Meet our Team

Beth Thurman, a third-generation San Diego native, has been with PESC since 2002. Her knowledge of the community makes her the perfect person to handle our veterinarian relations. She started her career in veterinary medicine as a kennel assistant and risen to oversee Referral Partner Relations as well as Hospital Operations. Beth uses her creative talent to come up with innovative ideas to engage our local veterinarians and their teams. She looks forward to building relationships with our local veterinarians while working at the PESC to provide excellent care and service to clients and patients.

In her free time, Beth enjoys training and showing her Staffordshire Bull Terriers.

Debra Marshall graduated in 2001 from the Mesa College RVT program. She was born in Lansdale, PA, and moved to San Diego with her family in 1987. After graduation, she first worked in general practice, and in 2004 she joined the PESC team as a technician in the Internal Medicine Department. She became a lead technician in that department in 2012, and in 2020 assumed the Specialty Services Manager role, managing the specialty departments while working closely with all the teams in our hospital. During her off time, Debra enjoys living the homestead life with her family on their hobby farm in east county.

Tiffany Setters,  originally from Phoenix, Arizona and moved to San Diego in 2012.  She began her career in 2007 at a general practice that provided a variety of medicine including exotics, behavior, orthopedics, and holistic medicine.  After moving to San Diego, she began her career at PESC in the Emergency/Critical Care (ECC) department where she found her passion.  In 2020 she passed the exam to become a Veterinary Technician Specialist in ECC.  She strives to train her team to practice high quality medicine while handling the fast pace of emergency. In her spare time Tiffany enjoys hiking, paddle boarding and gardening along with spending time with her family and two dogs.

Prior to attending veterinary school, Dr. Cecil worked as a zookeeper at the San Francisco Zoological Society where he developed a keen interest in exotic species. He received his veterinary degree from U.C. Davis and a postdoctoral fellowship at Mississippi State. Todd has been with the PESC since 2006. He received his Aquatic Veterinarian Certification in 2014. Dr. Cecil is very active in local organizations that support care, ownership, and rescue of exotic pets and wildlife.

Dr. Kaelble attended veterinary school at U.C. Davis. After graduation, she was selected for an internship at Purdue University. Upon completion, she relocated to San Diego and joined the Pet Emergency & Specialty Center (PESC) in 1993. Monika becomes board-certified in emergency and critical care medicine in 2000. Dr. Kaelble serves as the Medical Director of the emergency and critical care service. Monika enjoys the challenges and rewards of helping pets and their owners in their time of need.

Dr. Rosenberg completed veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. She then relocated to San Diego and worked in general practice for one year before joining the PESC in 1998. Nirit has served as a staff clinician on our emergency service since this time. Her interests include emergency medicine, critical care, and surgery.

Dr. Cody was born and raised in Wisconsin. She attended undergraduate and veterinary school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon graduating, Dr. Cody sought advanced training and relocated to San Diego for a one year rotating medical and surgical internship. After completing her internship, she joined the PESC as an emergency and critical care clinician. Her medical interests include trauma and the treatment of toxicities. As a hobby, she enjoys cake decorating.

Dr. Carrie Deaton originally grew up in Kentucky before heading to the nicer climate of San Diego in 2000. She worked as a veterinary nurse for many years, including several years at the PESC. In 2009, she graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Carrie was then accepted into the PESC’s demanding internship for advanced training in emergency and critical care. After completion of this program, she joined our team as a staff emergency and critical care clinician. Her special interests include pain management, trauma, toxicities and anesthesia.

Dr. Rodriguez is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She completed her veterinary training at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine and moved to San Diego for an internship focusing on emergency medicine and critical care. After completing her internship, Dr. Rodriguez joined the PESC team as an emergency clinician. In addition to emergency care Erica has a special interest in soft tissue surgery. When away from the clinic, she enjoys hiking, traveling abroad, crocheting and spending time at home with her cats and dog.

Dr. Micheletti grew up in San Diego, working at the San Diego Zoo through high school and college. He attended undergraduate and veterinary school at UC Davis. He then returned to San Diego and completed a one year rotating internship with a focus on emergency and critical care medicine. His interests at work include emergency medicine, avian and exotic medicine, and pathology. Outside of his time at the hospital, Chris enjoys road cycling, running, playing piano and guitar, and seeing live music.

Dr. Richman was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her undergraduate degree and was a college athlete at Claremont McKenna College. She attended veterinary school at UC Davis and was accepted into PESC's distinguished internship for advanced training in emergency and critical care. After completion of this program, she joined the team as a staff emergency and critical care clinician. Her special interests include soft tissue emergency surgery, trauma, and cardiac emergencies. Outside of the hospital, she enjoys riding her handsome horse, surfing, open water swimming and being active with her crazy, sweet Irish Setter. 

Dr. Campbell was born and raised in San Diego where she worked as a veterinary technician and an immunology researcher prior to veterinary school. She attended UC Davis for both her undergraduate and medical training, then completed her education by returning to San Diego for a multi-specialty internship. Her special interests include imaging (Ultrasound, Xray, CT, etc), surgery and teaching.  Outside of work, Amanda actively pursues live music, diverse cooking ventures, travel and doting on her puppies, Turtle and Bryce Canyon. 

Dr. Shrestha grew up in Orlando, Florida, and earned her DVM degree from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2018. After graduating, she moved to San Diego and completed a rotating internship at VCA Emergency Animal Hospital and Referral Center. She is now joining the PESC team to focus on emergency medicine. When not working, she enjoys traveling, going to the beach, and hanging out with her dog, Nova. 

Dr. Chisholm earned her veterinary degree from University of Pennsylvania and her residency in Internal Medicine from Auburn University. She has been with PESC since 2000. Dr. Chisholm practices all aspects of internal medicine with extensive training in endoscopy and ultrasound. She enjoys individualizing advanced treatment modalities to improve her patient’s health.

Dr. Serdy is a native Australian receiving his veterinary degree with first class honors from the University of Sydney in 1992. Mike worked for two years as a general practitioner in Australia before relocating to the United States where he completed an internship and surgical residency at U.C. Davis. In 1998, Mike joined the PESC and currently leads the surgical service. His advanced surgical training, research, and international education have well prepared him to perform the most state-of-the-art surgical procedures. Mike will work with you and your family veterinarian to offer the highest level of surgical care available.

Dr. Sarah Vidal obtained her veterinary degree from The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. She then completed a small animal rotation internship at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, followed by an oncology specialty internship at VSH in San Diego. She went on to complete a residency at UC Davis, and has since received board certification in medical oncology. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, subspeciality Oncology. Dr. Vidal is passionate about working with families and pets following a daunting cancer diagnosis navigating the ins and outs of treatment and care. She views medicine as a collaborative effort amongst specialists, referring veterinarians, and families.