Meet Our Team | Ark Animal Hospital (2024)

Lauren grew up in a veterinary hospital—her family owns the Ark Animal Hospital business. She couldn’t help but fall in love with the veterinary profession, and now she serves as the Practice Manager!

Lauren was born in Boston, Massachusetts. When she was old enough, she started working in her parents’ vet hospitals, then worked as a receptionist through high school. After graduating, Lauren attended Temple University to study tourism and hospitality management, securing a business minor at the same time. Upon receiving her degree, Lauren took on even more responsibilities by becoming the Practice Manager.

Interacting with pet owners and building lasting relationships is Lauren’s favorite part of her day. She’s extremely proud of the amount of compassion in her family’s business; in fact, she and her coworkers strive to treat every patient and client as a member of their own family!

Lauren's dog Phoebe is a Chihuahua/dachshund mix who defies her small stature with her huge personality. Phoebe can often be seen roaming the clinic corridors and greeting clients.

When she isn’t working, Lauren enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

As the son of two veterinarians, the animal care world was always a part of Dr. Scott Johnson’s life. He saw personally how much joy the profession brought to his parents, and his interest in science and medicine only encouraged him further! Now Dr. Johnson serves as the medical director in the family practice.

Dr. Johnson was born in Boston. He completed his undergraduate studies in biology at Bucknell University in 2004, and then moved to Philadelphia to earn his VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2008, he joined the team at Ark Animal Hospital as a full-time veterinarian. Now in 2021, Dr. Johnson is now not only Ark’s medical director, but he also co-owns the hospital with his sister, Lauren.

Getting to meet all kinds of people and pets is Dr. Johnson’s favorite part of his job. He’s particularly fond of strengthening the bond between pet owner and animals, and his medical interests include surgery, preventative medicine, radiology, and ultrasound.

Currently, Dr. Johnson and his partner live in Doylestown with their two dogs: Greg and Patrick and their one cat: Tulip. When he has a spare moment, Dr. Johnson enjoys traveling, cooking, hiking, and spending time outdoors.

Dr. Emily Seymour grew up in Plymouth Meeting, PA and attended the University of Pennsylvania for veterinary school. She worked for several years in San Jose, California followed by three years at a non-profit clinic in northeast Philadelphia before joining the Ark team! Her clinical interests include preventive care and wildlife medicine.

In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, birding, gardening and playing chess. She and her husband share their home with numerous animal “kids”, as well as two human kids (twin girls Audrey and Maya). She speaks both English and Spanish.

Debbie grew up in rural Pennsylvania, surrounded by wildlife, cats, dogs, chickens and Christmas trees! Following graduation from Albright College she relocated to Ohio where she got a Master’s Degree in Biology from the University of Dayton and her DVM at The Ohio State University. She worked four years in private companion animal practice outside of Cincinnati before moving back to Pennsylvania.

In her more than 25 years at the Ark Animal Hospital, Debbie has seen a lot of pets and pursued different aspects of companion animal practice. For a period of time she provided house call and home euthanasia services to our clients along with working at both Ark Animal Hospital locations. She is a member of the American Association of Feline Practitioners and is certified as a Feline Friendly Veterinarian. Debbie does not limit her affections to the cats in the practice and loves her many canine patients just as much!!

In her spare time Debbie enjoys gardening, reading, hiking and is an avid scrapbooker. She has 2 grown sons ( Ricky and Jonathan) and currently shares her home with her husband and their 2 grumpy elderly cats as well as a young and energetic new cat!

Dr. Stephanie Ravin grew up right here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in Richboro. She attended the University of Pittsburgh for her undergraduate degree. Upon graduation in 2010, she attended her first year of veterinary school in the Caribbean at the American University of Antigua, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences. She absolutely loved living in the warmth of the Caribbean for a year. That is also where she met her husband!

After a year in Antigua, Dr. Ravin was able to transfer to the University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she finished the remaining three years of her veterinary degree. After graduation, she worked in Rochester, NY for 3 years, honing her skills in a busy, small animal practice.

Dr. Ravin thoroughly enjoys meeting new people, and their beloved pets. She also enjoys building relationships with pet owners through trust and education. She has a knack and love for dental surgery, maybe because both of her parents are dentists! She also enjoys soft tissue surgery and cardiology.

Dr. Ravin shares her home with her husband, John, who is also a veterinarian! They have two children, Stirling (4) and Beckett (2). She has a dog, Ellie, whom she adopted while living in Antigua as well as two orange cats, Daryl and Doodle.

A Montgomery County native, Dr. Camarata attended Albright College for her B.S. in Biology where she researched viruses, caught bats in the Costa Rican jungle, and completed an extended zoo keeping internship at the Lehigh Valley Zoo. Most recently, she was living in Scotland while attending veterinary school at the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. She made sure to make the most of living in the UK by traveling as much as she could. But there’s always a growing bucket list of places to visit! Dr Camarata’s animal experience in vet school ranged from managing a flock of 1000 sheep during lambing season in Wales to anesthetizing a baboon at the Edinburgh Zoo, giving her an even stronger appreciation for all creatures great and small.

During her final year of vet school, she shadowed at Ark Animal Hospital and was instantly impressed by the dedicated staff and family-centric work environment. While she enjoyed her time abroad, she made the decision to return stateside to be closer to her family and start her career at the practice that had left such a positive impression on her as a student. She currently resides at her childhood home with her family, their cat Beatrice, and her growing collection of houseplants.

Amanda was born and raised in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and grew up with a variety of pets. When she was ten years old, she shadowed her family's veterinarian in order to earn her Pet Care badge in Girl Scouts; she knew that day, after witnessing the veterinary team's care and professional drive that her future was in pet care and that working in an animal hospital was where she needed to be!

As she got older and worked on her skills such as leadership she learned she likes to help humans just as much as animals! Then after working in a kennel for five years, Amanda knew she wanted to work in the veterinary field and made the leap! She joined Ark Animal Hospital in 2016 as a receptionist, primarily working in the Souderton office, where she developed many relationships with patients,families and the community. Amanda has recently joined the Chalfont team and looks forward to developing the same close relationships with the team and patients here! During her free time Amanda enjoys walks with husband and their dog Molly, caring for her spoiled hermit crabs, photography, reading and swimming! Amanda has a strong interest in learning and utilizing her leadership skills, you can often find her listening to podcasts or reading articles to help educate herself on the topics near and dear to her heart.

Although she’d always been an animal lover, Megan never considered working in the veterinary field until she brought her new puppy, Tucker, into the Ark Animal Hospital of Chalfont. When she saw how clean the clinic was and how enthusiastic and vibrant the employees were, she decided to ask if the hospital was hiring! Megan joined Ark Animal Hospital in 2005.

Watching a puppy or kitten grow up over the years is one of Megan’s favorite things that she gets to do around the clinic. She’s also fond of getting to know clientele and their pets on a personal level.

Megan lives in Montgomery Township with her husband Tim and their two boys, Trevor and Derek. Outside of work, Megan spends a lot of time cheering on her sons’ at their sporting events. She also enjoys walking her dog Lottie, trying out new restaurants, shopping or escaping to the family mountain house to spend time with family and friends.

Ever since she can remember, Lori has had a desire to work with animals. Once she discovered that she could help both pets and people through a career in the veterinary field, her mind was made up!

Lori is a Pennsylvania native. After working for a local kennel, she attended Harcum Junior College to receive her Associate’s degree from the Veterinary Technician program. She joined the Ark Animal Hospital team in 2006.

At home, Lori and her two sons share their home with a Pug/Chihuahua mix named Zacchaeus and a domestic shorthair named Esther. When she isn’t at work she enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

Kim has been living and working in the veterinary field for 12 years, and earned her certified vet tech license in 2012. She attended Arcadia University and Manor College (vet tech program). She has been an employee at Ark for over 11 years and knows it is her home.

Kim has always been an animal lover, preferring to play with toads and snakes as a kid rather than barbies and dolls. She loves working with exotic animals, especially birds. She also has a special place in her heart for Chihuahuas, even the angry ones. In her spare time Kim loves to bake and spend time outside. Her furry family consists of 2 cats; Mateo and Moo and one very spoiled Chihuahua Scampy. Scampy goes to work with Kim every day and gets excited when she hears the word “work”.

Alexandra has worked in the veterinary field for about 10 years. During this time she has worked in both emergency and general practice. Her favorite patients are senior pets, she has two oldies at home- a bichon/poodle named Milo and a persian cat named Samir.

Lori has been working in the veterinary industry since 1985. In October of 1996, she joined the Ark Animal Hospital team, and has been here ever since!

Lori is a graduate of Temple University. She has two kids, Dean and Margo, as well as three dogs named Dottie, Daisy, and Poppy and a cat named Dash.

In her free time, Lori enjoys spending time at the beach, hiking, practicing yoga, listening to music, and reading.

Amy grew up in Blue Bell and has been working in a veterinary setting since 2006. She is a graduate of Delaware Valley University, with a degree in Small Animal Science. She joined the Ark Animal Hospital team in July of 2017.

Amy loves all animals, but cats are her favorite. She enjoys raising bottle feeder kittens and fostering animals. She has five cats: Smokey, Mommy, Cam, Cupcake, and Fabio. The last three are brothers who she rescued from living outdoors in Norristown.

In her free time, Amy likes to go running, play board games with friends, watch tv, and play with her cats. She also likes to travel, and would one day like to go to Madagascar to see the exotic wildlife.

Growing up in Ardsley, Pennsylvania, Tracy was always surrounded by her family pets. Ever since she can remember, she’s gotten joy from helping an injured or sick animal and nurturing it back to health. Now, she gets to do that regularly as one of Ark Animal Hospital Veterinary Technicians! After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in small animal medicine from Delaware Valley College in 1998, Tracy took a job at the Montgomery County SPCA in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. It was there that she met Dr. Barbara Smith, original founder of Ark Animal Hospital. After taking time off to be a full-time mother, Tracy decided to get back into the workforce; she contacted Dr. Smith, who happened to be hiring veterinary technicians! Tracy has worked here at the clinic since early 2003. For Tracy, educating pet owners about proper animal care is one of the most rewarding things she does. She’s also fond of watching puppies grow up and helping to provide care tips throughout their lives.Tracy and her husband, Jeff, have two boys: Connor and Brian. Their family currently shares their home with two rescue pups, Bandit and Luna, and their cat Simba.

Outside of work, Tracy enjoys gardening, doing puzzles, riding bikes and spending time with her family. Tracy also volunteers once a week at Briar Bush Nature Center doing animal care, where she cares for a skunk named Abbie, lots of snakes, insects, rats, a rabbit and a Red-Tailed Hawk named Hawkeye!

Daena, an Ohio native who was raised in Texas and Virginia, wound up in PA to be with her fiance Keith. During the end of life care with one of her beloved pets; Daena realized the amount of love and support that goes into the field, she became a vet assistant for a clinic in Virginia until she decided to work for Ark as a client care representative alongside her brother in-law Evan.

One day she hopes to become a veterinarian to continue to help pets and their parents, the same way one did for her long ago. Daena spends her free time testing her culinary abilities, watching Harry Potter with her 2 cats Smokey, Cinder and Beagle/Lab mix Ash. Currently Daena is pursuing Manor College to become a CVT with the hopes to move on to vet school afterwards.

Mackenzie grew up just down the road from Ark. She has always had a love for animals and knew from a young age that she wanted to work in the veterinary field. Mackenzie has worked at Ark for several summers and during her college breaks. In 2022, she earned a Veterinary and Biomedical Science degree from Penn State and has joined the Ark family full time after graduating. She plans to attend vet school in the future. She currently lives with her family, their two dogs Josie and Ella, and two cats Toulouse and Nittany. In her free time, she likes hanging out with her friends, reading, and listening to music. Mackenzie loves meeting and caring for all of our Ark patients and their humans.

Evan grew up in Chalfont, PA and has been surrounded by animals his entire life and has always had an interest in veterinary medicine as far as he could remember. He is a recent graduate of Delaware Valley University with a degree in Small Animal Science and is planning to attend vet school in the future. Evan currently lives at home with two dogs named Piper and Libby, a 27-year-old Senegal Parrot named Maggie, and his 13-year-old cat affectionally named Breakfast. In his free time, he enjoys taking care of and playing with all of his different pets, listening to music, reading comic books, watching movies, and playing video games with friends.

Emily and Sherman joined Ark in January of 2021 to bring her sense of chic to the team. Emily is a Canine Stylist who takes immense pride in her skill and deep love of animals. Emily attended the Dog Grooming School of Pennsylvania, studied under several Master Groomers, and is consistently involved in continuing education to feed her passion of caring for the skin, coat, and style of her beloved clients. She currently holds certificates in Salon Sanitation, Puppy Handling, Skin and Coat Care and is working towards an Aesthetician Certification. She has aspirations of grooming competitively and certifying as a Master Groomer.

When Emily is not grooming, she enjoys keeping and breeding ornamental freshwater fish, dart frogs, isopods, micro geckos, and a vast collection of named African Violets and Orchids.

Sherman takes his role as Grooming Supervisor seriously and commits to sharing his fun loving spirit with all people and animals alike. The grooming duo is rarely seen apart!

Paige grew up in Fairless Hills, PA, and has been surrounded by animals her whole life. She grew up watching her mom groom dogs and decided at a young age shealways wanted a career with animals. Paige takes immense pride in her work andcontinuously learns different techniques to provide clients with the best care possible.

She has 2 rescue dogs, Charlie and Cortana, and 2 cats Biggie Smalls and Garfield. In her free time, she likes to go to the gym, take her dogs for a nature walk with her partner, be in the kitchen cooking and baking with friends and family, or relax at home with her pets and play video games.

Ivy grew up in Horsham, PA, and has always had a love for critters of all shapes, sizes, and species; she has wanted to work with animals since childhood. She obtained her cosmetology license in 2019 and upon joining the grooming team at Ark in 2023, found the perfect way to combine her love of animals and cosmetology.

At home, she has two bearded dragons named Bernie and Luna, as well as her cat Bailey. She has a love for crochet, nature photography, rockhounding, and exploring new parks with her partner.