Dr. Courtney Lesnick joined the My Pet’s Vet team as the new Chief of Staff in March 2021. Dr. Lesnick was born in Ponca City, OK but grew up in Houston, TX. She went to undergrad at Randolph-Macon Women’s College in Lynchburg Virginia and graduated with a BS in Biology with Honors in 2000. She went to veterinary school at Texas A&M in College Station, TX. While there, Dr. Lesnick received a Health Professions Scholarship from the Army, and after graduation in 2004, was stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH for a little over 3 years. There she was responsible for the care of 15 military working dogs, ran two on-base wellness clinics in Ohio and Michigan, and inspected over 40 commercial food establishments in the area. After the Army, Dr. Lesnick moved with her now-husband to New Jersey, where she worked at Woodbridge Veterinary Hospital for 5.5 years. Hoping to get back to her southern roots, Dr. Lesnick moved to Athens in Feb 2013. She worked at Best Friend Vet Hospital in Braselton, GA for the next 8 years. Dr. Courtney Lesnick is very excited to bring her high standards of care to the Buford My Pet’s Vet location. She has special interests in surgery, feline medicine, and is passionate about thoroughly explaining medical conditions and making the clinic experience as stress-free as possible for pets and their owners. In her free time, she loves traveling and trying new cuisine.