Our Team

Dr. Melanie Butera joined the Veterinary Wellness Partners family when she sold her practice, Elm Ridge Animal Hospital, to the partnership in 2018.  Dr. Butera graduated from The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1985, and was the 1985 recipient of the college Small Animal Medicine… more

Dr. Paul is at our Canal Fulton/ Jackson Elm Ridge Animal Hospital weekly to perform surgeries and just to brighten our day with his friendly disposition. Dr. Masters had been a founding partner in the Orrville Veterinary Clinic and Orrville Pet Spa and Resort.

Dr. Jeff Fink has divided responsibilities between small animal surgery/ medicine and management. Dr. Fink joined the Orrville Veterinary Clinic in 2002. He and his wife, Beth, are kept busy with their four children and farm outside of Dalton.  On their farm, they raise grass fed beef and free… more

Dr. Marissa Hofstetter has been a small animal veterinarian with Veterinary Wellness Partners since 2010. A graduate of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, her primary interests include internal medicine and dentistry in dogs and cats. She is Fear Free Certified and spends… more

Dr. Davis works at our Orrville, Seville, Barberton, Canal Fulton, and Medina locations.

Noel is a graduate of Brown Mackie College of Veterinary Technology and first joined our staff as an extern. She is currently the head technician at Elmridge, where she has been a technician for 10 years. She has been married to her husband Dan for 15 years and they have two children. Her oldest… more

Pam works at our Orrville Veterinary Clinic and Elm Ridge Animal Hospital.

Mindy works at our Elm Ridge Animal Hospital location.

Miranda works at our Barberton, Orrville, Seville, and Southern Medina locations.

Katie became a Registered Veterinary Technician in February 2019. She lives in Cuyahoga Falls with her husband, Kevin and their 3 cats Gus, Buster, Russell (aka Gus Bus and Russ) and assorted houseplants.

Kelsey joined the vwp team in July of 2022. She works at the canal Fulton Jackson veterinary clinic as the client services specialist. She grew up in Wooster and attended the animal care program at the Wayne county schools career center.

Kash joined VWP as a Veterinary Assistant in 2023. She works at our Canal Fulton and Barberton locations.

Nathan started as a Client Service Specialist in January of 2024 at our Canal Fulton Jackson location.

Shelby began with Veterinary Wellness Partners in March of 2009 and is currently a Client Services Specialist at our Orrville office. She has worked a variety of jobs within our company over the years. She currently lives in Massillon with her boyfriend and their two dogs and three cats. In her… more

Pat was our receptionist from the first day ERAH opened and had worked for Dr. Butera for many years before that at the emergency clinic. She loved our clients and their pets like her own family, and nothing was more important to Pat than family.

Dr. Lebeau was Dr. Butera's vet when she was a young girl and was the one that hired her for the emergency clinic in 1986. She is so honored to have known him and have him as a mentor for so many years.  He was with us when we opened ERAH, but  formally retired (again) in 2008.