Dr. Christina Hutson graduated from Stanford with a BS and Masters in Biology. She graduated Univ. of Calif. Davis Veterinary School in 1981. She did her Internship at University of Pennsylvania. She did an Oncology residency at Univ. of Pennsylvania, as well.

She won the Leonard Jackson Clinical Excellence Award for the Class of 1981. She is currently a continuing education chairperson for the So Calif. Vet Med Association. She is a member of many organizations including AAHA, AVMA, SCVMA, Veterinary Cancer Society, Feline Cornell Health Group, The Guide Dogs of the Desert, and Redondo Beach Rotary. She has been practicing veterinary medicine for the past 25 years.

Dr. Stephannie Tallent graduated from West Point with a BS in English and received her veterinary degree from Texas A & M. She has been practicing veterinary medicine for the past 7 years and has one dog and 4 cats at home.

Dr. Stephannie Tallent is our relief doctor. She has worked as a small animal veterinarian in the South Bay and nearby areas of Los Angeles since graduation from vet school. Born in the Long Beach area, she is one of those rare people ~ ~ a California native. She moved back to California after graduating from vet school, wanting to live near the beach again.