kristi’s favorite thing about veterinary medicine is the ever-revolving door of what one may see throughout a day and the opportunities that presents to always be learning and improving. However, in her personal time Kristi enjoys camping and baking. We are grateful to welcome Kristi to our team as she finds herself calling Utah – since she has lived in 7 different states!
Sierra Miller
Operations Manager
With great pleasure, we introduce you to Sierra Miller, our clinic operations manager. Sierra has been with Canyons from the start and we are happy to have her overseeing daily operations. She has loved animals her entire life but joined the animal welfare field 10 years ago. She has done shelter work, veterinary nursing, and rescue work. She grew up in Southern California but now calls Utah home. She loves the beach, is an avid reader, and enjoys second-hand shopping.
Clarissa Muniz
Client Service Representative
We are happy to introduce Clarissa Muniz as one of our exceptional client service representatives. As the only receptionist at her last clinic, she learned a lot in a short period of time. In this busy industry Clarissa loves to be able to focus on Client care. She loves being as attentive to owners as she is to their pets, meeting and talking to people providing them as much comfort in sometimes worrisome situations as she can. She has two dogs, a 10-year-old Aussie named Buddy and a 6-year-old long hair chihuahua named Charlie. In her free time, she enjoys watching hockey, playing video games, meeting new people and skateboarding.
Dana Lewallen
Client Service Representative
We are proud to introduce Dana Lewallen as one of our wonderful client service representatives. Previously working as a receptionist in Texas we are happy to now have her in Utah. She has a 7-year-old Schipperke named Ninja that she brings to work some days as well as 2 cats: a 15-year-old domestic short hair named Millie and a 5-month-old rescue named Pascal. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, tennis, volleyball and exploring Utah with her husband.
Victoria Wozab
Client Service Representative
We are happy to introduce Victoria (Tori) Wozab as one of our friendly Client Service Representatives. Tori has been a great addition to our team with prior animal clinic and emergency reception experience. Her favorite aspects are observing and learning about surgical procedures and of course meeting all the pets that come in every day. At home Tori has a small zoo which includes: a mini-Heeler/Toy aussie mix named Gordo, a cat named Lucy, a tortoise named Munchie and a Bearded Dragon named Beadie. Tori’s hobbies include camping, hiking and any kind of crafting.
Veterinary Nursing Student Interns
Interested in completing your veterinary nursing externship at Canyons? Please send your resume to info@canyonsveterinaryclinic.com
We are excited to have all of these amazing animal care providers on our team. Dr. Moreau personally interviewed and selected every employee based on their skills, compassion for animals and amazing attitudes toward client care. We all look forward to serving you and your pet at Canyons Veterinary Clinic.