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Adolf K. Maas, DVM
Dr. Adolf Maas moved back to
western Washington from the Midwest in 2006,
after having worked at many locations over the
last 10 years in the eastern half of the United
States. Originally from the Seattle area, he
attended Seattle Pacific University for his
undergraduate and the University of Washington
and University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary
Medicine for his graduate and veterinary medical
schooling. Since then, he has worked at and
received advanced training at the Pittsburgh
Zoo, Toronto Zoo, Louisville Zoo, the Wildlife
Care Center (Fort Lauderdale), has provided
consultant work for the Indianapolis Zoo and the
Cincinnati Zoo, and was a clinician at the Avian
and Exotic Animal Clinic (Indianapolis, Indiana)
and the Indianapolis Veterinary Referral Center,
one of the highest ranked referral and specialty
facilities in the Midwest. Additionally, until
moving, he was the owner of Exotic and Companion
Animal Veterinary Services, a mobile
exotics-only practice in Indiana, providing
in-home and on-site care to owners of all exotic
animals, ranging from snakes, venomous lizards,
tigers, deer, elk, wolves, mountain lions and
bears to pet birds, skunks, and marine fish.
Dr. Maas has received advanced
training and has extensive experience in
orthopedic reconstruction and surgery, cardiac
and abdominal ultrasonography, rigid and
flexible endoscopy, soft tissue surgery and
internal medicine. He works diligently to
continue to be not only current on advancements
in avian and exotic animal medicine, but also to
further the progress of medicine in these
animals with continued cutting-edge research and
publications. Over the last fifteen years, he
has co-authored research articles ranging from
reproduction in Sumatran Rhinoceri and
ophthalmic surgery in snakes to cellular growth
factor regulation and identification of novel
fungal infections in exotic species.
The Avian and Exotic Animal
Hospital in Bothell, Washington is the
culmination of many years of research and
training and is founded in these basic
philosophies:
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Always treat each
and every animal no different than if it was
one’s own pet.
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Always show each
person the respect and consideration that one
would expect if roles were reversed.
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Always strive to
recommend and provide the best quality
medicine available.
Kristi N. Batterman, DVM
Cara J. Temple, DVM
Darlene DeGhetto, DVM
Becki Rasar, Lead Receptionist
Becki Rasar
spent the last 7 years doing what she loves
best, working with birds.
She enjoys working at AEAH
because it gives her the opportunity to interact with people and their
pets and to learn from the best, Dr. Maas and Dr. Ferguson.
Her menagerie of pets includes 6
birds (a blue and gold macaw, red-fronted macaw, African grey, double
yellow-headed amazon, green cheeked conure, and a lovebird) one yellow
lab, one cat, and one quarter horse.
In her spare time she enjoys
camping, hiking, swimming, boating, being outdoors, spending time with
her family and taking care of her pets.
Riannon Shortt, Receptionist
Jessica Allende, Receptionist
Dawn Farrar, Lead Licensed Technician
Dawn is a Seattle
native and earned her Associates in Veterinary Technology from Pierce
College in 2003. She began working with exotics in 2006. Prior to that
she spent 2 years in a dog and cat clinic and 4 years working in
research studying bat learning and development. She loves working with
exotic animals and the great staff at The Avian and Exotic Animal
Hospital.
Dawn shares her
home with 4 birds (2 Timneh African Grey parrots and 2 Quaker
parakeets), 2 cats, 3 crested geckos, a box turtle, an occasional
foster animal and her husband.
In her spare time
she likes: traveling, photography, hiking, playing computer games,
reading and studying exotic animal medicine.
Suzanne Chacon, Licensed Technician
Vanessa Sequeira, Technician Assistant
Vanessa was born in India and raised in Australia where
she found her love of working with animals. She worked as a
Pharmacy Assistant while studying for her Bachelor's degree in wildlife
ecology in Sydney, Australia. After finishing college she joined a large
specialty hospital for cats and dogs in 2004 and worked as an animal
attendant/assistant dealing with pets as well as wildlife
rehabilitation. During all this she met her husband and decided to move
to Seattle in 2006. She enjoys working in the States and though still
gets homesick, loves her position here at AEAH and the fact that she
gets to work with staff and owners who share the same love of animals
that she does. Future goals would include becoming a licensed Vet
Technician and working with animals all over the world, especially
Africa!
Paul Turner, Assistant
Paul Turner is one of the Kennel Assistants at AEAH and
you can catch him here on Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays. He also majors
in mathematics in college where he hopes to obtain an M.S. in
mathematics from UW, enjoys working with children ages 3 to 5 and loves
nutrition and staying fit. In the future he hopes to either teach
mathematics at the college level or to work in the cognitive sciences.
Allie Overton, Assistant
Allie Overton is currently a High School junior. She
hopes to become a veterinarian. She volunteers at the Woodland Park Zoo
petting zoo on Sundays. When not at AEAH she enjoys interacting with her
animals (budgies, a lhasa apso, and fish), riding horses and taking
pictures.
Danielle Yaranon, Assistant
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