Washington State University 1997
Dr. Crawford has been providing quality veterinary care in Salem since she graduated from Washington State University in 1997.  She has a special interest in internal medicine and ultrasound.

Dr. Crawford was raised in a small town in Nebraska and has always wanted to be a veterinarian.  She continuously surrounded herself with animals; either spending time on her uncle’s dairy farm, collecting stray animals or riding her pony as a child. She loves caring for her clients’ pets and has experience with internal medicine, surgery, dentistry and ultrasound. When not at work, Dr. Crawford is involved showing and breeding golden retrievers and enjoys spending time hiking, camping, and mushroom hunting.  

Dr. Crawford owns one cat, a rescue named Brooklyn and two golden retrievers named Bo and Lexie.

Dr Heppner grew up with a love of animals. Her first career ambition was to work on dinosaurs, once reality set in there was no future there, she focused on more classic field of veterinary medicine. Her first job as an assistant at a mixed animal practice really opened the possibilities for her future including a love for working with all animals including small ruminants.
Her first veterinarian job was at a mixed practice for five years where she continued learning and growing in veterinary medicine. Since then she has worked in small animal practices while doing some small ruminant work during her “off time”.
When she is not working in the clinic, she enjoys time with her husband and son as well as their four-legged family: her two cats Monza and Dino, and her horse Charlie.
 

Dr Kolby Virgin comes to our clinic with over 25 years of veterinary experience. Dr Virgin graduated from OSU in 2008 after graduating from BYU in 2003. He decided when he was 13 he wanted to be a veterinarian. He practiced up in Portland for 7 years and has been in the Salem/Keizer area since 2015. Dr Virgin was born and raised in Bend, Oregon and has lived in Salem since 2004. Dr Virgin loves dentistry, soft tissue surgery, pain management and anesthesia, dermatology, fear free methods, preventive care and geriatric/hospice care. He really bonds with the pet and owner to forge a relationship for a long healthy life for his patients. He is also fluent in Spanish and has helped many people over the years in understanding their pets problems. He works with cats and dogs.

In his spare time, he is busy with 5 kids ranging from 19 to 3.5 yr, (4 boys and 1 girl). Dr Virgin loves music, going to concerts, sports, hiking, traveling , scuba diving and spending time with family.

We are excited to have Dr Virgin join our team and help your pets thrive.