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Dr. Nicki Kominek graduated from U.C. Davis Veterinary School in 1991. She received her B.S. in Nutrition Science from U.C. Davis in 1981. She also completed 2 years of Masters research and studies in Nutrition Science before beginning veterinary school. She is certified in physical rehabilitation, acupuncture regenerative veterinary medicine and advanced herbology. Dr. Kominek enjoys all aspects of small animal medicine particularly nutrition, physical rehabilitation, acupuncture and soft tissue surgery. On a personal note, she is married and has 2 daughters, 3dogs, 2 cats, 1 bird, and also co-owns a cow/calf beef herd with her husband |
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| Theresa Goldsmith has been a licensed veterinary technician since 1990. She joined Bowman in 1996 after moving to Colfax from Minnesota. She completed the American Association for Veterinary Dental Technician certification course. She is the lead technician at Bowman. She is married and has 2 sons, 2 dogs, 2 cats, and several chickens. |  |
| Gail Fleming earned her veterinary technician license in 1989. She has been working at Bowman since 1999. She is also certified as a Veterinary Dental Technician. She raised2 daughters with her husband and is now a grandmother. She also has 2 horses, 2 dogs, and 2 cats. |
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| Dr. Kelly Chandler graduated from The Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine in 1988. She moved to California with her husband to enjoy the mountains and ocean that they love. She became certified in Veterinary Acupuncture in 2004 through IVAS. She has received additional training in Chinese Herbal therapy and was a teaching assistant for the West Coast Chi Institute Veterinary Acupuncture Course from 2007-2009. She also helped edit Dr. Xie's Textbook of Chinese Veterinary Herbology in 2009. She has lived and worked in Placer County all of her practive career. She happily joined Bowman in 2010 and continues to integrate the best of Eastern and Western medicine when treating her patients. She is married and has 2 kids, 1 dog and a cat. |  |
| Jade deCampos is the lead receptionist at Bowman. She began working here in 2006. Prior to that, she was training and breeding horses and dogs. She shares her life with a dog, cat and a beautiful horse. Many of you already know her as she was a client and neighbor before becoming part of our team. |  |
| Kelsey Mercado began working at Bowman at the end of 2010 as a kennel assistant. She is now beginning training as a receptionist. She was born in Auburn and raised in Foresthilll. She lives with 3 dogs and a guinea pig. |  |
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| Brigitte Aasen is a receptionist at Bowman. She went through the ROP Veterinary Assistant program 3 years ago. For the last two years she has been working at a pet grooming salon. She lives with one cat. She looks forward to meeting all of you as the newest addition to our team. |
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Samantha Coggins first introduced herself to Dr. Kominek during her senior project in high school. She spent most of her senior year shadowing Dr. Kominek. She enjoyed what she learned and is now in school to become a licensed veterinary technician. We hired her at Bowman as a kennel assistant while she is in school. She has one pet, a dog at her home here in Auburn.
