Meet our Team

It came as a shock to no one who knows Melissa that she wound up in the veterinary field. She spent her childhood surrounded by dogs, cats, and horses. While growing up, Mel sat down and took notes watching Animal Planet while her friends preferred Disney Channel. In addition to an innate interest in animals, love and connection on a soulful level have always been apparent in Mel’s life. She was never one to look away during the sad ASPCA commercials, but instead raise the volume and force others to watch and learn. Once, when she was young and her parents took her to choose a special koi fish for their backyard pond, she instead insisted on saving a feeder fish and affectionately naming it “Victim” and giving it the life it never could have. Needless to say, her favorite part of veterinary medicine is being a part of the healing, even if that just means being a kind voice. When she isn’t at Sage, she is either walking around Hamilton Park with her husband, baby, and border collie mix or relaxing on the couch inside with her two cats.

Tivona is to veterinary medicine as a cat is to a string – she has always had an inexplicable fascination with it. She began her career in her younger years by volunteering with a small animal veterinarian in her local community before earning her Bachelor’s in conservation biology and becoming a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. While working at a wildlife hospital after college, she started becoming more interested in the internal medicine side of things and earned her LVT/CVT. Tivona finds veterinary medicine to be especially rewarding when you simply get to see the sick get healthy. Though her interests are evolving with her career, she finds herself particularly passionate about feline health and ophthalmology. When she isn’t helping your pet get better, she’s either at home with her two cats Dee Dee Ramone and Liebchen, outside missing her cats and enjoying the weather, or working on a comic she is writing about her Grandfather’s survival of the holocaust.

Before she was consulting you about your pet’s health, Lauren was actually an accountant and consultant. Graduating from Penn State with an accounting degree, she naturally went into finance but quickly found herself yearning for something more fulfilling and interesting. Like most of the Sage staff, she grew up around many animals. Her house in rural Pennsylvania was the one always opening the door to strays so she felt very comfortable when she began volunteering at an ASPCA. It was there that she realized animal care was her dream. She earned another Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Technology and her LVT/CVT. Lauren is most passionate about senior pet care and is especially elated to be working with doctors who seamlessly combine science, the pet’s needs, and their owner’s concerns. She has two senior pets at home; Megan a pittie mix, and Paisley a domestic long-haired cat. When she isn’t taking care of your fur baby she is chasing after her toddler, on a walk with her husband, or cheering on Penn State, The Steelers, and The Penguins.

Logan grew up singing, baking, and loving animals in a small West Virginia town. After moving to NYC to attend NYU-Steinhardt for his graduate degrees, he found his way into veterinary medicine. He is very grateful to have found a career home in this rewarding field. Logan immensely enjoys our ability to play a part in providing high-quality veterinary care to pets in local shelter/rescue groups as they prepare to find their “furever” homes. He considers it a distinct privilege to be working with this group of highly dedicated, intelligent, and empathetic professionals at Sage. When he isn’t at the office, he can be found out on the town seeing the newest Broadway productions, at home baking gluten-free sweets, or scouring the internet for an adorable rescue shih-tzu to adopt with his partner James.

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