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Two of the team examining a dog together
Two of the team examining a dog together

The team

Three veterinarians, a licensed head technician and a front desk that actually picks up the phone. Everyone works from the same chart, so you never repeat your pet’s story.

Three vets,
one head tech,
one Wynona.

Georgia, Auburn and Ohio State graduates

Fear Free certified team

Licensed in Kentucky

Portrait of Dr. Saoirse Achebe in a white coat

Surgery & internal medicine

Dr. Saoirse Achebe, DVM

Dr. Saoirse Achebe, DVM

Dr. Saoirse Achebe, DVM

Founder & Medical Director

DVM, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Saoirse opened Sweetgum in 2011 after nine years at a busy emergency hospital, where she saw too many problems a routine visit would have caught. She does most of our soft-tissue surgery and is the reason every treatment here gets a written estimate first.

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Portrait of Dr. Tobin Varga in a white coat with a stethoscope

Dentistry & urgent care

Dr. Tobin Varga, DVM

Dr. Tobin Varga, DVM

Dr. Tobin Varga, DVM

Associate Veterinarian

DVM, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine

Tobin runs our dental days and sees most of the urgent cases that walk in before noon. He has removed more socks from more dogs than he would like, and he always shows you the X-ray first.

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Dr. Kiyomi Nakamura holding a gray and white cat

Cats & senior pets

Dr. Kiyomi Nakamura, DVM

Dr. Kiyomi Nakamura, DVM

Dr. Kiyomi Nakamura, DVM

Associate Veterinarian

DVM, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Kiyomi sees most of our cats and older dogs. She is Fear Free certified, books cats in the quiet hours and will happily examine your cat on the floor if that is where your cat wants to be.

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Portrait of Ingrid Fairweather in blue scrubs

Anesthesia & dentistry

Ingrid Fairweather, LVT

Ingrid Fairweather, LVT

Ingrid Fairweather, LVT

Head Veterinary Technician

Licensed Veterinary Technician, Kentucky

Ingrid monitors every anesthetic in the building, takes the dental X-rays and trains our assistants. She has been holding nervous dogs steady in Louisville for fourteen years.

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Portrait of Wynona Beale laughing

Scheduling & pet insurance

Wynona Beale

Wynona Beale

Wynona Beale

Client Care Lead

Fear Free certified client care

Wynona answers the phone, checks what your pet insurance actually covers before you come in and remembers every dog’s name, which is more than she manages for their owners.

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One chart. One team.

We show you before we treat

You see the X-ray or the lab result, hear what it would cost and decide, before any treatment starts.

We refer when it is not for us

If your pet needs a cardiologist, an orthopedic surgeon or an oncologist, we say so and send the records the same day.

We watch and wait when we can

Small lumps get measured, photographed and rechecked in a month instead of removed today.

Meet them at
your first visit.

Book a $72 new patient visit with any of our vets. Same-week appointments, pet insurance paperwork handled.

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