Veterinary Technicians
Our Veterinary Technicians perform a variety of animal health care duties such as preparing treatment rooms, radiographs, dental cleaning, restraining animals, administering injections, monitoring vital signs, preparaing medications, performing lab tests, and assisting the veterinarian during surgery.
Our Technicians
Marina Bladen
Marina has been with our office for since June 2006. Marina is a part time Technician who has an affinity for birds. She also volunteers at the Wildlife Center of the Hamptons, and is bilingual, which helps us a lot with our Spanish speaking clients!
Melissa Heun, LVT
Melissa is one of our licensed technicians and has been here since
October of 2005. She is a 2004 graduate of the Suffolk Community College Veterinary Technician program. Currently Melissa lives with her boyfriend Tommy, and her two cats Lil man and Skylar. On her time off Melissa enjoys rescuing and fostering cats and kittens, vacationing, hiking, and spending time with her family and friends.
Eileen Hughes
Eileen is our longstanding Veterinary Technician, and has been with our
practice since April of 2000. With 23 years experience she brings a
wealth of knowledge to our hospital. Eileen also helps out our
grooming department once in a while and will attempt to groom
your cat without sedation. She enjoys fostering cats and kittens,
and spends some of her free time at the Southampton Town Shelter
where she grooms the resident dogs. At home she has 8 cats, 4 dogs, and 3 hamsters!
Melinda Matthews, LVT
Melinda has been with us since April 2010. She has returned to the
Veterinary field after taking a few years off to raise her two beautiful
children. Melinda loves photography, hiking, and sailing. She and her
husband, a former marine, live in East Quogue with their three rescue
dogs, Kaya a Malamute, and Desna and Suka both Husky/Shep Mixes.
Maria Gatto, LVT
Maria has been with us since May 2011. She came to us straight out of
the Suffolk Community Veterinary Technician program. She is excited to be
able to work with us and follow her passion. She is currently awaiting getting her
Veterinary Technician license, and we wish her luck!