Our Staff

Doctor

Dr. Alexander Byron

Dr. Byron graduated from Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1976. He has been with Greenfield Animal Hospital since graduation. He also taught anesthesia and parasitology in the Veterinary Technician Program at Macomb Community College for two years. Dr. Byron and his wife have been married for 32 years. They have three children (two are fellow Spartans!) and two adorable little granddaughters. The Byrons have two Golden Retrievers, Sidney and Allie.

Dr. Byron coached Little Ceasers youth soccer for 10 years. His current outside interest is the remodeling of his ancestral farmhouse in Canada on property that has been in his family for over 205 years. He also enjoys spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren, reading and attending MSU football and basketball games.

"I am proud of Greenfield Animal Hospital's 42 year history of providing quality, compassionate veterinary care. I feel blessed to be able to care for all pets and to interact with their kind and caring pet owners. I am most proud of our talented, caring and professional healthcare team. They have dedicated their lives to the care and treatment of companion animals. We all believe strongly in the beauty of the bond we form with our pets." You can reach Dr. Byron via e-mail at drbyron@greenfieldanimalhospital.com.

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Michael P Hood , DVM

Dr. Hood started his relationship with Greenfield Animal Hospital as a client over 20 years ago, helping to bring in his family pets for their veterinary care. In 1984 he had his first job at Greenfield as a kennel attendant. Cleaning the kennels, feeding and caring for the animals in the hospital is how he got his start. From 1984 to 1986 while completing high school, he continued to work at Greenfield Animal Hospital. With some mentoring by Dr Byron, he went to Michigan State University, knowing veterinary medicine is what he wanted to do. After 3 years of undergraduate work and four years of veterinary school he returned to Greenfield Animal Hospital to work as a veterinarian. Since starting his career in veterinary medicine in 1993, Dr. Hood has come to realize he could not have chosen a better career for himself.

Dr Hood has been married to his wife Lynn since 1995, also a MSU graduate. He has two cats, Mars and Putty. He enjoys watching and playing basketball and golf in his spare time. He is very passionate about all MSU sports.

Dr Hood enjoys veterinary medicine so much that he truly looks forward to going to work everyday and looks forward to being a veterinarian for a long time. You can reach Dr. Hood via e-mail at drhood@greenfieldanimalhospital.com

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Jennifer M Zerbel , DVM

Dr. Jennifer Zerbel is a 1990 graduate of Michigan State University. She has worked for Greenfield Animal Hospital either full or part time since then. Dr. Zerbel and her husband have two beautiful children and several dogs and cats. Dr. Zerbel has a special interest in exotics, pocket pets and wild animals. Dr. Zerbel is eager to care for your exotic pets. She has just returned to our practice from a sabbatical in western Africa working for the preservation of wild Chettahs. You can reach Dr. Zerbel via e-mail at drzerbel@greenfieldanimalhospital.com.

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Technician

Tracy L Deuel , LVT

Tracy Deuel has been employed at Greenfield Animal Hospital since 1993. She received her degree in Veterinary Technology from Wayne State University in 1996. Tracy is very passionate about small animal anesthesia and surgery. She has two teenage daughters, 3 dogs, 6 cats and a horse. She enjoys riding and jumping horses in her spare time.

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Jennifer A Essex , LVT

Jennifer began working at Greenfield Animal Hospital in 1998, while still in high school. She completed the Veterinary Technician program at Macomb Community College in 2001. Jennifer also earned a business communication degree at Rochester College of Business in 2003. Jennifer has 3 dogs and 4 cats. She enjoys dog training and developing good relationships between owners and their pets. She loves working here because of the wonderful and caring staff.

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Julie A Barker , LVT

Julie started working at Greenfield Animal Hospital in June of 2001 as an internship for the Veterinary Technician program at Macomb Community College. She graduated in 2002. Julie lives with her three cats; Avery, Oliver and Belle. She enjoys golfing, gardening, and spending time with her family in her free time. "What I enjoy most about working at Greenfield Animal Hospital is that everyone is very compassionate toward the animals and the staff is like a family. We also provide high quality care." The best part of being a licensed technician is providing nursing care to sick patients and administering anesthesia.

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Dawn Glaza , LVT

Dawn joined the staff of Greenfield Animal Hospital in May 2005. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Social Work. Her passion for animals led her to work for the Michigan Humane Society. Dawn completed a second degree as a Licensed Veterinary Technician in 2006. Dawn has two dogs, Fozzie and Stumpy, both adopted from the Michigan Humane Society.

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Reception

Evie Woods

Evie has been a receptionist at Greenfield Animal Hospital since Jan 2002. She spent two years at Central Michigan working towards a degree in anthropology. She has 2 cats. Outside of work, Evie pays the bass guitar and sings in the band, "Pilot To Co-Pilot." When asked what she liked most about working here, she said, "I like it here because of the compassion exhibited to all animals by the entire staff. It makes me proud to be employed here."

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Michelle Kornblum

Michelle has been passionate about animals since adopting her first dog, Smokey, as a young child. She volunteers with two animal rescue groups, "Almost Home" in Southfield and "All Cats Downriver." Michelle has six cats named Simon, Riley, Tommy, Tiger Kitty, Lily and Comet. In addition to her time devoted to helping homeless pets, she attends Madonna University. Michelle will graduate with a degree in Clinical Psychology in May 2007. She is interested in helping pet owners deal with the grief associated with the loss of their animal companions. "I am happy to be working at Greenfield Animal Hospital amongst people who are as compassionate and caring of animals as I am."

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Kennel

Josh Zeiger

Josh has worked for Greenfield Animal Hospital since April 2006. He is in his final year of high school. He enjoys spending time with his dog, Cocoa and playing football.

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Michael Beneson

Michael is a 2004 graduate of Southfield High School where he received numerous citizenship honors. He has been employed by Greenfield Animal Hospital for 3 years. Michael will be attending Oakland University in the fall of 2005. Michael is our lead kennel attendant. He coordinates the proper care of all boarding patients. Michael and his family have several dogs and cats.

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Grooming

Susan Cunningham

Hi!, I'm Susan Cunningham and I have been grooming dogs at Greenfield Animal Hospital since 1989. One of the things I enjoy most about working at Greenfield is the mutual respect between the doctors and the rest of the staff. I graduated from highschool in 1980 and received a certificate at the American School of Dog Grooming in 1988. At home I have 10 boy cats and two dogs; Sherman, a two year old shepherd mix who came from the Humane Society and Cannoli, a 12 year old golden retriever mix who was a stray found by one of our clients.

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Sonya Alford

Sonya joined our grooming staff in 2006. She has two fiesty little Jack Russell Terriers.

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