Lisa McCarthy
DVM, Owner
Dr. Lisa McCarthy is a native of El Paso, Texas and a graduate of Texas A&M University, where she received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1989. She also earned a Masters of Business Administration from Colorado State University in 2005, making her a proud “double Aggie.” Over 30 years of practice Dr. McCarthy has provided small animal health care in both private and shelter settings and has served as managing Medical Director in many practices. Her favorite areas of practice are surgery, dentistry and preventative care. Honoring and supporting the special bond that clients have with their pets is the overreaching motivation for Dr. McCarthy’s practice life.
Dr. McCarthy has frequently travelled internationally to provide veterinary care to underserved communities. In 2014 she established a non-profit organization, Vet Treks Foundation, which provides veterinary services in rural areas of Kenya, as well as education and veterinary equipment to Kenyan veterinarians, enabling them to provide ongoing care in their communities.
Other passions pursued by Dr. McCarthy include travel and outdoor adventure. She has rowed the Grand Canyon, summited Kilimanjaro and many of Colorado’s “14er’s”, and she followed the route of Sir Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica.
Dr. McCarthy shares her home with two dogs (Talulah and Fenway) and two cats (Bean and Bumper), all rescued. The vacuum gets a lot of use!
Midtown Veterinary Medical Center is the culmination of 30 years of learning best practices and Dr. McCarthy’s dream come true. She is excited to be able to provide the very best in medical care for pets and service to their people.
Caitlin Hunter
VMD, Associate Veterinarian
Fear Free Certified
Dr. Caitlin Hunter is originally from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts while working as a veterinary assistant at a small animal hospital. After college, she moved back home to obtain her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Hunter began her career working on horses, completing an internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Saratoga Springs, New York. She values all her experiences working on large animals, and is thankful for the different perspectives it provided, but ultimately gravitated back to small animal medicine. She especially enjoys dentistry, nutrition, and internal medicine. Her goal is to empower her clients with the knowledge to make the best decisions for their pets and families as a whole.
Dr. Hunter and her fiancé moved to Fort Collins in 2018 to take advantage of the many great outdoor adventures available. They live with their three pets, a Rottweiler named Max, and two cats named Clarissa and Peaches. Outside of work, you can find them hiking throughout Colorado and exploring neighboring states. Closer to home, Dr. Hunter enjoys baking desserts and riding her horse, an off-the-track thoroughbred named Bubbles.
Carly Flink
DVM, Associate Veterinarian
Fear Free Certified
Dr. Carly Flink moved to Fort Collins, CO, in 2020 to study at Colorado State University. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2024 and is ecstatic to start her career at Midtown Veterinary Center, where she can pursue her passion of helping pets live long happy lives with their people.
Dr. Flink received her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Delaware while working as a veterinary assistant at a small animal hospital and volunteering at local animal shelters. She spent time during her undergraduate studies traveling to Tanzania and Thailand working with wildlife, but her favorite patients remain dogs and cats.
Originally from Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, she has always been a fan of the outdoors and found Colorado to be the perfect place to root down. Outside of work, Dr. Flink enjoys hiking through Colorado, flowing through yoga classes, reading, and spending time with her two cats (Leon and Polo) and supermutt (Winifred).
Sofia Kalkstein
DVM, Associate Veterinarian
A native of Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Sofia Kalkstein (formerly Arthur) earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University in 1995. With close to three decades of experience, she has worked in various roles, including owning her own practice in Fort Collins (Critter Veterinary Care). Most recently she worked at The Pet Spot in Boulder, at VCA Fort Collins, and as an emergency room doctor in a specialty clinic. She completed a residency in Anatomic Pathology.
Dr. Kalkstein finds great fulfillment in treating a diverse range of species, from furry friends to feathered and scaly companions, with a particular passion for canine and feline internal medicine, surgery, and caring for senior pets. (At MVMC, we treat dogs and cats only.)
Since graduating, Dr. Kalkstein has practiced in many settings in many different cities and states, but has happily returned home to Fort Collins to join the team at Midtown Veterinary Medical Center. She is looking forward to meeting and caring for you and your beloved pets.
Outside the hospital, Dr. Kalkstein cherishes time spent with her family which includes two daughters, a chihuahua named Gordito and a cat named Willow, who was bottle fed. True to her New York origins, Dr. Kalkstein enjoys cooking and savoring delicious food, as well as listening to music and going to concerts, especially at Red Rocks.
Kassey Hill, RVT
Registered Veterinary Technician
Fear Free Certified
Kassey, our amazing and talented lead technician, has been with Midtown Veterinary Medical Center since we opened our doors in late December, 2019. Kassey came to us with over 9 years of experience as a technician and 19 years of experience in the animal care industry. Her passion for animals started at a young age and she was eventually able to become a member of a local 4H club where she participated in the equine and canine programs alongside the leadership track. Although Kassey is not a CO native she has enjoyed the Fort Collins area as her home for most of her life. Kassey shares her life with McFly, a 10yr old male border terrier. Together they enjoy exploring CO while hiking or running half marathons. They can also be found competing in dog sports like dock diving, scent work, and barn hunting.
Jane Homann, RVT
Registered Veterinary Technician
Jane Homann has been a RVT for over 12 years and absolutely loves it. Originally from Sturgis, SD, she moved to Fort Collins with her family when she was young. She’s always had a passion for taking care of animals so the field of veterinary medicine made perfect sense!
When she’s not working, she enjoys pet-sitting. During her fifteen years of experience, she has cared for dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, guinea pigs, snakes, sugar gliders, and even some farm animals. Jane also enjoys chilling with Crash, her three-legged cat, playing softball, helping with church activities, watching Asian television/movies, and spending quality time with her twin sister and the rest of her family.
She can’t wait to meet you and your furry family here at Midtown Veterinary Medical Center!
Julia Milano
Technician
During the intense fires and mid-Covid pandemic, Julia moved to Colorado in August 2020 from the suburbs of Chicago. She found she loves it here, despite those unfortunate early conditions. She jumped right into emergency medicine and found it absolutely fascinating, but eventually decided to go back to preventive care for a while. She’s met so many amazing animals and owners since working at Midtown Veterinary Medical Center, and couldn’t be happier to be a part of the family!
Julia is currently in the Penn Foster Technician program to get her certification to progress in her veterinary career. She has always had a passion for animals and wants to eventually work with exotics and large animals.
Aside from animals, Julia has a love for art (of all forms), Vinyasa yoga, live music, and the great outdoors. She and her boyfriend Austin love going into the mountains with their dogs Gypsy, Oakley, and Molly whenever they can. Julia very much enjoys a good belly laugh as well!
Heather Spaun
Technician
Fear Free Certified
Heather is a part-time vet tech, full-time vet student! She started with us back in 2021 prior to applying for veterinary school. Heather is particularly passionate about animal welfare and communication, and is excited to teach pet owners how to communicate with their animals as a veterinarian. She has two cats and a dog of her own: Maggie, Moab, and Luka! Only one of which is not special needs (she’s got a soft spot for the “broken” ones). When not in school or at the clinic, you can find her out on the trails, attending dance classes, or practicing piano!
Emma Perrell
Technician
Fear Free Certified
Emma grew up in a small town in North Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and moved to Fort Collins to earn her undergraduate degree in biology at CSU. She is now a vet student at CSU with plans to go into either small animal general practice or emergency medicine once she graduates. Emma enjoys spending time getting to know clients and their pets, and strives to gain the skills and knowledge that will one day make her an excellent veterinarian. When not working in the clinic, Emma loves skiing, hiking, baking, and lying on the shores of Tahoe.
Sophie Pieroen
Technician
Sophie just recently moved to Fort Collins from Australia! She studied veterinary nursing in Belgium and went to Australia for a four-month internship. In Australia Sophie worked at a small animal veterinary clinic and saw her fair share of Australian wildlife in the clinic — kangaroos, opossums, and echidnas. However, seven years later her visa had run out so she decided it was time for a fresh start in the mountains of Colorado.
In her free time, Sophie loves to explore every outdoor activity Colorado has to offer, especially ones where her six-year-old golden retriever Chilly can come along with her.
Jane Snyder
Practice Manager
Jane presides over the front-of-house operations and marketing at Midtown Vet Med Center. Bringing a lifetime of experience in service industries with her, she always strives to ensure clients and patients are welcomed and comfortable, and well cared for in our hospital. Whenever people regale her with tales of how their beloved pets arrived in their lives and how they got their fabulous names and what their best tricks are, her day is made! Jane never met a dog she didn’t like.
Currently, Jane shares her home with a beautiful 75-pound German shedder lapdog, named Ada Woo, who is hell on a vacuum. When not swiffering up dog hair, Jane enjoys movie marathons, cooking up something in the kitchen to share with friends, and walking through the foothills. For over 10 years, she’s led an international book club with the Global Village Museum. She studied journalism at the University of Montana and then meandered through careers in human medicine, food service, fair trade retail, and back to veterinary medicine. Somehow all those experiences tie together to make MVMC a very happy fit.
Mycaila Austin
Receptionist
Mycaila recently moved to Colorado from Montana, and joined the MVMC team in February 2024. She comes to us with many years of experience in veterinary medicine and has a special interest in behavior and neurology. She loves building bonds with patients and their two-legged companions.
When she’s not at work, you may find her somewhere outdoors with her dog Tabassco. They love to go paddle boarding, hiking and jeeping up mountain passes.
