Our Team

Our staff of client service representatives, veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, and doctors are here to serve you and your pets.

Client service representatives or CSRs help you schedule, answer questions, check-in and check-out patients, handle payment collections, coordinate the day, and present your questions and updates to the doctors for consideration.

VCA Big Lake employs licensed technicians and veterinary assistants to uphold the standard of nursing care your pets deserve. Key roles include anesthesia induction and maintenance under doctor supervision, dental hygiene, radiology, phlebotomy (lab sample collection), lab processing, surgery preparation and operating room O/R assistance, housekeeping, patient treatments, history collection, and client education.

Technician assistants keep the practice flowing by helping with patient treatments, assisting with patient monitoring, surgery preparation, patient handling, housekeeping, supply turn-around, patient care, and ward duties.

Want to join our team? Visit our Careers section.

Get to know us. Explore our staff biographies and learn about the people who make our facility an excellent choice for your pet care needs.

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Margot Ulsom
DVM Medical Director
Dr. Margot Fairbanks Ulsom grew up in Connecticut, obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology at Columbia College in NYC and then went on to UCD Veterinary School in Dublin, Ireland. After graduating in 2013, she started her career working as a mixed animal practitioner in Wyoming and later in Montana. In 2017, she moved to Alaska and made the switch to small animal medicine and emergency care. She joined us at VCA Big Lake in 2021 and became Medical Director of the hospital in 2022.

Her primary interests include soft tissue surgery, internal medicine and emergency care, but she enjoys most aspects of the veter...
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Rachel Turner
Hospital Manager

I am Rachel Turner of Wasilla, Alaska. I was born in Bitburg, Germany, while my father was stationed there in the Air Force. I grew up mostly in Alaska where I graduated high school from Chugiak High School. After high school, I worked as a Veterinary Technician in both Alaska and Oregon, where I worked with animals ranging from snakes, sugar gliders, hedgehogs, birds, dogs and cats. I have owned all sorts of reptiles including Florida alligators and a prairie dog. My love of animals follows me today with my 200 LB great Dane/Mastiff named Jake.

Jake and I share our house with my husband, Jason, and our two child...

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Veterinarians

Our veterinarians are a team of highly trained individuals dedicated to the health and well-being of your pets. Explore our veterinarians' biographies and learn about the individuals who make our hospital an excellent choice for your pet's care.

Veterinarian Support

Our technicians and support team members are all gentle animal lovers who treat your pets with the compassion and respect they deserve. Explore our support team members' biographies and learn about the individuals who make our hospital such a good choice for your pet's care.

Administration

The hospital administration team consists of management personnel who oversee all staff members, hospital activities and the facilities. Together, they keep the hospital running smoothly, ensuring quality patient care and excellent client service. From the moment you check in, our administrative staff is here to deliver the best possible experience to you and your pet before, during and after your visit.

Client Services

We are committed to providing the best possible service and our Client Services team loves to exceed pet owner's expectations. Whether it's answering your calls, guiding you and your pet to the exam rooms or checking you in and out quickly, our Client Service representatives and Receptionists are dedicated to providing helpful client and patient support that raises the bar on customer service.
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Our teams are united in our common purpose of taking care of the future of veterinary medicine.
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