Your Love, Our Passion

A longer, happier life with your pet.

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Your Love, Our Passion

A longer, happier life with your pet.

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“The people are what makes Woodlake Animal Hospital so special. Driven, talented, compassionate, and collaborative, this is a special culture. The skills here are diverse, but the professionals are united by a singular mission: giving you and your pet a happier, longer, more meaningful life together.”

Doctors

Leslie Ann Jones

DVM/MVB/CVA

Dr. Leslie Ann Jones, DVM/MVB/CVA is originally from Water Mill, New York and she found her way to Richmond via a rather circuitous route. She did her undergraduate work at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, VA, and then she pursued a marine biology degree at Long-Island University, Southampton College. Dr. Jones was subsequently invited to attend University College-Dublin Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Dublin, Ireland. After five years on the Emerald Isle, and two years in upstate New York, she has found her way back ‘home’, to Virginia! Woodlake has been her home for over 10 years now, and she is thrilled to be part of such a wonderful, generous and animal-loving community.

Her interests include alternative medicine, dermatology, behavioral medicine and nutrition. In her free time, Dr. Jones can be found in the barn (riding her horses Sugar Smax and Blue Tunes), at the beach (swimming, fishing and kayaking), gardening at her home or traveling. Her adventures are often shared by Godiva and Apple, her Australian Shepards and Border Collie, Dugan. She also has two cats, Aurora, and Athena, two twin lilac-point Siamese that were orphaned at Woodlake Animal Hospital the summer of 2017.

Meghan Lobb

DVM

Dr. Meghan Lobb joined the Woodlake team in March of 2020. She was born in upstate New York, but raised from a young age in Chesterfield County. Meghan graduated Cosby High School and earned her Bachelor’s degree at James Madison University where she graduated with a double major: Biology and Health Sciences. Following graduation from JMU, Meghan took a year off to gain a better understanding of the Veterinary field. She worked as a Veterinary Assistant and found that she loved the experience and she became determined to become Veterinarian herself. Meghan applied to multiple post graduate programs and in doing so became exposed to the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). The Royal Veterinary College is the largest and longest-established vet school in the English-speaking world and is a college of the University of London. She interviewed with the RVC staff in New York in February of 2015 and in September Meghan moved to London, UK to pursue her veterinary degree.

At the RVC, Meghan was an active member of the Women’s Football Club and also participated on the Equestrian team. Her favorite British memory is of relaxing days at the pub with her teammates and schoolmates. While abroad, Meghan traveled to many different countries and loved all the different cultures, especially the food and weather in Greece! She also had the amazing experience of working in South Africa at the Amakhala Game Preserve where she worked with a team to treat rhinos, giraffes, water buffalo and eland.

Meghan’s small ark at home currently consists of Chance – an orange tabby with too much attitude, Koda – a Siberian Husky Malamute cross who is her fiercely independent best friend (and helped her survive vet school!), and Bella – her overo paint pony that was a rescue from slaughter and has the most loving personality!

After graduation, Meghan returned home to be around friends and family after her four year hiatus in Europe. Her interests in veterinary medicine include surgery, emergency work, pain management and preventative care. She is learning and expanding her knowledge daily with the help of the great team at WAH!

Jailene Fuentes

DVM/BSc

Dr. Jailene Fuentes lives with her husband, son, five dogs, and cat. She graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 2017 with a Bachelor of Natural Sciences with Concentration in General Biology. In 2021 she graduated from Ross University and the University of Florida with a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine. Her current areas of interest are Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Cardiology), dentistry, and soft tissue surgery.

As part of her long-term goals, she intends to participate in high-volume spay and neuter campaigns to help families in need.

In her spare time, she enjoys reviewing veterinary notes and spending time with her family. She also enjoys hiking with her husband and taking pets on road trips.

“When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.”

-A.D. Williams

Team

Bobby

CVPM

Bobby is our Practice Manager and has been a part of the Woodlake Animal Hospital family since 2017. He received his Certified Veterinary Practice Manager (CVPM) certification which is known and appreciated as the highest level of credential for professional veterinary managers in August 2022. He is dedicated to support our clients, patients and team members and loves working with Woodlake Animal Hospital

In his time away from the office Bobby enjoys fishing, watching college football (Go ‘Noles!’), playing board games with friends and traveling. He lives in Moseley, VA with his wife, son and their dog Chewbacca and cats Penny and Mufasa.

Roy

LVT

Roy is a Chesterfield native and went to Monacan High School. Upon graduation, Roy joined the Marine Corp until 2015 and during that time, pursued a mechanical career path. However, Roy realized that his heart has always been in the veterinary world, even since childhood, so he joined the Woodlake Animal Hospital team and completed the vet tech program at Blue Ridge Community College to become a Licensed Veterinary Technician. Roy’s favorite thing about working at WAH is performing dentals, running anesthesia, and assisting in surgery.

Roy currently lives in Powhatan with his wife Kaylee, their daughter, and their pets. In his free time he can be found fishing, or playing video games

Kaylee

Assistant Manager

Kaylee brings her positive, cheerful nature and her incredible event planning skills to Woodlake Animal Hospital. Her favorite part about working at WAH is building relationships with the patients and owners, and organizing all of the community outreach programs and events.

She grew up and still lives in Powhatan with her husband Roy, their daughter, two dogs, and one cat. She is very involved with local and international missions. She & her husband volunteer their time with Hope for Appalachia by providing funding, school supplies, and hygiene items to a school that they have adopted to in Kentucky.

Kaylee has an interest in holistic, all natural lifestyles and medicine, and how they apply to both humans and animals. In her spare time, she can be found somewhere in nature, hiking, kayaking, biking, and camping.

Jen

CSR

Jen lives in Midlothian with her partner and 6 year old daughter. She is a Chesterfield native who went to Monacan and VCU. While in school for medical assisting, she realized her true passion was for veterinary medicine. After college, she lived in the New York metro area for ten years and worked at a small town veterinary hospital in rural New York State before moving back to Chesterfield to be near family. In her free time, she enjoys swimming and spending time outdoors having adventures with her daughter.

Cathy

Veterinary Assistant

Cathy joined the Woodlake Animal Hospital family in early 2020. She has over 20 years of veterinary experience where she started as a veterinary assistant. Her nurturing demeanor truly shows the calming spirit that she has for both clients and their pets.

When she’s not working, Cathy enjoys archery, golfing, crocheting and spending time with her two twin daughters and her pets Winston Churchill; A 12.5 year old Australian Shepherd/Boxer mix, Chesnut; a lovable Chihuahua, and Fletcher a 9.5 year old Congo African Grey Parrot. Cathy’s favorite thing about veterinary medicine is even though new things happen everyday, the care she provides never changes.

Bonnie

Veterinary Assistant

Bonnie has lived in chesterfield her whole life. She attended Cosby high school and is currently enrolled in Penn Foster for her Associates Degree to become a licensed veterinary technician. She has 3 crazy kitties named Brody, Bae Bae and Toulouse and 2 dogs, a Beagle named Ellie Mae and a Dachshund named Opie. In her free time she enjoys spending time with friends and family and loves to be in the water!

Alleigh

Veterinary Assistant

Alleigh joined the WAH family in November 2021. She was born and raised in Chesterfield County. She has had a passion for animals for as long as she can remember. She was homeschooled most of her life and graduated high school in 2020. Alleigh took a veterinary assistant class at the Chesterfield College and Career Center her senior year and got her CVA and has been assisting ever since. This then led her to apply for the Vet Tech program at BRCC.

Alleigh enjoys playing volleyball, board games, swimming and being with friends, family and her German Shepherd Mickey.

Rebecca

CSR

Rebecca became a part of the WAH family in March of 2022. She was born and raised in New Jersey, but has spent most of her life here in Midlothian, VA. Graduating from Clover Hill High School and Chesterfield Technical Center in 2014, she left high school with every intent of going into child education and development prior to starting in ER veterinary care in 2020 as CSR. Now, working with animals and their adoring owners is her full time focus and passion. She hopes to go back to school to get her Technician’s license after gaining sufficient experience in the field.

Rebecca has 2 dogs (Jemma and Emilia) and 5 snuggly cats (Boots, Kennedy, Nyxon, Frankie and Teddy), whom she loves greatly. When not at work, she can typically be found being taken on a walk by her dogs, reading a book with Boots, or cooking a meal/baking sweets for herself and her husband.

Claire

LVT

With over 13 years of veterinary experience, Claire has dedicated her career to animals and their humans. She has never had a job that didn’t include animals! From a young age she grew up around horses and German Shepherds. She began by working in large equine boarding facilities where she enjoyed animal husbandry/caretaking and being outdoors. Starting in high school she dove headfirst into vet med by attending the Chesterfield Technical Center Veterinary Science program which led her to her first veterinary job. She graduated magna cum laude from the Blue Ridge Community College’s Veterinary Technology Program and was awarded the Ursula Stryder Student of the Year Award. She has special interests in photobiomodulation (laser) therapy, cytology, and animal behavior. She loves educating clients and staff alike. She loves to entertain the staff with veterinary parody songs.

In her free time she loves spending time with her own pets, attending any concert or music festival she can, cooking for friends and family, and planning her next adventure.

Linda

Veterinary Assistant

Linda joined the WAH team in August 2022. She gained experience in the Veterinary field at a fast-paced Animal Hospital in NOVA.

Linda enjoys assisting during surgeries and learning more about the holistic lifestyle. In her free time, you can find her in nature, hiking with her husband and Australian Shepherd and taking care of her indoor plants.

Maddie

Veterinary Assistant

Bio Coming Soon!